Category: Europe

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

1. The above photo is from a room in the Center of Studies of the Holocaust. Pray for spiritual and emotional healing for any living relatives of the people whose names are listed on the walls.
2. Around 850,000 Norwegians immigrated to America from 1825 – 1925 (about a third of Norway’s population). Many of these came to avoid religious persecution. Pray for today’s American Norwegians to hear and accept the gospel.
3. There is a Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, with preserved ships from the 9th century. In September 2021, it closed temporarily, with plans to re-open in 2025-2026. Pray that employees of the museum, who are now out of work, will seek God’s provision for new jobs, and also delight in His provision for their spiritual needs.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

This post was originally published on October 31, 2021.

1.   After intense fighting, Russian forces took control of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine. This was a strategic win for Russia. Pray for those wounded in the fighting to receive care for their bodies and souls.

2.   As of summer last year, there were fewer than 1,000 civilians still living in Chasiv Yar. Most had evacuated due to the war, and the town became a fortification from which Ukraine could move troops forward. Pray for the civilians facing new survival challenges due to yesterday’s events.

3.   Pray for any Christians in Chasiv Yar today to continually be aware of the Lord’s presence with them, come what may.

John 6:35

Nicknamed both “Mother Volga” and the “National River of Russia,” the Volga is also Europe’s longest river. It originates in the Valdai Hills, and empties into the Caspian Sea. Moscow and four other of Russia’s ten largest cities are within the Volga’s drainage basin. Many different ethnicities, such as Slavic tribes, have lived along the river’s banks.

1.   Pray for the Word of God to penetrate a Slavic tribe which has been resistant to Christianity.

2. Pray that this Easter weekend will be the date of new birth for someone in Moscow who has been religious but had no personal relationship with the resurrected Christ.

3.   Wheat farming and the petroleum industry are major economic contributors in the Volga River valley. Pray for Christian workers in both of these lines of work to be encouraged in their walk with God.

Revelation 22:1,17

From its source near Dijon to its discharge into the English Channel, the Seine River drains most of Northern France, and its history is inseparably linked to the nation’s. Dating back to 500 BC, the largest ancient bronze vessel in the world (5 feet, 5 inches tall) was found in a burial mound for the Lady of Vix. Additionally, this week in AD 845 Vikings sailed up the Seine and looted Paris. In modern history, the Seine River was part of the WW2 Allied campaign to free France from Nazi control. It was also the location for the 1900 Summer Olympics, and will be again for the opening international boat parade of this year’s Summer Olympics. However, since 1923 river swimming has been banned, because pollution has been a problem for 500 years.

1.   Pray for someone involved in planning the upcoming Olympic boat parade to trust Christ as his personal Lord and Savior.

2.  Missionary endeavors in France typically take a long time to see results, due to the characteristic European mindset regarding Christianity. Pray for a missionary there to be encouraged to keep serving Jesus today.

3.  Pray for a family planning to attend Easter mass this weekend to hear about the correct Biblical way of salvation, and believe.

Revelation 22:1,17

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

1.   Pictured above is Swindon’s Magic Roundabout, consisting of five small roundabouts joined together. According to Wikipedia, “In 2009, it was voted the fourth-scariest junction in England.” (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Swindon)).  Pray for a driver on the Magic Roundabout today who feels like life parallels that exhausting schematic to see that following the Maker’s instructions is the only way off the endless cycle of activity without destination.

2.   Swindon has several museums, including the Museum of Computing and the Museum of the Great Western Railway.  Pray for one worker at each of these two places to realize that he  personally must interact with Jesus Christ, and enter that relationship today.

3. Pray for someone living in Swindon who shares your birthday to also learn how to have a spiritual birthday, and be born into God’s family.

2 Corinthians 4:3-7

This post was originally published on March 7, 2023.

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Cluj-Napoca.

1. Pray for the child who owns this scooter to receive eternal life, and have many discipleship opportunities to grow in faith.

2. Jesus said in John 4:23 that the Father is seeking people who will worship Him in spirit and in truth. Pray for Him to find many such worshippers in Cluj-Napoca.

3. Romanian, English, French, and Italian can often be heard in the populous city of Cluj-Napoca. Pray for the resident who speaks the most languages to also be Biblically literate and heaven bound.

Revelation 3:8

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

1. Above is the Nehaj Fortress, whose name means “don’t care.” Built in the sixteenth century by the Uskoks, the name was given as a reassurance to the townspeople of Senj that they did not have to worry about the security of the fortress, because the Uskoks would never let it be captured. Pray for the Lord to encourage a Christian in Senj today with the truth that His kingdom is eternally unshakable, beyond what any earthly army could ever claim.

2. The Nehaj Fortress is now a museum. Pray for someone who will walk this brick path today to also begin walking the straight and narrow road to the Celestial City.

3. Senj has a population of around ten thousand people. A basic internet search does not produce the names of any Baptist (or baptistic type in doctrine) churches in the city. Pray for this to change.

Romans 10:17

This post was originally published on January 30, 2023.

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.

Psalm 122:1