praise & pray for Kevin, Joseph, Cane, Carol, Mandula, Maggie, Fiona, Nash [ Tw, KOR, HK, SR LK

those i met through English corner on Tuesday! [discussed the Good Samaritan]

:D PRAISE! :D

:D blessing me with jumpers & vitamin C to give away for others to use~!

:D making all nations & deciding to bringing SO MANY those from the mission field here at this time in their lives!
*PRAY*
* give them a Divine discontent so they'd hunger & thirst after, look for & reach out to the only One who can give them right relationship with their Creator God -- Jesus!
* reveal Jesus as Lord to these precious souls, bring them to repentance & faith in The Only Saviour before it's too late!
* provide them with accomodation/jobs that will go to the ends prayed for above :)
* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself!
* Nations would be impacted as they send their bright future leaders abroad to study English!
* have mercy on them & send them back to 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

* provide more teachers/ helpers as a few of us haveleft / will be leaving to reduce group sizes for better quality time with students or give us better skills in dealing with big groups!!!!
!!~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

[life's SHORT, PRAY HARD!] praise & pray for Mina, Sophie, Joe, Josh, Dean [Tw, KOR]

- those i met through our English Conversation class today! [discussed Tourism & Travel]
:D PRAISE! :D

:D creating all things beautiful to make reason tourism & travel worthwhile!
:D making all nations & deciding to bringing SO MANY from the mission field here at this time in their lives! [one guy even travels 2.5 hours each way just to join us~!]
:D faithfully answering our prayers to bring more students & letting them stay behind for longer so we can get to know them!

:D those who've indicated interest in learning more about Jesus!

*PRAY*

* give them a hunger & thirst for The only One who can show them The Way to The Father! -- Jesus!

* reveal Jesus as Lord to these precious souls, bring them to repentance & faith in The Only Saviour before it's too late!

* provide them with friendships / accomodation/jobs that will go towards the ends prayed for above :)

* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself!

* Nations would be impacted as they send their bright future leaders abroad to study English!

* have mercy on them & send them back to 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!
* provide more teachers/ helpers to reduce group sizes for better quality time with students!

!!~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

Ask God if he wants to give your feet a facelift!

"How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" Romans 10:15
Have you ever thought about the anatomy of a missionary? His tongue has knots in it from over-exertion in learning new languages. His knees have calluses from all-night prayer meetings. But his feet are gorgeous! All kidding aside, missionaries come in all shapes, sizes, and most ages. They are pretty much, as Jim Elliot once said, …just a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt Somebody. In fact, they're pretty much the same kind of folks as you and your family. Have you ever seriously thought of becoming a missionary?

Ask God if he wants to give your feet a facelift!

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-His good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:2
A major reason for the existence of this Global Prayer Digest is to deepen your understanding of God's will. This booklet is meant to help you to fill your mind with Scripture and information that will challenge your faith and prompt further involvement in the Great Commission. It is also meant to encourage you and stimulate you to pray. By contrast, the world would have us conform to its priorities-self-preservation, self-gratification and self-security.

Pray that Jesus will renew our minds today by His Word so that we may discover what He would have us do to join in the task of reaching the unreached.

"Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God." Romans 15:7
Chapter 14 and the first few verses of chapter 15 deal with issues of conscience in the life of the church. Those strong in faith are instructed not to do anything that would disturb the faith of those not so strong. Paul warns them against putting stumbling blocks in the way of others. Believers are to accept one another as Christ has accepted us: unconditionally. Those who are missions-minded often fall into temptation to be critical of those who don't yet have a concern for all nations. Missions-fanatics should be careful to win their brethren to the cause through love and acceptance.

Pray that the Holy Spirit will teach us to accept other believers who do not share our concerns. Pray against any form of self-righteousness.

"It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation." Romans 15:20
This verse could be the motto of all frontier mission-minded Christians! Paul was certainly a leader in the early Church both in spiritual and organizational matters. But his heart was always concerned with the frontiers of the gospel, where Christ had not been named. Even with all of his pastoral and leadership duties among new and struggling churches, he pressed on. Of course there are many people who need to be won to Christ here at home and in other cultures that already have a church of their own. And certainly new Christians must be trained well. Yet we must not forget Paul's example.

Pray that the Lord will foster in our churches this same ambition to preach the gospel where Christ is not named.

source: www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!

http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!

http://thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

pray for the unreached!

"Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function…" Romans 12:4
Many people describe missionaries as the legs in the body of Christ. They do the stepping out; without legs, the body would go nowhere, stagnated and growing fat. But the legs would be nothing without the rest of the body. The head, of course, is Christ. Congregations can be seen as the trunk, to provide vital support functions for the legs. The legs cannot be strong unless the trunk is strong as well. Rejoice today that even though you may never be able to be Christ's legs by becoming a missionary, you can be a vital part of the missionary enterprise through your financial and prayer support.

Pray that the Father will teach us how to make the trunk more healthy!

"For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile-the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on Him, for 'Everyone who calls on the Name of the Lord will be saved.'" Romans 10:12-13

Paul's point here is that the path of faith is clearly open to both Jews and Gentiles. In a restatement of a major theme of the book-righteousness obtained by faith-Paul very clearly reveals God's unlimited plan for all peoples. Note the absolute terms used. No difference, Lord of all, all who call upon Him, everyone. It wasn't so long ago that some of our ancestors were what we call unreached peoples. But God in His sovereignty revealed Himself to them in Christ.

Commit yourself once again to making His grace known to the world's unreached peoples.

"What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: 'I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you and that My Name might be proclaimed in all the earth.'" Romans 9:14, 17
It seems unfair that we in the Western world would have such spiritual resources at our disposal while almost half of the world is not only non-Christian, but is hidden from the outreach of the Church. Is God unjust? Even as God used Pharaoh to help proclaim His Name, so He has used present-day rulers to bring glory to Himself. For example, there are indications that the Church in Iran has grown tremendously among certain people groups-especially after the Islamic Revolution!

Praise God for His sovereignty and justice!

"Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved." Romans 10:1
Here Paul was again showing his concern for his own people group, the zealous Jews of his day. His heart yearned for them, and he spent time on his knees in prayer for their salvation. This was in addition to his willingness to accept their punishment for rejecting Christ (Romans 9:3)! We, as Paul, ought not let our zeal for the unreached peoples diminish our concern for the lost of our own people group. But our concern for our own people must not overshadow our zeal for the unreached peoples, either.

"…but as it is written: To whom He was not announced, they shall see; and those who have not heard shall understand." Romans 15:21/Isaiah 52:15
Neither Isaiah nor the disciples had any idea how far the fame and glory of Christ would go at the time this was written. A few short years before Paul quoted this verse, the idea of sharing the gospel with a Roman soldier was very strange to Peter. Could any of them even imagine what we are now seeing in the world? It once seemed unthinkable to all of us that people would come to the Lord in places like the Punjab, Mongolia and Nepal. Where will the Lord move next? He might just be waiting for you to pray before He moves His almighty hand in one of the world's darkest places!

As you pray next month, pray as if He is waiting for you to intercede for the unreached.

Pray that the Holy Spirit will give us His love for those around us and for unreached peoples.

source: www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!http://www.prayerguard.net <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!
http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!http://thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

praise & pray for Tiffany, Alina, Luca, Mirko, Shally, Yoyo, Lorraine, Mavis, David, Emily, U.C. (CHI, Tw, ITA, HK, KOR)

- those i met through our English Conversation Corner class yesterday! [discussed Perseverance & language learning]

:D PRAISE! :D

:D making all nations & deciding to bringing SO MANY from the mission field here at this time in their lives!

:D faithfully answering our prayers to bring more students & letting them stay behind for longer so we can get to know them!
*PRAY*
* give them a Divine discontent to cause them to hunger & thirst after, look for & reach out to find the only One who can give them a Hope worth persevering for in life! -- Jesus!
* reveal Jesus as Lord to these precious souls, bring them to repentance & faith in The Only Saviour before it's too late!
* provide them with friendships / accomodation/jobs that will go towards the ends prayed for above :)
* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself!
* Nations would be impacted as they send their bright future leaders abroad to study English!
* have mercy on them & send them back to 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

* provide more teachers/ helpers to reduce group sizes for better quality time with students or give us better skills in dealing with big groups!!!!
!!~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

pray for Halid (IRA)

NOW is the time that more muslims are coming to faith in Messiah Jesus than ever in world history!!

. . . and He's bringing them right into our neighbourhoods!!

check this out for many awesome encouraging testimonies:

http://www.muslimjourneytohope.com/watch.asp

i met Halid over our post-English corner dinner on Tuesday & walked him to his bus stop & waited with him for his bus to arrive [more opportunity for significant interactions!! ] i passed him a "this was your life" gospel tract in Farsi, his mother tongue.

see this: http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1603/1603_01.asp

please pray with me that Father would reveal Himself to Halid & save His (+ his family's!) souls before it's too late!

why not share this (or your own favorite evangelistic tract ) with those precious souls Father brings you into contact with?

The Lord isn't slow to do what he promised, as some people think. Rather, he is patient for your sake. He doesn't want to destroy anyone but wants all people to have an opportunity to turn to him and change the way they think and act. 2 Peter 3:9

praise & pray for Carol, Victor, Dong, Evan (KOR, Tw)

i was at a farewell party for Victor & Carol last night .. a time commonly filled with not-so-significant-interactions .. :S having just finished reading Revalation, was reminded afresh that the time of our Masters' return is coming ever closer . . . so increases my desire to

"Be wise in the way you act toward those who are outside the Christian faith. Make the most of your opportunities." (Colossians 4:5)

. . . praise Father i was blessed to have not just one nor two but three good, significant interactions :D

:D PRAISE! :D

:D Father delights to pour out blessings on His children!

:D He is faithful to HIs Word that if we delights ourselves in HIm, He gives us the desire of our hearts! =D (Psalms 37:4)

:D Sovereignly working to save Carol, and Dong's mum, and Evan's girlfriend!

*PRAY*

* work by His mighty power to save Victor, Dong & Evan - i gave Victor a New Testament .. aptly titled "the path to victory" ;)

* mercifully write heir names in His Book of Life so they'd be co-Victors with Christ over satan, sin & death!!

!!~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

praise & pray for Rasha, Jeso, Carrey, Makiko, Tim, Nick, Norimasa, Antonio, Sisi, Emiluy, Ashley, Yuan, Harid, (Thai, Tw, JAP, KOR, IRA )

- we had a huge flood of students today .. made worse by being down on teachers?!

those i met through English corner Today! [discussed multi-culturalism]
:D PRAISE! :D
:D making all nations & deciding to bringing SO MANY those from the mission field here at this time in their lives!

*PRAY*

- during our time together a student asked if it was true that there's some religious group that believes God is an Australian (??!) to which i replied something along the lines of: "there's LOTS of weird religious groups who believe all sorts of things .. if you look at eligion you'll only get confused - so don't look at religion if you want to find truth! rather, look for people who have RELATIONSHIP with God & not only say what hey believe is true but actually live the truth! . . . may God help us be excellent witnesses to His truth!

* give them a Divine discontent to cause them to hunger & thirst after, look for & reach out to find the only One who can give them right relationship with their Creator God -- Jesus!

* reveal Jesus as Lord to these precious souls, bring them to repentance & faith in The Only Saviour before it's too late!

* provide them with accomodation/jobs that will go towards the ends prayed for above :)

* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself!

* Nations would be impacted as they send their bright future leaders abroad to study English!

* have mercy on them & send them back to 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!
* provide more teachers/ helpers to reduce group sizes for better quality time with students or give us better skills in dealing with big groups!!!!

!!~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

** UPDATE: Praise & pray for Yoshi (JAP)

- he's returned to Japan recently .. we had a good chat on the phone as he was in the airport .. he mentioned he's gotten back into reading the bible & has several bibles in his home .. [though they're all English, as he finds it easier to understand than the Japanese transation!]
his hometown is in the country side [Shizuoka] . . . do pray with me that Father may meet him there in the quietness & beauty of His creation!
& for Father to be gracious & merciful to Yoshi, & write Yoshi's name in His Book of Life!
he'll be back in ~2 weeks, i'm looking forward to catching up with whatever Father's done in HIs life until then. :)
KEEP PRAYING!!

~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

pray for the unreached!

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23
This verse is the gospel in a nutshell! Our sin has separated us from the Creator, resulting in eternal death. But eternal life is offered through Christ Jesus! This eternal life is a free gift to all who will receive it. But we must remember that it wasn't free for Christ; it cost Him death on the cross. We must freely, willingly and zealously offer God's gift to the unreached. The Great Commission may cost us our money, our children, or our church leaders, but obedience is the only reasonable response to God's wonderful love.

Thank the Father for His gift of eternal life through Christ. Pray that He will give us the courage and selflessness to do whatever it takes to offer His gift to the unreached.

"Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation." Romans 5:11
The wonderful news is that He has made provision to reconcile us to Himself through the blood of Christ. He knew that we were weak sinners, even enemies. How great is our reconciliation! In this we rejoice! And God yearns that people everywhere be reconciled to Himself (cf. 1 Timothy 2:4). Because we are His body on earth, He has given us the message and the ministry of reconciliation (cf. 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19). Will we rejoice as we take this message to a lost and dying world?

Thank Jesus that He has reconciled us to God. Pray that the Holy Spirit will thrill us with the ministry of reconciliation that is ours.

"Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, So shall your offspring be." Romans 4:18
Imagine Abraham's situation. He was 100 years old, with a wife of 90, and God told them they were going to have a son! The circumstances were certainly hopeless from a human standpoint. Yet, he did not waver through unbelief…but was strengthened in his faith, and gave glory to God (v. 20). The task of penetrating nearly 10,000 unreached people groups may seem impossible to some. But God has clearly promised to redeem men and women from every nation, people and tongue.

Pray that the Holy Spirit will make us strong in our faith, and bring glory to Christ as we trust in His promises.

"God, in whom he believed-the God who gives life to the dead…" Romans 4:17
One source of Abraham's great faith was his confidence that God was able to raise the dead. Specifically, he believed that God could raise Isaac-his only son-from the dead if Isaac were sacrificed in response to God's command. Christians today need the same kind of faith. In many churches, a once strong missions thrust has died, succumbing to disinterest, disobedience, and perhaps despair. Interest and action among students today, while improving, is lethargic compared to the heyday of the Student Volunteer Movement 100 years ago.

Pray that God will bring back to life the portions of His body that are dead to the cause of the unreached peoples.

source: www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!http://www.prayerguard.net <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!
http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!http://thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

praise & pray for Michael, Kevin & TingRu (KOR, Tw)

- just a few of those I've been blessed to have Divine Appointments with recently ;) . . . and all through their desire to learn English!



Michael & i have started meeting regularly to just talk & practice English conversation.


at first he seemed to indicate he might be a christian but ... i'm not the one to judge, he's a work in progress like us all :)





Kevin [i've lost count of how many Taiwanese friends i have now named 'Kevin'!) will be leaving soon after he finishes his TESOL course ... he's really appreciated our friendship over the short time we've gotten to know each other ... like Yoshi [see post http://lifesshortprayhard.blogspot.com/2009/04/praise-pray-for-yoshi-jap.html] has recently been going through a rough patch . . . we talked about it a few days ago & i was blessed to carry him to Father in prayer :)

Ting Ru [a lost soul who was in my seekers / unbelievers group a OCF camp recently]
- asked to meet to practice English conversation ... i was hesitant as i usually try to avoid meeting with girls 1-on-1, but Fathers been dealing with my past & the fears my past has lead me towards .. plus i had the bonus of having Michael there with us so i was even more conscious of being 'above reproach' ;)
. . . towards the end of our chat she mentioned how she felt she wasn't as kind as us 'Free English Teachers' .. i told her i'm not kind, but God has changed me to be what she sees ;)
i told her she can be changed too, if she'll let God change her ..

:D PRAISE! :D
:D answering my prayers to bring people into my life that i can serve & be Christ to in some small way~!
:D dealing with my past & the prsent fears i have because of my past!
:D He wants to save them even more than they want to be saved!!
*PRAY*
* reveal Himself as Lord to Michael, Kevin & TingRu, bringing them to repentance & faith in Jesus before it's too late!
* help me live Colosians 4:5! "When you are with unbelievers, always make good use of the time."

!~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

rejoice with me & pray for me~!!

I’ve been wondering . . . what is it about me that every time someone gives me too much attention / stays with me too long / gets too close that i always seem to want to push them away?!

... just another symptom of my relational retarded-ness ?!
* sigh*
I am a mystery to myself :

I've got to keep my eyes on Him & OFF myself!!
.. He's coming back soon..
.. like a thief in the night ..
.. will YOU be ready?! .. will i be ready?!
He'll call us as stewards of all His gifts to account, expecting increase from our stewardship...
i wonder how much will i really have to show for all He's given me?! K
He’s been challenging me to live NOW in light of Judgment Day!

:D rejoice with me~! :D

:D “You are partners with Christ Jesus because of God. Jesus has become our wisdom sent from God, our righteousness, our holiness, and our ransom from sin. (I Corinthians 1:30).

