Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Tokyo.
Many Japanese have a synchretistic religious belief system consisting of both Shintoism and Buddhism. For example, many people have Shinto weddings and Buddhist funerals. Shinto’s focus is on spirits found in nature, in everything from trees and rocks to human ancestors. Rituals such as hand-washing and mouth rinsing are important in interaction with the spirits. In Buddhism, families often perform daily rituals at their home altars for deceased ancestors. Morality and a coping-with-suffering philosophy are the focus of Buddhism.
1. Pray that someone driving over this bridge who has recently attended a Buddhist funeral will hear the gospel message of the Resurrection and the Life, and have courage to believe the truth.
2. Less than half of 1% of Japanese people claim to be evangelical Christians. Translated to approximate real numbers, this means that around only 620,000 of Japan’s 124,000,000 people claim to know Christ. There are less than 1,000 missionaries (from various groups) in the country. Pray for the Lord to mightily bless the efforts of His children, both Japanese nationals and foreign missionaries, who are trying to reach Japan for Christ.
3. Japan has one of the highest suicide rates of any industrialized nation, especially among people 15 to 29 years old. Pray for the Lord to interject Himself into the thoughts and lives of a dozen people contemplating suicide who will cross this bridge over the next few weeks. Pray for them to then turn to the Light of the World for deliverance from darkness.
John 8:12
