MaryBeth Hall – Page 29 – Targeted Global Prayer

Action Request: Prayer and a Letter

This morning at church, our pastor (Adam Love, Grace Baptist Church) shared information about a brother in Christ. As TGP members, we daily pray for Christ to be known to the peoples of the world. Sometimes, that is all we can do. Other times, there are additional action steps that can be taken. This is one of those times. Please read the short summary below, and then follow the link below for more information.

Pictured above is Zhang Wen Shi, a deacon in a Chinese church along the Chinese – North Korean border. He was kidnapped and taken to North Korea in November of 2014, and has been incarcerated there ever since. Voice of the Martyrs is requesting that many people send this short, respectful message to the UN ambassador from North Korea: “We request the return of Zhang Wen Shi to China.”

Letters may be mailed to:

Kim Song, UN Ambassador

820 2nd Ave. RM 13b

New York, NY 10017

For more of Zwang Wen Shi’s story, follow this link:

https://www.prisoneralert.com/prisoners/272/zhang-wen-shi

Thank you for praying & writing!

Saturday Morning Recap

Revelation 22:13

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.”

1. New Xade, Botswana: Pray for a government employee who manages New Xade’s infrastructure to become an active disciple of Jesus.

2. Cardiff, Wales: Pray for people who pass Cardiff Castle every day to find shelter in the Rock of Ages.

3. Your Choice: Please pray for a request you remember from the other cities featured this week:

Cordoba, Argentina

Palikir, Micronesia

Thank you for praying!

Palikir, Micronesia

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

1. Micronesia is a group of 600 islands and about 550,000 people. Pray for the good news of Jesus Christ to reach every island and family.

2. Pray for staff at the Chinese embassy in Palikir to accept the gospel, that they may one day take it home to their nation.

3. Pray for students at the College of Micronesia to meet genuine Christians who reach out to them with the love of Christ.

1 John 2:15-17

This post was originally published on July 2, 2021.

Cardiff, Wales

1. Cardiff is the capital of Wales. Pray for the Lord to give the teenagers of Cardiff a hunger to know Him.

2. The photo above is Cardiff Castle, a historical site spanning 2,000 years – from a Roman fort to a WW2 air raid shelter. Pray for the people who pass the castle every day on their way to work to find shelter in the Rock of Ages.

3. Pray for the “religious” to have a genuinely personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 45:22

This post was originally published on April 2, 2021.

New Xade, Botswana

1. New Xade had 1,690 residents in the 2021 census. An aerial view of the village is the best photo that Google Earth can provide. Pray for everyone living in the blue-gray roofed houses to hear a clear presentation of the gospel within the next five years.

2. New Xade began in 1997, when Botswana’s government relocated people from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. This was the largest resettlement program in the country’s history, and another group was relocated in 2002. New Xade was the administrative name for one of two new village settlements, but the plan was for it to be called Kg’oesakene, which means “looking for life.” That name never really stuck, however, and the village has most often been called New Xade. Pray for someone living there who thinks often about life before the relocation 27 years ago, that he / she will find abundant life in the only One Who offers unchanging stability and purpose.

3. Pray for a government employee who helps manage New Xade’s infrastructure to become an active disciple of Jesus.

Revelation 22:13

Cordoba, Argentina

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

1. Pray for both a worker and a patron of this bakery to partake of the Bread of Life.

2. “Sanwich de Miga” is a popular party sandwich purchased often in Argentina. Pray that the next customer who orders Sanwich de Miga from this bakery will hear about the most magnificent celebration a person can attend, and accept the Savior’s invitation/provision to join Him at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.

3. Pray for the truths of the hymn “Holy, Holy, Holy” to cause deep awe and admiration in the heart of a Christian in Cordoba today.

1 Corinthians 15:54-58

This post was originally published on February 17, 2023.

Saturday Morning Recap

Matthew 22:37-38

“Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment.”

1. Rural Mongolia: Pray for the Word of God to be widely available, and for gospel outreaches from last year to continue to bring forth fruit.

2. Akureyri, Iceland: Pray for someone who enjoyed the northern lights last week to reflect on God as Creator, that he may be led to the truth of Psalm 19.

3. Your Choice: Please pray for a request you remember from the other cities featured this week:

Nadi, Fiji

Colonia de Refugio, Mexico

Poum, New Caledonia

Thank you for praying!

Poum, New Caledonia (France)

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

1. The Bible repeatedly declares that our God is omniscient. Because He knows everything, He knows who each person is that left a footprint in the sand pictured above. Pray for the Holy Spirit to again draw every one of their hearts to long to truly know God.

2. Pray for any Christian employees at the Poum nickel mine to have a Biblical church to attend, and in which to grow spiritually.

3. Pray for a science teacher in Poum’s boarding middle school to embrace the veracity of Scripture’s account of creation, and be willing to stand up for that truth.

Psalm 78:4

This post was originally published on August 25, 2023.

Rural Mongolia

Eight days ago the TGP city featured was Arvaikheer, Mongolia. It was the first time a city from Mongolia had been featured. The goal of TGP is to pray for cities in every country of the world, and although I thought this had been accomplished for the first time a couple years ago, I realized on May 8 that I had overlooked Mongolia unintentionally.

Two days ago I came across a 2023 edition of ABWE’s magazine, the Message. I was leafing through it to see if there were any articles I wanted to cut out and save, and the first article featured rural Mongolia, so it caught my attention due to the recent TGP feature.

“How can I know how to ask God for help?” one Mongolian girl questioned. The country as a whole is 98% unreached, and there is little access to the Bible. Two Americans and their national partners were visiting a town and holding a children’s summer outreach program along the riverbank. There are no known Christians in the town.

There is an app with a free audio Bible in the Mongolian language, so the workers were able to share that.

Today’s three requests will once again focus on Mongolia, but with specific needs mentioned in the article:

1. Pray for the Word of God to be widely available to the people of Mongolia, both in its printed and audio forms.

2. The development of a discipleship booklet is in progress, so pray for its successful completion and distribution.

3. Pray for safety of believers, and for opportunities for fellowship with other Christians.

Matthew 22:37-38

To read the article in its entirety, email targetedglobalprayer@gmail.com.

Colonia de Refugio, Mexico

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Colonia de Refugio.

1. Pray for the people who live in this small Refuge Colony to find refuge in Christ from the storms of life.

2. The city’s weather forecast shows sunny days with highs in the upper 80s from now through June 1. Pray that the sunshine of God’s love will warm cold hearts.

3. Pray for everyone in Colonia de Refugio who will make tortillas, or other bread items today, to have an opportunity to hear about and personally come to know the Bread of Life. Pray that as they work the dough, the Holy Spirit will convict their hearts with any seeds of the gospel they have already come across.

Revelation 5:9-10

This post was originally published on May 28, 2021. The weather forecast in request two is from that day.