“I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.”
The rotation of continents and church jobs is now complete, so today is an opportunity for two things. The first is to review / pray for again the previously mentioned categories and locations of people:
European Pastors
North American Church Custodians
Oceanian Discipleship / Sunday School Teachers
South American Church Musicians
African Deacons
Asian Believers
With today being Palm Sunday, it is also an opportunity to pray that the Father will find many of His children genuinely worshipping Him throughout the world today. That is something all believers should do, regardless of what continent they live on or particular church role they have.
Below is a link to a Palm Sunday poem I wrote last year. The last section is my favorite. Through His enablement alone, may it always be true of each TGP team member.
“And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.”
1. TGP: Pray for more pray-ers to join us.
2. Rio Grande Valley Mission Trip: Pray for today’s gospel outreaches to bring forth fruit for eternity.
3. Your Choice: Please pray for a request you remember from any of this week’s other posts:
This picture hangs on my kitchen wall. It’s a page from a calendar of photographs of children from Peru, given to me Christmas of 2004. I don’t know who the boy is, but the look in his eyes stirs my soul. Children all over the world have that look in their eyes in a spiritual sense – hungry, wondering, hoping, not sure. I wish that I could walk up to each of them and tell them about Jesus. He’s the ultimate answer to their need. I wish I could give each of them a hug and a smile, look into their eyes, and tell them about the Bread of Life who loves them so very, very much.
The only way I know for one person to reach around the whole world is through prayer. In prayer, it is possible to make a difference in more places than our feet could ever travel in a lifetime. Jesus said to pray for the Lord of the Harvest to thrust out laborers into His harvestfield (Matt. 9:36-38). Each of us are working in our particular corner of that field, but we can pray for the whole field a piece at a time. Indeed, we must pray, for the Savior is worth knowing by every person, but “the night comes, when no man can work” (John 9:4).
Today marks three years since TGP’s first prayer post. I sincerely thank all of you who have prayed with us, from the first person who signed up to the most recent. The grand goal at the beginning was that TGP would have 1440 people praying a minute each day, because that would add up to a solid 24 hours worth of prayer every day for whatever the particular requests / location were. Though we are far from that goal, only the Lord knows how many cumulative hours of prayer have been offered on behalf of the peoples of the world coming to know Jesus. To God be the glory for this work to advance His kingdom! Occasionally, we hear about a specific answer to our prayers, and we trust that many more times, those visible answers will be waiting for us in heaven. Let us keep praying!
In 2016, five years before TGP started, I wrote a poem called “On Mission to Serve Jesus.” That was a phrase embroidered on a backpack given to me when I participated in a summer internship program helping a church plant in June of 1999. Wherever God has us today, we are disciples on the most important mission of all time – loving and serving Jesus. I’m putting a link to that poem here from my poetry blog, and I hope that it will be an encouragement to you:
For our prayer request today, please join me in praying that more pray-ers will join our team. If you think of people who might be interested, please tell them about Targeted Global Prayer. Any questions can be directed to targetedglobalprayer@gmail.com, or they can go to the website itself to find out more and sign up.
Thank you again for praying! “Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.” (1 Timothy 1:17)
“And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.”
1. Sunday Series: African Deacons
According to https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/persecution/countries/, 19 of Africa’s 54 countries have very high or extreme levels of religious persecution. Pray for deacons in those countries to have the hand of God on their lives as they serve His church.
2. Lake Tiberias (aka Lake Kinneret, Sea of Galilee): Asia
Israel, Syria, and Jordan are countries around Lake Tiberias. Pray for someone from each of those nations to come to faith in Christ today.
3. Black Sea: Europe & Asia
Just yesterday, TGP team members prayed for people living around the Black Sea. Also yesterday, a Russian missile attack on the Black Sea’s port city Odesa killed 21 Ukrainians, and injured 75 more. Pray for those injured, and the family members of the ones killed, to know Jesus, and the hope that only He can bring in dark situations.
“And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.”
1. Amazon River: South America
Pray that this year the gospel will reach 3 of the 100 tribes who have not interacted with the modern world.
2. Congo (Zaire) River: Africa
Pray for many African Pygmies to be “accepted in the Beloved.”
3. Your Choice: Please pray for a request you remember from the other locations featured this week:
Two days ago, my family had the opportunity to visit our city’s Aquarium. One thing that caught my attention was a large world map showing the small percentage of Earth’s water that is found in freshwater rivers and lakes. My husband and I were talking about this, and he mentioned that even though that percentage is very small, the vast majority of earth’s population lives very close to one of those rivers or lakes. This fact presented a new opportunity to organize prayer for the peoples of the world. For the month of March, TGP will feature a river or lake each day, and we will pray for the various people groups who live along that body of water. The exception to this water series will be on Sundays, when we break away for our Sunday Series of prayer for a category of church workers from the various continents.
Consider these interesting statistics:
Only 1/150th of 1% of earth’s water is found in rivers and lakes.
Consider also this wonderful truth from the Word of God, the theme verse for this water series:
“And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.” -Revelation 22:1,17
“Thank you for praying, and please ask someone to join our TGP team for this series!
TGP will take a break from daily posts for the month of February. Please continue to pray for needs around the world as the Lord brings them to your attention. March 1 is the planned resume date for daily emails. As always, thank you for praying for Jesus to be known to the peoples of the world! John 14:6
“I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.”
1. Cluj-Napoka, Romania: Pray for the person who speaks the most languages in Cluj-Napoka to also be Biblically literate and heaven bound.
2. Bir Anzerane, Western Sahara: Pray that if a Christian has been seeking to do a work for God in Western Sahara, that the Father would open doors to make that a reality.
3. Your Choice: Please pray for a request you remember from the other cities featured this week:
“Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”
1. Charleston, USA: Pray for every person named “Charlie” in Charleston, WV, to receive God’s gift of salvation.
2. European Pastors: 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.
3. Your Choice: Please pray for a request you remember from the other cities featured this week:
“Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.“
1. Pokrovsk, Ukraine: Just a few days ago, Russian missiles killed eleven people and injured ten more in the Ukrainian city Pokrovsk. Pray for firefighters who were involved in rescue efforts to themselves be rescued from the spiritual calamity that sins brings.
2. Kathmandu, Nepal: Pray for one of Kathmandu’s ambulance drivers who has seen a lot of hard things to meet the Father Who can heal hearts, and promises to one day make all things new (Rev. 21:4-5).
3. Your Choice: Please pray for a request you remember from the other cities featured this week: