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Daniel, Kathleen and Ava Harrison
Serving in Austria
Read our support letter.
Harrison blog ~ Click here . |
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Mark and Heather Miller & Their Three Children
Serving in Northern India
Their mission is to mobilize teams to glorify God among unreached peoples by initiating church-planting movements in partnership with local churches. Mark and Heather are spreading the good news and thet glory of God to the 40 million plus.
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Jerry & Paula Ireland
Serving in Zambia, Africa
Personal friends of Church of the Messiah, their ministry focuses on Pastor and Church leadership education and training, youth discipleship and health education. |
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Wade and Valerie
Undisclosed locations in North Africa
They are planted in an undisclosed locations in North Africa to build church-planting movements, whose energy continues to grown far into the future |
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House of Hope - Helen Rusimbi
Morogoro, Tanzinia
Born through a vision of a native of Morogoro, who is also a business woman, Helen Rusimbi rented two parts of a triplex. Her vision is to own all three houses and the land adjoining as the Lord provides, to see more homes built as an entire Village of Hope. Currently housing 12 children; the current compound includes a clinic, orphanage and school. |
Have you ever noticed that missionaries almost always say that their greatest need is prayer? Perhaps you sometimes think that is just what they are supposed to say—the standard missionary speech. The real issue is the money, right?
The truth is, without prayer, the money is useless. Through the ages, missionaries have known that only God can save the lost, heal the sick, or accomplish anything for His kingdom. And He chooses to work through prayer. Jesus said, “I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it” John 14:13-14.
How then should we pray? Is it enough to say “God bless Bill and Beth”? Praying daily for the needs of missionaries and their ministries can be difficult if we are not in close contact with them. But in order to keep our prayers fervent and consistent, drawing us into closer communion with God, we often need more specific direction.
Most missionaries, regardless of their location or ministry, have some needs in common, simply because they are missionaries. And, like all of us, missionaries are fallen people in need of God’s daily grace at work in their lives.
Below are some specific ways to pray for them. There is a category for each week, with a specific prayer need for each day of the week.
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Week 1 ~ Faithfulness in Ministry
- Faithfulness to the Gospel, regardless of results; protection from discouragement and strength in persecution
- Joyful service and faithful prayer life
- Steadfastness to stay the course of ministry
- Wisdom and skill in mobilizing and training leaders
- Heart for evangelism; boldness in taking opportunities to share the gospel
- Discernment for contextualizing the gospel to their people group
Week 2 ~ Building Relationships
- Effective grasp of language and ability to communicate
- Ability to bond with their people group—open doors
- Understanding of the culture and cross cultural dynamics
- Cultural adjustment
- Freedom in Christ to be transparent and real
- Deepening love for the peoples of the ministry region
- Grace, humility, friendship, and love in relationships; teachable hearts
Week 3 ~ Protecting their Witness
- Loving and respectful team relationships, team unity
- Protection from sin and Satan’s attack
- Constant abiding in the Word of God; a spirit of loving obedience to the Word
- Vibrant and consistent prayer life
- Vital growing and deep experience of God; personal accountability for spiritual growth
- Humility, flexibility, and openness to learning; protection against pride
Week 4 ~ Resources
- Prayer Support
- Financial Support
- Good Stewardship of resources
- More laborers for the field
- Greater numbers of short term workers returning for long term service
- Power of the Spirit in their ministries
- An effective prayer movement in each region, team, or country for budding churches and teams
Week 5 ~ Home & Family
- Strong marriages and families; saving faith for all missionary children, that would be faithful disciples
- Friendships on the field
- Family issues such as separation from college-age children, aging parents, and other issues at home
- For missionary kids-issues of transition, schooling and friends; love for team and adoptive peoples
- Safe, adequate and affordable housing
- Spiritual nourishment in a cross-cultural context where there may be no church or a small, perhaps immature church, spiritual nurturing from the children and youth
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