Author: MaryBeth Hall

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Tokyo.

1. Many comparisons between following God and various modes of transportation have been made by songwriters and teachers: “Bible Bus,” “Gospel Train,” “Happy Day Express,” “Old Ship of Zion,” etc. Pray for a Christian who has ridden on the pictured red bus to be faithful to study the whole of God’s Word all the days of his life.

2. Pray for pastors in Tokyo nearing retirement age to follow Paul’s advice to Timothy in 2 Tim. 2:1-2.

3. Sunday evening the Go Deaf Missions Team currently in Japan for the Deaflympics went to a basketball game between the US and Israel. The gym where the game was played is only about half an hour’s drive from our current location. Pray for anyone who received a gospel witness that night, that the Holy Spirit will continue to work in each heart, and that those individuals will respond in obedient faith.

Psalm 103:1

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Tokyo.

1. At 144 acres, Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden is a large welcoming respite from the hustle and bustle of life in the Tokyo metropolis. More than 20,000 trees provide beauty, shade, and a buffer from the city’s noise. Pray for Christians who enjoy walking in the garden to also have a similar spiritual time set aside each day for fellowship with the Lord, a vital necessity for peace in the midst of each day’s activities.

2. Pray for the three pictured people to hear the gospel before the end of 2025.

3. Pray for an individual with a prosthetic leg who has visited the garden recently to meet the God Whose mercy is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him (Psalm 103:17).

Psalm 103:1

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Al Khaluf.

1. Pray for today’s visitors to this beach area known as “Sugar Dunes” to think about the God Who thinks about them more times than there are grains of sand.
2. Pray for a boat engine repairman to yield to the Master Who can repair any broken life.
3. Pray for a teenage girl who feels that her future is hopeless to meet the Father Who promised hope and a future to another group of people in Jeremiah 29:11-13.

Ephesians 6 10-18

This post was originally published on December 31, 2021.

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Tokyo.

From November 15-26, the International Olympics for the Deaf are being held in Tokyo, Japan. This is a major event, consisting of 3,000 participating athletes, and as many Olympic officials / referees / staff. The Deaflympics started in 1924, making this year the centennial anniversary. Around 80 countries send athletes, and there are 200 medal events, including both individual and team competitions in 21 different sports. Visual starting cues such as flags and lights are used to signal the deaf athletes.

As we pray for the salvation of athletes who have come to the Deaflympics from around the world, there are many of our brothers and sisters in Christ who have gone to Tokyo for the express purpose of sharing the gospel with participants. In fact, one of our very own team members is familiar with some of those missionaries, and she was the one that brought this prayer opportunity to our attention.

1. Pray for a great harvest of souls from many nations, and that the Lord will bring about many “Divine appointments.”

2. Pray for physical endurance for Christians, as there’s a lot of walking involved, and some of the believers are older or have health challenges.

3. Pray for people who do trust Christ to find good churches to attend, so that discipleship and growth can occur.

Phil. 4:13

Note: In other news, today marks one month since missionary pilot Kevin Rideout was kidnapped in Niger. His whereabouts remain unknown. Please continue to pray for Kevin and his family, as well as the salvation of his captors.

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Tokyo.

1. The pictured building resembles a staircase, and with the sky as a backdrop, it brings to mind the OT account of Jacob’s ladder (also referenced by Jesus in the NT). Pray for someone working in the building to trust Jesus as the only stairway to heaven.

2. Pray for a Christian lady who recently bought a pair of shoes at the New Balance New Woman store (slightly south of our map location). As part of the armor of God described in Ephesians 6:10-20, pray for her to “stand… having shod [her] feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace.”

3. In 2024, 146 people were killed in car wrecks in Tokyo. Pray for a child who is struggling because his dad was one of those 146 people, that the child will experience the compassionate Fatherhood of God, beginning with spiritual salvation and extending to every detail of life in the difficult “new normal.”

Phil. 4:13

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Tokyo.

1. Pray for whoever uses this parking space next to be invited to a Biblical church, go and park there, hear the gospel, and be saved.

2. There are currently around 15,000 Japanese foreign exchange students in the United States. Pray for many of them to hear about Jesus while in America, and be saved and discipled, that they may take the good news of salvation back to their homeland.

3. Pray for one-on-one Bible studies taking place in Tokyo this week, in which a mature believer is working to disciple a new Christian, that spiritual growth will occur.

Phil. 4:13

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Tokyo.

1. Pray for someone working from a corner office in the pictured building, who has arrived at the pinnacle of his career, but yet doesn’t have fulfillment in life. Pray for the Lord to change that through the individual coming to know Him.

2. The Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) is very close to today’s location. Pray for one of those engineers to meet the Master Engineer of all time, and follow His blueprint for life and eternity.

3. Pray for a Christian in Tokyo who is struggling with a challenge that you have faced, that the Lord’s presence / victory will be very real to that person today.

Phil. 4:13

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Tokyo.

1. Today’s location is a major intersection. Notice the traffic light set-up; the horizontal “beam” the lights are connected to goes all the way around the large square. Pray for a car driver currently sitting at a red light at the intersection to turn to God in repentance and faith.

2. Today marks the 75% completion point of our prayer walk. Pray that the Lord will once again work in the lives of those for whom we have previously prayed.

3. The Shinjuku Police Station is at the corner of the intersection. Pray for an officer and his family who are struggling with job pressures to find help and hope in a Biblical church.

John 3:3