Category: Asia

In light of current events in the Karabakh region and yesterday’s ceasefire agreement, please be praying for the following:

1. Pray for the wounded to recover from both physical and emotional trauma, and meet the One Who will ultimately make everything new.

2. Pray for provision of food for people in bread lines, and for them to learn how the Bread of Life can sustain and nourish their souls.

3. Pray for a workable and fair solution to be enacted in the region as negotiations are underway.

A BBC news article summarizing the conflict can be found at https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66863702

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

1.  Pictured above are white Buddhist prayer flags on a hill overlooking the city. Pray that the Lord will send someone to explain what prayer really is (talking to a personal God, made possible by Jesus’ work) to the person responsible for setting up the flags. Pray for that person to then pray the “sinner’s prayer” in faith, thus beginning a life of Biblical prayer to the Father.

2.   The “Gross National Happiness” is a philosophy that guides many of Bhutan’s governmental policies. Pray for a person seeking that elusive condition to find the joy that Jesus offers instead.

3.   Thimphu is Bhutan’s capital city, and has 1/7 of the country’s population. Pray for 7 of those 115,000 people to hear about and trust Jesus soon.

Psalm 113:3

This post was originally published on March 21, 2023.

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

1. Pray for someone entering this building today to experience the freedom of forgiveness and new life in Jesus Christ.
2. Because of Dili’s political struggles, the “City of Peace” campaign was begun in 2009. Pray that a family in Dili will enter the kingdom of the Prince of Peace this month.
3. Pray for a city utility worker to know the joy of personal friendship with the Creator.

Psalm 90

This post was originally published on March 9, 2022.

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Cebu City.

1. The above picture is from inside the Temple of Leah, an ornate Roman-style complex built in 2012 to memorialize the undying love a widower had for his late wife. Pray that each spouse in Cebu City grieving the loss of a spouse will experience the sustaining comfort only the Lord can provide.
2. The religion of Taoism seeks to help followers live in harmony with the universe. Pray that a Taoist in Cebu City wrestling with how to obtain peace will have and take an opportunity to come to Jesus Christ, the only answer.
3. Cebu City is the oldest city in the Philippines. One of the things it is famous for is “mouthwatering food” (federalland.ph). Pray for a roadside vender there today to “labor…for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give…” (John 6:27).

Colossians 1:16-18

This post was originally published on May 16, 2022.

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

1. This picture is from inside Shwedagon Pagoda, a Buddhist temple dating back to the sixth century. Pray for the photographer to find new life in Jesus Christ.
2. According to christianhistoryinstitute.org, Shwedagon Pagoda was the first thing to grab the attention of Adoniram Judson when he entered Yangon (then Rangoon). Years later after great hardship, Judson would give the people of Myanmar (Burma) the Word of God in their own language. Pray that today the Burmese Bible will once again change a life forever.
3. Pray for church leaders in Yangon to know how to best lead their people to follow the Lord in the midst of cultural opposition.

Hebrews 13:3, 2 Timothy 2:9

This post was originally published on July 26, 2022.

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

1. Pray for someone walking through this gate today to also hear how to enter the only gate to heaven, and take that opportunity.

2. Pray for the Lord to continue using MAF (Missionary Aviation Fellowship) to facilitate the spread of the gospel to remote areas of Indonesia that have never heard the Good News.

3. Pray for believers in Ilaga to have opportunities for further discipleship.

Romans 10:13-15

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Luang Prabang.

1. Pictured above is a 460 year old Buddhist temple. Pray for worshippers there to find hope in the personal one true God Who has the answers for pain and suffering.
2. Pray for a priest at the temple to be saved this year.
3. Pray for the middle children of Luang Prabang families to hear about the good news of Jesus Christ.

Acts 5:42

This post was originally published on August 2, 2021.

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

1. An interesting geological location in the study of plate tectonics, the above picture marks where the Philippine Sea Plate touches the Eurasian Plate. Pray for the next person who will stand on the bronze feet marker (and thus be standing on two different tectonic plates) to learn how to stop standing in the kingdom of darkness and step into the kingdom of the Beloved Son.
2. Yuli is 12 hours ahead of the United States’ Eastern Time Zone, and home for around 26,000 people. Pray that someone putting a key in a car’s ignition at the same moment you pray will think about the Lord before taking out the car key at the end of the drive.
3. Pray for a middle school student wrestling with gender identity issues to meet a Christian who will reach out with the Father’s love and truth.

Colossians 1:16-18

This post was originally published on May 19, 2022.

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

1. Block houses similar to this one are common all over the world. Notice the bamboo in the windows. Pray for the family living here to build their lives on The Rock, that they may successfully withstand the storms of life.

2. Sdi Dhereisa is a school in Rawe. Pray for both a teacher and a student there to be born again.

3. Pray for any Christians in Rawe to grow in their knowledge of the Lord, that they may abide in Him and accurately reflect His image.

John 3:36

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

1. These benches are on a river dock. Pray for people who sit on them today to ask questions about their current beliefs that the Spirit can use to point them to the Savior.
2. Pray for syncretism (of tribal rituals and Christianity) not to have a place in the lives of believers.
3. Pray for the oldest person in Bintuni to understand what the Bible says about personal salvation, and to believe.

John 3:16

This post was originally published on July 25, 2021.