Category: Asia

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

1. Our prayer walk reaches its conclusion at the world’s busiest intersection. Over 2.4 million pedestrians use this intersection daily! Each light change can see up to 3,000 people crossing the streets. Pray for an architect and an airline pilot who have used this major crossing to come to know and walk with the One who made the skies and has the best blueprint for living.

2. Japan continues to be under the megaquake alert status. Continue to pray for the Lord to keep convicting the hearts of those who have heard the gospel before and rejected it.

3. For our last Tokyo virtual prayer walk request, please note the pictures below, and join Jesus in the prayer He prayed for lost multitudes: “But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.’” (Matthew 9:36-38)

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

Photo from the Conqueror Virtual Challenges app

1. The pictured business on the corner of today’s major intersection stop has the following words  printed on the glass of both stories: “Going Beyond the Ordinary.” Pray that an employee there will go beyond the ordinary human way of living, and respond in faith to the Spirit’s pull toward the extraordinary possibility of a dynamic personal relationship with the one true God.

2. Near our location is the Carpe Diem Jiu-Jitsu School. Carpe Diem is Latin for “seize the day.” Pray for a student there who is anxious about the possibility of an impending megaquake (see yesterday’s post) to seize this current day of life to its fullest by trusting Jesus, and thus preparing for eternity.

3. Jesus’ post-resurrection seaside conversation with Peter could be summarized this way: “Don’t worry about your past, don’t worry about your future, don’t worry about other people; follow Me.” (John 21) Pray for all Christians who pass through the intersection of Route 413 and Kitasaka today to live out these instructions as well.

Psalm 47:2

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

1. Monday evening (morning in the USA) a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan, with 51 reported injuries. For people in the vicinity of an earthquake that strong, it is impossible to stand upright because of the intense shaking. The earthquake occurred about 400 miles from Tokyo. but was strongly felt in Tokyo. Pray for those who were injured to find ultimate refuge in the God of Psalm 46, Who is infinitely more stable than the shifting earth over which humans have no control.

2. Currently, Japanese authorities have issued a high level megaquake warning, urging people along Japan’s 800 mile long Pacific coast to prepare evacuation plans should the need arise. Because of the catastrophic damage that would happen if such a megaquake / resulting tsunami occurred, this is the highest alert level possible, and remains in place for at least a week. The center-of-picture vending machine is in an underground subway stop. Pray for someone who will soon be purchasing food from this machine, and is very worried about the safety of even using the subway system, to hear the gospel, believe, and know God’s peace.

3. Pray for unbelieving relatives of Christians in Tokyo who have heard the gospel before from their relatives, and have rejected it, to have the truth brought to their minds again today by the Holy Spirit, and this time, to believe. We are praying for people who could be on the very brink of their eternity.

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

1. Faith Dental Salon is located on the third floor of the center building. Pray for a dental hygienist working there to hear the gospel and believe, thus beginning a life of faith that will outlast the world itself.

2. Jesus said that the Father seeks people who will worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 4:23). Nicodemus demonstrated those qualities when he purchased an extremely large amount of myrhh and aloes for Jesus’ burial (far above the normal poundage used in burials). It is estimated that the cost of those spices was around 80+ years’ worth of wages, thereby demonstrating overwhelming honor to the Savior. Pray for Christians in Tokyo and around the world to love Jesus with that wholehearted kind of devotion today and every day.

3. To get a driver’s license in Japan, a person must be eighteen years old. Pray for a student driver in Tokyo who will be driving this month for the first time on the very busy Route 305 to enter a relationship with the Lord that makes the realization of such promises as Psalm 121:8 possible.

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

1. Today’s pictures are from the vantage point of where a pedestrian bridge crosses a divided highway (Route 413) that cuts through Yoyogi Park. The lower picture is zoomed in on the closest pedestrian from the top picture, because otherwise the little girl bending down would be missed. Pray for a family in Tokyo with children who feel habitually overlooked by / not important to their parents, that both they and their parents will hear that Jesus loves them, and receive the salvation He offers. Pray that the family dynamics will then reflect God’s ideals.

