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Mark 16:15

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”

1. Kevin Rideout: Continue to pray for the release of this kidnapped missionary pilot.

2. Ohrid, North Macedonia: According to Wikipedia, Ohrid “once had 365 churches, one for every day of the year, and was known as ‘Jerusalem of the Balkans’.” Pray for Christianity to have genuine authenticity in the lives of adherents, and not just be an outward cultural formality.

3. Your Choice: Please pray for a request you remember from one of the other locations featured this week:

Black Lake, Canada

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Travel Industry Workers

Thank you for praying!

It is estimated that 122.4 million Americans traveled at least 50 miles during the 2025 winter holiday season. Car travel was the main mode of these trips. Many people work in travel related jobs: gas station / truck stop employees, hotel clerks and cleaning staff, fast food employees, car rental agents, airport / airline workers, etc.

Many Christians try to be a witness for the Lord when they are on the road. Because of the in-and-out nature of travel interactions, there is often only time to give out a tract or smile, make direct eye contact, and say a simple sentence like “Jesus loves you!” However, that is still an opportunity for the Holy Spirit to bring Christ to the forefront of someone’s attention. Most people receive multiple witnesses before becoming Christians, and God is easily able to coordinate the efforts of all His children.

1. Pray for all the travel industry workers whom our TGP team members have witnessed to over the Thanksgiving – New Year travel season to once again receive a gospel witness, and obey the Spirit’s continuing convicting work.

2. Pray for 2026 to see an increase in the number of Christians who make an effort to witness when they interact with the public at large.

3. Pray for any travel industry workers who have accepted Jesus this winter season to join and become active in a Biblical church, thereby growing as disciples of Christ.

Mark 16:15

Luke 2:11

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

1. Kevin Rideout: He and his family just spent Christmas apart from each other, not knowing if they will ever see each other again on this earth. Pray for the Lord to meet the needs of their hearts today.

2. Viqueque, Timor-Leste: Viqueque has a high rate of childhood malnutrition. There is also a high rate of adult cigarette/alcohol use. Pray for the salvation of parents, and for a trickle down effect of that to be for the Lord to give them wisdom in how to best provide for the needs of their children.

3. Your Choice: Please pray for a request you remember from one of the other posts this week:

Matt Gardner family

Christmas Requests

Christmas Reflections

Thank you for praying!

We at TGP hope that every one of our team members had a very merry Christmas yesterday!

One of the nice things about Christmas week is that the afterglow of Christmas continues to be enjoyed for several days. On that note, not wishing to move on from Christmas quite yet, today’s post has links for two Christmas poems for your reflection, and prayer / thanksgiving.

“Can You See Yourself?”

https://poemsfortheking.blogspot.com/2024/11/can-you-see-yourself.html

“Christmas Villains”

https://poemsfortheking.blogspot.com/2022/12/christmas-villains.html

Thank you for being part of the TGP team!

This Christmas season, please pray for the Lord to work in these areas…

1.   Salvation: That people who have never heard the Christmas story will hear it, understand the scope of its meaning and effects, and invite the Savior into their lives.

2.   Reflection: That Christians will make time to reflect on the wonder of Emmanuel’s incarnation, and adore Him yet again.

3.   Attention: That people who grew up hearing the Truth but rejected it for the world’s glamour will heed the Spirit’s convicting pull to seek what is most important.

Luke 2:11

This post was originally published on December 7, 2023.

In January of 2025, TGP began facilitating a new way to increase prayer for specific lost individuals. A monthly email was sent to any team members who asked to receive it. The list contained first names of people whom team members had previously reached out to with the gospel. This PDF file could then be printed and placed in a visible location (inside a kitchen cabinet, for example), so that whenever the paper was seen, a name or two could be prayed for. Updates and additional names could be submitted anytime to be included in the next monthly list.

Many of the people on our list have been on the hearts of team members for years. Faithful prayer over the long haul is important. Because of this, in September TGP changed the frequency of how often the salvation list is sent to be once a quarter.

