And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.
Praise the Lord for two new TGP members that joined our prayer team this week!
1. Persecution in Nigeria: Pray for the Lord to comfort and provide for grieving families who have lost a family member(s) this year due to targeted attacks against Christians.
2. Newton Ground, St. Kitts and Nevis: Pray for John Newton’s song “Amazing Grace” to find resonance in the lives of many people in Newton Ground.
3.Your Choice: Please pray for a request you remember from one of the other locations featured this week:
Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of St. Kitts and Nevis.
Pray for two absentee parents in Newton Ground to know God, and then wholeheartedly follow His plan for their roles in the home, that their children be not left unattended physically, spiritually, or emotionally on the road of life.
Pray for John Newton’s song “Amazing Grace” to find resonance in the lives of many people in Newton Ground.
Pray for a person who has sincere faith, but misplaced faith, to redirect the focus of that faith to Him Who alone is worthy of our trust.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
This post was originally published on March 27, 2022.
This Etsyphoto is pictured because it is very similar to pillowcases embroidered by a faithful TGP memberwho is now with the Lord. Her granddaughter, one of our junior TGP team members, also enjoys embroidering.
Embroidery is one of the oldest textile arts, examples of which have been found from hundreds of years before the time of Christ. It has spanned cultures and continents, and the basic stitches and techniques of hand embroidery have remain unchanged (machine embroidery is fairly new). Young and old alike enjoy this inexpensive and versatile craft.
Embroidery has included everything from monogramming initials to portraying detailed pictures of historical events. There are many subcategories of embroidery, such as cross stitch or candlewicking. Adding beauty to everyday items (pillow cases, handkerchiefs, kitchen linens, etc.) is a way to simultaneously exercise creativity and express love for the people who use those things.
1. Sashiko is Japanese embroidery that began as a way to mend or reinforce clothing, using eye-catching shapes and patterns. It typically uses white thread on denim colored fabric, and is now often applied decoratively. Pray for both the youngest and oldest two people in Japan who will do sashiko embroidery today, that they may have (and take) an opportunity to put their trust in Jesus Christ for salvation.
2. Crewel embroidery uses wool threads to create designs. The wool thread is thicker than regular embroidery floss. Though originating in medieval England, today the center for crewel embroidery is Kashmir, India. Pray that a skilled crewel embroiderer in Kashmir will let the Good Shepherd work His design in her life, just as she does what she wills with the wool thread.
3. Pray for a Christian whose eyesight is decreasing, and with it the ability to thread a needle / embroider. Giving up a long-enjoyed hobby is difficult, so pray for God’s grace to continually encourage that person.
This picture was submitted by a New York TGP team member who enjoys making model airplanes.
Our Tuesday/Thursday summer hobby series will conclude at the end of August. There are a few open slots left, so feel free to send in your favorite hobby if you would like to see it featured.
Modeling involves several components:
1. Studying the “real thing” to understand minute details,
2. Making scaled down measurement applications so that the model will accurately reflect the original,
3. Patience in construction of intricate parts – including internal components that will not be visible upon completion of the project, and
4. Enjoyment and satisfaction in the finished product’s accurate representation of the original.
Each of these components of modeling as a hobby is also true in the lives of Christians. In fact, the word Christian literally means “little Christ.” At the moment of salvation, the Holy Spirit comes to indwell all believers, beginning the transformational process of making them like Christ. He does not stop until a Christian enters heaven, at which time the model is beautifully finished (Ph. 1:6). Jesus said, “…everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.” (Lk. 6:40)
1. Pray for yourself and other Christians in your church to yield to the Spirit as He works today toward the goal of making all of us more like Christ.
2. Pray for unsaved individuals in your town to meet Christians who accurately reflect the Savior, and for the Lord to use that to draw them to salvation.
3. The airplane model above is being made from layers of cereal box cardboard glued together, paper, thread, bits of metal from a soda can, etc. Hours and hours of work have occurred to draw the plans and get the model to the stage it is at in the picture. A hobbyist doesn’t mind the painstaking labor because he enjoys what he does. Praise God for His loving patience – which far surpasses any modeling hobby project – in all of our lives!
