Category: North America

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

1. Pray for teens who play baseball at this complex to join God’s winning team…the church.
2. York, Nebraska, is named for towns in England and Pennsylvania. Pray for one person from each of the three Yorks to be saved today.
3. Pray for a seamstress in York to follow Scripture’s pattern for a successful life (Joshua 1:8).

1 Peter 5:7

This post was originally published on January 21, 2022.

Dear TGP Prayer Team,

This isn’t a normal post, but I’m asking you all to read, pray, and respond as God leads in relation to what is written below. Thank you!

God wouldn’t let the baker sleep, so at 2 AM he got up and started baking bread…three professional batches’ worth of bread. At breakfast time the next morning, he loaded it all up and took it to a local orphanage. Three hundred children sat at the tables, but their plates were empty. They had gotten dressed and ready for school, come to the table, thanked God for the breakfast they did not see, and waited. And then the baker came.

Following his delivery, the milkman knocked at the door. His delivery cart had broken a wheel directly in front of the orphanage, and the milk would sour by the time the wheel could be fixed. He wondered if the orphanage would be able to use ten cans of milk. Thus it was that three hundred hungry orphans had full stomachs that morning when the cupboards were empty.

This true story of George Mueller’s orphanage in Bristol, England, is well-known and loved by many. We often highlight the faith of the man who started the orphanage, or the fatherly provision of God for the orphans. Today, I want to shine the spotlight on the baker whose name we don’t even know. We continue to tell his story 150 years later, and all we know to call him is “the baker.” He couldn’t sleep, and he listened to the Spirit’s whisper in his heart. That obedience made a huge difference, not only in the provision of a meal to hungry children, but in the subsequent encouragement to trust God’s provision as his story has been retold to generations. He didn’t know exactly what was going on or would result, but he obeyed.

Today, I’m asking everyone who reads this to be that baker.   NEBC (https://nebcvt.org/ ) is a Christian college making a difference for God in the Northeast. They operate by faith, and they need some “bakers” who will listen to the Spirit’s prompting to give what they have. If you’ve never heard of NEBC, here’s a link to an informative interview that discusses both who the school is and the urgency of their current situation: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BmdmdFLJn/

Last night, our church took an offering to give toward pressing end-of-the-month needs that NEBC has. I watched an eight year old girl put a dollar bill in the offering plate, and a teenager drop in yard work cash. If children and teens can step up to the plate, all of us can, too. All of God’s children are in this thing of spreading the gospel together, so let’s each do what we can to help. Like the baker in Bristol, you may not know the full impact your gift will have this side of eternity, and your name may not be famous, but – also like the baker – God wants to use you, and you will rejoice in time to come.

Memorial Day is meant to be a day of reflection, honor, and gratitude for those who paid the ultimate sacrifice to preserve freedom. The “Hymn to the Fallen” by John Williams powerfully captures these sentiments:

https://youtu.be/Omd9_FJnerY?si=zYvl9al5eml1g_Sk

1. Pray for immediate family members of US military who have died in the last decade to know the gratitude of a nation and the hope that God alone can provide.
2. Pray for today’s generation of young people to have the caliber of character that is willing to sacrifice ease for freedom, faith, and family.
3. Countless Memorial Day observances are planned for today across our land. Pray for many people to accept God’s offer of salvation as a result of participating churches that will be seeking to point the way to the One Who gave His blood to obtain eternal freedom for all who believe.

Romans 13:7

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of His chosen people.

1. Embassy workers Yaron and Sarah were killed in a terrorist attack Wednesday evening as they were leaving an event in Washington DC (ironically, the focus of the event was bridge building and humanitarian aid in the Middle East). Thank God, they both believed in Jesus as their Messiah. Pray for their families to know the Lord’s continuing strength during this difficult time.
2. Pray for unsaved friends who have previously talked to Yaron and Sarah about the Messiah to go ahead and place their faith in Jesus.
3. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and for the eyes of world leaders to be opened to the reality of what is occurring.