December 20 is when any team members who want to receive the quarterly email will get it. If you want to get it, simply reply to this email with your name/email address and the first names of lost individuals that you would like to add for prayer. (Those who have previously gotten the monthly lists do not need to reply, and any names you submitted will remain on the list.)

Please send any questions to targetedglobalprayer@gmail.com

Thank you for considering this opportunity!

John 8:12

Concerns:

1. Mass shooting yesterday in Australia against a Hanukkah celebration:

Hanukkah is the festival of lights. Pray for a Jewish family who was at Bondi Beach during the shooting to put saving faith in the Light of the World that cannot be overcome by darkness (John 1:4-5, 8:12).

2. Megaquake alert in Japan:

Because of continuing off-shore seismic activity, concerns regarding a potential megaquake are very real. Pray for the salvation of a seismologist working for the Japan Meteorological Agency.

3. Because we prayed before:

Last winter, TGP hosted a virtual prayer walk through 71 miles of New York City. Currently, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is preparing to take office on January 1, 2026. Many of his policies and plans run counter to traditional American and Christian values. Pray for Christians in NYC to remember the prayer of Acts 4:29, and likewise receive boldness to continue speaking the Word of God (v. 31).

Praises:

1. Many attended Saturday’s Christmas party for inner city children in Boston, Massachusetts. There were a few professions of faith in Christ!

2. Despite challenges, churches around the world continue to proclaim the gospel this Christmas season.

3. God is always on His throne! (Psalm 2)

John 8:12

Psalm 47:2

“For the Lord Most High is awesome;
He is a great King over all the earth.”

1. Kevin Rideout: Pray for the release of this American missionary pilot who was kidnapped in Niger on October 21. Although no updates are currently available, God knows every detail of the situation. Pray for the Lord to meet Kevin’s needs today.

2. Boston Christmas Party for Inner City Children: This event is today! Pray for many people to come to know Christ through this evangelistic outreach.

3. Your Choice: Please pray for a request you remember from the other locations featured this week:

Belmopan, Belize

Route 305 (Tokyo, Japan)

Intersection of Route 305 & Route 413 (Tokyo, Japan)

Intersection of Route 413 & Kitasaka (Tokyo, Japan)

Shibuya Crossing (Tokyo, Japan)

Thank you for praying, and thank you for being part of TGP’s now-completed virtual prayer walk for Tokyo, Japan!

Because of last week’s Thanksgiving break from school, I did not log treadmill walking time last Wednesday through Friday, so there’s not a new Tokyo prayer walk location for today. Lord willing, tomorrow that will resume.

However, I wanted to share a song with you all that relates to why TGP exists. Yesterday this song came across my YouTube playlist, and really caught my attention because at church we have been going through Revelation in our adult Sunday School class, and have been in chapter five the last couple weeks. That chapter is the basis for the song “Is He Worthy?”, which concludes with a resounding “He Is!”

Jesus is worthy of everything. Any sacrifices made to spread His gospel are swallowed up in the vastness of His eternal glory. Let us rejoice to be loved by such a great God, and to be the recipients of His promise to one day see Him in His full splendor.

Please follow this link to listen to “Is He Worthy?”

https://youtu.be/g4aPrt35X6g?si=Yac7_fwVpJo_5Nl1

Revelation 5

As today marks the official beginning of the Christmas season, let us pause to pray for the many church Christmas outreaches around the world planned for the next month.

1. Pray for your church to be a light in your community over the coming weeks, and that the Lord would bring at least one person to faith in Him through that witness.

2. Pray for our team member Julie Andrews, who is currently in Boston, Massachusetts, to help her sister and brother-in-law’s church with their annual Christmas party for inner city kids. Pray for the Lord to bless that outreach and touch many lives.

3. Pray that God will once again this year touch your soul with the wonder of the very first Christmas.

Psalm 103:1