Category: Asia

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

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

1.Notice the trees in the picture. The two on the right are healthy, the one on the left…not so much. Pray for Christians passing through Nishishinjuku Prime Square this month to have spiritual lives that are like the healthy tree (Psalm 1).

2. To the left of the left tree (just outside the pictured screenshot, but visible in the 360° streetview) a man is leaning against the building looking at his phone. Pray for that individual to become as interested – indeed, more so – in looking into the living Word of God as he is his phone.

3. Notice how the sky is reflected in the glass of the building.  Zooming in on the lowest glass level reveals the building across the street, clouds, and the healthy tree mentioned earlier. Interestingly, the sky’s reflection on building glass was also noted as a basis for a prayer request in Tartu, Estonia, which was TGP’s featured location on 11-23-21 and 11-21-24. The Holy Spirit enables Christians around the world to reflect the Son to people who haven’t yet turned to pay attention to Him directly. Pray for a lost person in Tokyo to be curious about Jesus because of what has been seen in a believer’s life, and then turn to God in faith to begin a firsthand relationship.

John 3:3

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

1. A feature of the app used to map our progress through Tokyo is that 360° streetviews are available. In looking around full circle at our current location, and zooming in on business signs and translating them into English (via Google lens), it is evident that there are many ungodly establishments on this street. It brings to mind the part of Pilgrims Progress when Christian and Faithful must walk through Vanity Fair. Pray for one business owner on this street to be transformed by the gospel into a new creature, and as a result close his current business.

2. Proverbs warns young men about many dangers to avoid. Pray for any Christian young men living in proximity to this street, that they will stay away from the pull of the world by choosing the surpassing value of Christ, as Moses did in Hebrews 11:24-27.

3. In the right foreground of the picture is a man sweeping the street. Pray for the Lord to reach into his life with the truth that Jesus alone can cleanse the human heart, and for the street sweeper to ask Him for that cleansing.

John 3:3

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

1. The corner gray building in the center of the picture is Hanazono Clinic. Pray for a staff member there who seeks to help patients with medical needs to herself meet the Great Physician Who can meet her own spiritual needs.

2. Today’s prayer walk stop is at the intersection of two large roads. This brings to mind Mark 11:4, where, in preparation for the triumphal entry,  Jesus told his disciples to go get a donkey “where two ways met.” Pray that someone using one of the crosswalks above will meet and begin a friendship with a Christian, resulting in a life-changing intersection with the gospel.

3. Tokyo is the world’s biggest city, full of people who need Jesus! Given the population of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the fact that birthdays are mostly randomly distributed among the 365 days of a year, approximately 101,400 people in the Greater Tokyo Area (38,900 of whom live in the specific limits of the Tokyo Metropolis) have a birthday today. Pray for those whose birthday is today to have and take the opportunity to be born again into God’s family.

John 3:3

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

1. Pray for roadside vendors to meet the Master Who freely gives what no one else can.
2. A port explosion in 2020 killed 218 people in Beirut. Pray for relatives still grieving the loss of loved ones to discover the hope that Jesus offers to all who trust Him.
3. Pray for Scripture to be readily available to all who yearn for truth.

2 Timothy 4:7-8

This post was originally published on November 16, 2021.