For the next seven weeks, every Sunday morning one category of church workers from a particular continent will be featured. Feel free to also pray for your own corresponding church workers by name as well.
1. Planting and maintaining churches in Europe can often be difficult because of the callousness of people’s hearts toward religion in general. Pray for pastors to walk with God and be encouraged in Him as they lead their congregations this week.
2. Pray for these men of God to be faithful to boldly proclaim the whole counsel of His Word, and not give in to societal peer pressure and the politically correct ideologies that permeate European culture.
3. Pray for European pastors to have and make time for their most important ministry: discipleship of their personal families. Pray also for pastors’ wives to love God with all their minds.
“Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.“
1. Pokrovsk, Ukraine: Just a few days ago, Russian missiles killed eleven people and injured ten more in the Ukrainian city Pokrovsk. Pray for firefighters who were involved in rescue efforts to themselves be rescued from the spiritual calamity that sins brings.
2. Kathmandu, Nepal: Pray for one of Kathmandu’s ambulance drivers who has seen a lot of hard things to meet the Father Who can heal hearts, and promises to one day make all things new (Rev. 21:4-5).
3. Your Choice: Please pray for a request you remember from the other cities featured this week:
Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Kathmandu.
1. Pray for one of Kathmandu’s ambulance drivers who has seen a lot of hard things to meet the Father Who can heal hearts, and promises to one day make all things new (Rev. 21:4-5).
2. Kathmandu was first named “Kantipur,” meaning “City of Glory.” Pray for the Lord to receive much glory from the way His children there live.
3. Mt. Everest is about 100 miles from Kathmandu. Pray for someone in the city who is planning to visit the Mt. Everest base camp to hear and believe the gospel.
Psalm 96:12-13
This post was originally published on July 7, 2023.
1. Just a few days ago Russian missiles killed eleven people and injured ten more in the Ukrainian city Pokrovsk. Pray for firefighters who were involved in rescue efforts to themselves be rescued from the spiritual calamity that sins brings.
2. Of the eleven people killed, five were children. Pray for grieving families to obtain the hope and strength that only God can give.
3. Pray for the salvation of a Russian soldier involved in the attack.
Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Jakarta.
1. Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia, and is located on Java (one of the country’s 17,000 islands). Indonesia lies between Asia and Australia, and therefore Jakarta has been molded by a mix of Asian, European, and Indian cultures. Pray for one Jakarta resident from each of those three ethnic backgrounds to be saved today.
2. Sunda Kelapa is a historic port in Jakarta, and has been influential in helping the city achieve prominence. It’s name means “Coconut of Sunda.” Currently, the port uses two-masted wooden sailing ships to provide freight service between Indonesian islands. Pray for the captain of one of these schooners to let Jesus be the captain of his life.
3. The “Golden Triangle of Jakarta” is where most of the city’s tallest skyscrapers and foreign embassies are located (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Triangle_of_Jakarta). Pray for someone who works in one of those skyscrapers to be given a clear presentation of the gospel, and believe.
John 3:36
This post was originally published on July 25, 2023.
1. Kamina is an important railroad hub for the DRC, having three major connecting lines through the town. Pray for a train engineer to meet a Christian who can / will explain the gospel to him.
2. Pray for teachers at both the School Mahidio and the University of Kamina to come across books about Biblical Christianity, and be challenged to find out more from the very Word of God.
3. Pray for an adult who never learned to read to have the opportunity to come to Christ.
Psalm 107:15
This post was originally published on April 10, 2023.
Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Lelydorp.
Pray for drivers of fire department water trucks in Lelydorp today, such as of the rig pictured above, to personally know/trust the Rescuer from Hell’s fires.
Pray that anyone sitting today at the patio table / chairs above will meet a Christian exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit, and be drawn to Christ.
Pray for Lelydorp residents who will be eating coconuts today to discover the sweet milk of the Word of God.
I Thessalonians 4:13-18
This post was originally published on November 3, 2021.
“For it is the God Who commanded light to shine out of darkness, Who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
1. Pisa, Italy: Pray for a teacher at Pisa’s Elizabeth English Academy to sit at the feet of the Master Teacher (through reading the Scriptures), and come back thirsty to know Him more.
2. Gimcheon, South Korea: Located in almost South Korea’s exact geographical center, Gimcheon is on the main transportation route leading from Seoul to Busan. The city is famous for Jikjisa Temple, built in 418. Pray for a family that has been connected to Korean Buddhism for centuries to know the only Way, Truth, and Life, with many family members coming to the Father by Him.
3. Your Choice: Please pray for a request you remember from the other cities featured this week:
Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of James Ross Island.
1. James Ross Island is part of an archepelogo that extends closer to South America than any other part of Antarctica. Mendel Polar Station, owned and operated by the Czech Republic, is on the island. Pray for each person currently at the research station (around 20) to have an opportunity to accept Christ.
2. Pray for the salvation of the ship captain who will be transporting the station staff back home around the end of summer (mid-March).
3. At almost a mile high, Mount Haddington is the highest point on the island. Pray for the next person attempting to climb Mount Haddington to think again about any previous gospel witness received, and respond in faith.
Isaiah 45:22
This post was originally published on January 25, 2023.