Wednesday, September 22, 2010

PR - September 22, 2010

Pray for Mr. Jo

Mr. Jo lives in the heart of one of our PB peoples. For several months he professed faith in Christ.  In the past few months he has been baptized and now says that he is sharing with Muslims in his city. Praise the Lord for this new follower of Jesus! Join us in praying that God will mightily work in this man's life, family, and city.

 Pray for the English club

I regularly post this because this club has much interaction with university students from our PB peoples. Pray that God would give boldness, wisdom, and a love for the PB peoples to those who volunteer time there.  Students for you to pray for by name: Ferd, Amel, Sep, Echo.  Pray for these four by name and the MANY others we have contact with. Pray that God will open their hearts to Him. Pray for the chains of Islam to fall.  May God receive the glory.

Pray for Mr. Haji & the Lembox village

At Idul Fitri my family went to visit a local PB people, namely the Lembox, for their holiday.  While there we visited Mr. Haji, a man who had within the last several months returned from Mecca. He had taken his elderly father on the pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims are supposed to take at least one time in their life.  Mr. Haji was very excited in telling us about his trip. He even told us about an "attraction" there in Mecca... The Prophet Adam's bicycle. Upon hearing this, we almost gasped.  I tell you this story not to belittle Mr. Haji but to share with you how blinded Muslims are and can be. In the Islamic holy city, Mecca, they sell tickets to see Adam's bicycle. (Yes Adam. You know Adam and Eve?)  Muslims are taught NOT to question anything that their spiritual leaders teach, so if that was Adam's bicycle, then that was Adam's bicycle. I am not making this up. And please hear me, instead of laughing (which we too have done) at this farce, let it bring us to our knees in prayer and brokenness for Muslims who follow such lies and are taught to never question nor doubt their religion, while they are dying and going to Hell.    - Oh Lord God, please break into the Lembox, the Rujohn, the Paycall, and our other PB peoples. Please save our people Lord God.

Friday, September 3, 2010

PR - September 2, 2010

Update on Ms. Maria

God has truly been healing Maria. She has even returned to work this week. Amazing. Praise God for this amazing work and gift in Maria's life. Thank you friends for your prayers. Thank YOU God for this healing.

Update on Mr. So-so

This week, a national partner met with So-so. Mr. J (national partner) asked Mr. So-so if he was serious about his new belief in Christ. To which So-so answered, "yes I am ready to go deeper in my faith." Praise God for this new follower of Jesus. Pray for him as he is discipled. Pray that as he learns God's truths that So-so will quickly begin sharing them with others.

Our national partners

Some of our national partners just returned from a retreat. Please pray that God will continue to grow them in their faith and challenge them in their obedience to God and His Truths.  Pray that God will use them boldly to preach the Good News to all those they encounter.

Mr. Driver

Please pray for Mr. Driver. He has been shared with a few times over the last few days. Please pray that He will come to faith in Christ Jesus.

Pray for the local church

Please pray for the local church. Many local churches are so caught in tradition that they have difficulty looking outside the church building walls to see a dying, lost Muslim community surrounding them.  Please pray for God to grow them, challenge them, deepen them in their faith, and embolden them to be gospel-preaching, deeply-routed, followers of Jesus Christ to our 13 lost PB peoples.