2. Pray for a vendor under the red and white tents to become a lifelong follower of Christ.

3. In the background (right side) is a tall building. Pray that anyone working there who has previously heard the gospel will be reminded of it once again today, and obey the Spirit’s convicting work.

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

1. Notice the double stroller the pictured pedestrian is pushing.  This type of stroller can be used for twins as well as an infant/toddler kid combo. In regard to twins, about 6 out of every 1,000 births in Japan are twins. (By comparison, the USA has an average of almost 31 twins born per every 1,000 births.) Pray for a set of twins in Tokyo to become spiritual siblings this Christmas season by both being born again into God’s family.

2. Japan’s first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi is an ultraconservative just elected two months ago. Her pledge to help Japan can be summarized by a quote in her October 4 speech to lawmakers: “I will abandon the idea of a ‘work-life balance’ — I will work, work, work, work and work.” She is admired by many, even to the extent of people copying her clothing and accessories. For example, her leather purse (large enough to hold papers) is sold out and pre-ordered through next August. The official moniker of this “Sanae Bag” is the “Grace Delight Tote.” (See link below for news article.) Pray that the Lord will reach into Sanae Takaichi’s heart with the gospel, and that she will find delight in His grace and rest in His finished work.

3. Pray for a prisoner in Tokyo’s Fuchu Prison to hear the gospel and believe it, that he may experience the true freedom Jesus described in John 8:31-36.

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https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan’s-takaichi-is-winning-fans-not-with-politics-but-with-her-style-and-‘work-work-work’-mantra

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

1. With only four miles to go, we are 90% through our Tokyo virtual prayer walk! Pray that someone walking on the pictured road today will meet Jesus before the end of the year.

2. As of the UN’s newly released statistics, Jakarta (Indonesia) and Dhaka (Bangladesh) now top Tokyo as the world’s most populated cities. Lower birth rates have caused Tokyo to slide into third place, a trend that is expected to continue. Pray for a Christian family in each of these three cities to be encouraged in the Lord today.

3. Yoyogi Park is a free admission park that is open twenty-four hours a day. Pray for the salvation of a person who has recently gone there in the middle of the night to ponder the meaning of life.

Revelation 5

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

1. Pray that the landscaper who tends the pictured area of Meiji Jingu Gyoen will meet the Lord God Who commissioned Adam to tend and keep the first garden (Gen. 2:15).

2. Pray for a worker at the Kakuuntei (a tea house not too far from our current location) to read a gospel tract and believe the truth.

3. Pray for a Christian set of grandparents who has walked through Meiji Jingu Gyoen to faithfully walk with God every day.

Revelation 5

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

1. Today’s location is a Shinto garden / forest. Close to our map marker is Kiyomasa’s Well (in purple on the map). People come to this 400 year old well believing it is a big “power spot” capable of purifying the soul and restoring positive energy. Pray for someone seeking those things from Kiyomasa’s Well to meet the only Giver of Living Water, Who forever changed a Samaritan woman’s life at a well (John 4).

2. As described in TGP’s November 4 post, torii gates are believed to be a dividing line between the secular and sacred, and able to ward off evil spirits. Another of Meiji Jingu Gyoen’s attractions is Big Torii, Japan’s largest wooden torii gate (40 feet tall by 56 feet wide). This torii gate is made from 1,500 year old cypress wood. Pray for the pictured person to realize that Jesus is the only way to obtain true holiness and deliverance from the kingdom of darkness (John 14:6).

3. As the Deaflympics closes today, pray for the 6,000 participants (athletes and officials) returning to their home countries. Especially pray for those who made decisions for Christ to continue growing in their faith and walk with Him.

Psalm 103:1

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.

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