2 Corinthians 4:7

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

1. Located on the Sacandaga River, the town of Hope has 400 residents. Pictured above is the town hall. Pray for the next person who enters that building to hear and believe the gospel.
2. It is interesting that the Old Testament Hebrew word for “hope” (tiqvah) is connected to the idea of a “cord or attachment.” In fact, although tiqvah is almost always translated “hope,” it is also the word used for the “cord” of scarlet thread that Rahab hung out her window, a beautiful illustration of the faith she had come to place in the God of Israel for redemption. Pray for the family that has lived in the town of Hope, New York, the longest to have sure hope for this life and eternity by being attached to that Hope Himself through faith.
3. In Hosea 2:15, the Lord made a promise of restoration for His people: the valley of Achor would become a door of hope. “Achor” means trouble, and was the place where Achan troubled Israel back in the book of Joshua. Similarly, Israel’s unfaithfulness to God had brought them trouble, as described in the book of Hosea. Pray for a resident of Hope, New York, who has walked far away from God to repent, and for the consequences of sin in that person’s life to point him / her to the only Hope there truly is.

Matthew 5:16

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

1. Pray for families who live within sight of this mountain to trust in the Lord, and thus be like Mt. Zion, which can not be moved, but abides forever (Psalm 125:1).
2. Pray for each owner of a pickup truck in Torreon to hear/accept the good news of Jesus Christ.
3. Pray for someone playing with a frisbee today to realize that God’s love is like a circle with no end.

2 Timothy 4:7-8

This post was originally published on November 18, 2021.

On February 5, I had the opportunity to be in New York City for a couple hours during a layover. It was really neat to be on location in the city during the time of our virtual prayer walk. I thought of you all, and wished you all could have been there that night as well. I was able to order NYC postcards that evening, and have been saving them to mail out to everyone involved on the prayer walk upon completion of our journey. In addition to being a celebratory thank you for praying, the postcards could also serve as a reminder to continue to pray for New York City.

All that said, I have a few addresses already, but if you would like to get a physical postcard in the mail, please email your name and address to me at targetedglobalprayer@gmail.com. (This is a private email, and no information will be shared with anyone else.)

Once again, thank you for praying for New York City! May the Lord use our prayers to further His kingdom in that place. Psalm 113:3.

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

Today’s post marks the completion of our virtual prayer walk in New York City! Thank you to each TGP team member who has prayed along the way! Tomorrow’s post will contain summary and celebratory information / stats, so be sure to check your email then.

1. The view above is interesting because it combines the serenity of a park with the skyline of a metropolis. Pray for a person who will see this view in person today, that he will be convinced of the need to have a Biblical worldview for all of life.
2. Pray for a person who frequently visits Central Park looking for peace and respite from life’s stresses, that she will discover the only true source of peace – Jesus Himself.
3. Pray for a park custodian to have a gospel focused conversation with a Christian, and respond in faith.

Revelation 5:11

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

Playmates Arch is in the Children’s District of Central Park. It allows pedestrians to continue walking along the footpath uninterrupted by traffic above. To the west of the arch is the carousel, playground, and ballfield. To the east is both the Chess & Checkers House and the dairy.

1. Jesus said that unless a person becomes like a little child, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Pray for a caregiver walking with children under Playmates Arch today to have the humble faith of a child, and thus receive eternal life.
2. Pray for two of this month’s game players at the outdoor Chess & Checkers House to meet Jesus.
3. Pray for a child who has previously ridden on the carousel who has been through traumatic life events to find salvation, comfort, and healing in the arms of Jesus, Who called the little children to His side.

Revelation 5:11

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

Located behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Obelisk is known as Cleopatra’s Needle, and is one of two needles that flanked the Egyptian temple in Heliopolis (referred to Biblically as On), the center for Egyptian sun worship. What is really interesting is that Moses probably saw The Obelisk on a regular basis, because historians think he received his Egyptian education in Heliopolis, and The Obelisk was there before he was born. Thus, although many of the hieroglyphics have been weathered down over the course of time, we are potentially looking at a picture of something that Moses saw as a teenager / young man.

1. Hebrews 11:24-26 says that when Moses was come of age, he valued the reproach of Christ as greater riches than all of Egypt’s treasures. Today only scattered fragments of Heliopolis’ grandeur can be found in the desert sands around Cairo. Moses made the right choice. Pray for Christian teenagers touring the Metropolitan Museum of Art this spring to make that same right choice.
2. Jesus said that if someone would not believe Moses’ writings, they would not believe Him. As an application of that statement, pray for a person struggling with what Moses wrote in Genesis 1-11 to accept its veracity by faith, thus paving the way to accept the Redeemer’s New Testament message of salvation.
3. Pray for Christian leaders in New York City to continue growing in their personal knowledge of and walk with God, just as Moses’ maturity and understanding of God continued to grow throughout his life.

Revelation 5:11