Category: Asia

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

1. Pray for a student at the Kuwait Riders Academy to hear about and follow the greatest Horseman, the King Who will one day ride from heaven to earth on a white horse (Revelation 19:11-16).
2. Pray for Christians in Kabed to live honorably in their speech and conduct.
3. Pray for people eating at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Kabed today to come across a Christian website, and have a holy curiosity to learn more about Jesus.

Romans 3:10-24

This post was originally published on January 26, 2022.

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

1. The 2020 population of Jerusalem was 932,000. Pray for 33 of those residents, including some souvenir vendors, to accept Jesus as their Messiah today, thereby celebrating Passover and Easter for the first time in their full meaning.
2. Pray for the oldest rabbi in Jerusalem to put his faith in the Son of God before leaving this life.
3. Pray for a boy celebrating his Bar Mitzvah and a girl celebrating her Bat Mitzvah to become not just children of the law, but children of grace.

Revelation 1:17-18

This post was originally published on April 17, 2022.

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Kfar Nahum.

1. One night on this very sea, Jesus Christ walked through a storm to reach His beleaguered friends. “What was over their heads was under His feet.”* Pray for a current believer living in this “village of comfort”** to know the abiding strength and comfort that Jesus Christ still brings to His friends today.
2. On this Good Friday, pray for three Jewish teenagers in Kfar Nahum to accept the finished work of the Messiah on their behalf.
3. Pray for the most secular-minded business owner in Kfar Nahum to hear and heed the beckoning of the Master, as Matthew the tax collector did two millennia ago.

Psalm 118:21-26

* original source of this quote unknown

** original meaning of the city name

This post was originally published on April 15, 2022.

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

1. Pray for a worker in one of these buildings to look out the window and up at the sky today, and think about Who God is. Pray that God will then send a witness into that person’s life, and that faith will be the response.
2. Jesus sent a message to ancient Izmir (Smyrna) in Revelation 2:8-11. Pray for a Christian family to read those verses today, and be encouraged.
3. Pray for many Biblical churches to be started and strengthened in this city of 4.5 million people.

Revelation 1:17-18

This post was originally published on April 20, 2022.

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

1. Pray for a guest in this hotel to meet the God Who is/has the answer to the deep questions of life with which his soul is wrestling.
2. Pray for the person responsible for cleaning the hotel’s floor rugs (the original 360° view of the above building shows a couple large rugs being aired on the front lawn) to discover and rejoice in the Savior Who cares about every detail of her life.
3. Tajikistan is home to many different types of birds. The Iskanderkulsky Nature Refuge is a notable bird habitat (Google Earth). Pray for someone bird watching there to learn some of Scripture’s beautiful truths/illustrations about birds.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

This post was originally published on April 1, 2022.

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

1. In Matthew 19, little children were brought to Jesus. Pray that two mothers in Mumbai would bring their children to a church where they can hear about Jesus.
2. Mumbai (previously called Bombay) is India’s largest city. Pray for a devout Hindu there who has been opposed to Christianity to seriously consider the claims of Jesus Christ, and turn to Him in faith.
3. Pray for Christians in Mumbai to be faithful to the Lord until His return.

Hebrews 13:3, 2 Timothy 2:9

This post was originally published on July 10, 2022.

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

1. From this park, children have a great view of the Persian Gulf. Pray for the Holy Spirit to stir in their hearts a desire to know the one, true God when they see that view, and for there to be opportunities for them to do so.
2. Pray for an inmate in the Jaww Prison (the main prison of the country) to experience the spiritual freedom that Jesus described in John 8:32,34,36.
3. Pray for a member of Jaww’s Al Bu Romaih tribe to come to saving faith today, that he/she may one day be a voice in the praise of Revelation 5:9.

Deuteronomy 7:9

This post was originally published on February 7, 2022.

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

1. Pray for each person who will sit under the pictured shelter today to also find a place of rest in the Savior’s open arms.

2. Xayaboury has a Buddhist temple that is five hundred years old. Pray for someone who goes there often looking for meaning behind the sufferings of this world to be introduced to the only One Who truly has those answers.

3. The national musical instrument of Laos is the khene. (Hear it played at https://youtu.be/rpmn_gdL6yg) Pray that a khene player in Xayaboury will become a Christian, and that salvation’s song will flow out of his heart through his khene, touching others for the glory of God.

Psalm 67

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

1. This picture shows mothers taking their children to the Poharadevi Temple. Pray for them to hear about Jesus, that they may instead introduce their children to the One True God.

2. Pray for the Lord to protect all His children in India who are seeking to reach others with His good news.

3. Pray that someone from Poharadevi will come into contact with a copy of the Bible today, be curious enough to read it, and convicted enough to believe it.

Psalm 102:11-12