Three summers ago, TGP did a focused prayer series for believers around the world living in countries with high rates of persecution. Nigeria ranked high on the list of those countries. Unfortunately, multiple organizations report that Nigeria continues to be “the epicentre of targeted violence against the church.”* While once concentrated in the northern Muslim controlled regions of the country, persecution is becoming much more common in Nigeria’s middle and even southern areas.
1. Pray for the Lord to comfort and provide for grieving families who have lost a family member(s) this year due to targeted attacks against Christians.
2. Christian women and girls are often the victims of sexual violence. Pray for the Lord to protect His children from this type of assault.
3. About thirteen percent of Nigerians are Baptist. Baptists traditionally have a very high regard for the Word of God. Pray for the Lord to provide copies of the Bible for Nigerian believers, that they may be strengthened in His hope.
Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Calabar.
1. Pictured above is a memorial statue in the middle of the Mary Slessor Roundabout. This Christian missionary (1848-1915) did much to help the people of Nigeria, including working tirelessly to stop the practice of killing twin babies, whom nationals believed would bring bad luck. Pray for every current set of twins in Calabar to receive a clear presentation of the gospel, and put personal faith in Jesus Christ.
2. Although Mary Slessor was famous, when she made desperate pleas for Christians in Scotland to come help in the work, most of the time there was no response. Sadly, this is often the case today around the world. Pray that in 2025, many Christians will hear and heed the call of God.
3. Calabar has a very strong tourism industry. Pray for an artisan who makes traditional handcrafted items to sell as souvenirs to also realize that the God of the Bible is the Master Craftsman who has made people in His own image. Pray for that artisan to know and walk with the Lord as one of His redeemed workmanship pieces.
Psalm 96:2
This post was originally published on April 27, 2023.Christians in Nigeria are currently facing extreme persecution. Pray for their safety on this Lord’s Day.
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”
1. Los Angeles, USA: Pray for every Afghan refugee who has resettled (or will) in Los Angeles to hear/believe the gospel in the process of beginning a new life.
2. Galindez Island, Antarctica: Galindez Island is part of the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Pray for the salvation of the next Argentine naval officer to go to Galindez Island.
3. Selcuk (Ephesus), Turkey: Pray for a policeman in Selcuk to know the peace of God in his life.
Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Selcuk.
Jesus sent a message to the church at Ephesus in Revelation 2:1-7. Ruins of ancient Ephesus are well-preserved near Selcuk. Pray that Christians in Selcuk today will always ardently love the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength.
The amphitheater at Ephesus (aerial view shown above) seated around 25,000 people. It was the largest in the ancient world (wikipedia). Pray for someone in Selcuk today who has an ancestor that attended an event there to trust Christ as his / her Savior.
Pray for a policeman in Selcuk to know the peace of God in his life.
Revelation 1:17-18
This post was originally published on April 23, 2022.
Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Galindez Island.
Galindez Island has areas claimed by three countries. The Vernadsky Research Base is Ukraine’s only Antarctic holding. Pray for Jesus to meet the needs of the twelve people living there whose hearts must be worried about what is going on in their home country.
Named after an imaginary character in A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, Woozle Hill can be approached from any direction, so encircling footprints are often seen there. Pray for someone on Galindez Island who feels like his life is just going in circles to seek Christ’s help in getting where he needs to be.
Galindez Island is part of the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Pray for the salvation of the next Argentine naval officer to go to Galindez Island.
Galatians 6:9-10
This post was originally published on May 13, 2022.
Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Los Angeles.
The above store sells trendy art / design conscious items for daily living. Pray for two of its workers to find out this week how to incorporate God’s timeless design into their daily lives.
Pray for every Afghan refugee who has resettled (or will) in Los Angeles to hear/believe the gospel in the process of beginning a new life.
Pray for someone planning to commit a crime today to instead be convicted/rescued by the Lord.
Romans 8
This post was originally published on August 29, 2021.