We must be clear: these things are not the "reward" for years of faithful service, or the fruit of walking with Jesus after a long period of time. If I have Him now, then I have all that pertains to Him now. My Wisdom, my Righteousness, my Sanctification, and my Redemption has a personality, for He is all those things in me. It is not a question of my behavior, or my conduct, or my feelings one way or the other - those things will come into line soon enough - but it is all based upon this accomplished fact.

:D Christ is God's Gift. I repeat, we have much to praise God about!
Source: The Gift of Christ by Chip Brogden http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/read/articles/the-gift-of-christ.html

:D Father answers our prayers in better ways than we want or expect -- but He always answers!

:D He's increasing my thankfulness – growing a new habit of starting out & ending each day with thanks to Father!

:D sleeping to the sweet symphonies of merciful rain that pours down on all creation!

:D He fills my cup to overflowing!
* PLEASE PRAY FOR ME*

* i'd keep my eyes on Him & OFF myself!!

* I’d keep first things first: His Kingdom, serving Him before serving others!

* i'd be greedy for God's glory~!!

* i'd slow down, remain calm, be still, and know that He is God. i'd know His Mind, wait for His Spirit, and become acquainted with His ways!

* free me from self-will, self-pity, dishonesty & self-seeking motives!!

* heal my mind that’s been so warped by the world / porn etc . . . and fill it with Philippians 4:8 thoughts!
“keep your thoughts on whatever is right or deserves praise: things that are true, honorable, fair, pure, acceptable, or commendable.”

thanks~!! please tell me how i can best support you before His throne of Grace too!
if Father so leads you to be my regular prayer supporter, do check out this prayer blog every now & then :)
Looking forward to hearing from you how i can best support you in prayer & praises!!

praise & pray for Wonjin, Jennifer, Lionel, Eton, Mimi, Sisi, Seth, Steven, Tina, Elaine, Kevin (CAN/MRT, Tw, KOR, CHI)

those i met through English corner on Tuesday! [discussed mothers' Day]

:D PRAISE! :D

:D giving us mothers!

:D despite all the world tells us, we are beautiful & wonderfully made by The Creator!

:D bringing them here!

*PRAY*

* we'd see these dear lost souls in heaven, because they received revelation of The Risen Lord Jesus who made our mothers & gives us beauty & worth! - along with others who're there because they didn't keep Jesus to themselves!!

* they'd become disillusioned & dissatisfied trying to conform to this worlds' idea of beauty & worth to find it all in Christ!

* stir up a hunger in these precious souls to want to know The Only One who can satisfy their souls!

* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself! see http://www.youroztown.com/ - look for the "World Free English Classes Timetable"

* Nations would be impacted as they send their bright future leaders abroad to study English to add to the multi-cultural beauty of Christ's Bride, The Church!

* have mercy on them & send them back to 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

* provide them with friendships / accomodation/jobs/ that will go towards the ends prayed for above :)

~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

pray for the unreached!

"So then [Abraham] is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them." Romans 4:11
Chapter four is an extensive explanation that Abraham's righteousness came from faith rather than from works, including the work of circumcision. He was counted as righteous before he became circumcised, and so he is able to be called the father of all who truly believe, whether they are circumcised or not. This was a radical statement for Paul to make, but he was explaining to the Gentiles and the Jews in the church at Rome that they both fit into God's Kingdom on the basis of the obedience of faith from the heart.

Thank the Lord that He has made all the Gentiles potential members of His Kingdom by faith, not by works.

"Is he not the God of Gentiles too?" Romans 3:29
The passage of Romans 3:21-29 is a glorious one, proclaiming that we are justified not by the outward performance of the works of the Law, but by an inward heart of obedience and faith. The path to becoming righteous in God's sight is the same for all men-the gift of His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus (v.24). Meditate on this great truth today. The very God that we worship is the same God over the entire human race. He's the God of Animists, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Taoists, Buddhists, and others. They may not know it, but He is their God. How He longs to be their Savior, too! What a wonder it is that He has entrusted us with the gospel to share with them.

Pray that the Father will help us to see the unreached peoples as He does.


"What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God's faithfulness? Not at all!" Romans 3:3-4
What if some Christians today really believe that we need not go to the unreached peoples, or that the task is impossible? Would that render null and void God's command to go and His promise that the unreached peoples will be reached? Absolutely not! Yet we often find both of these attitudes today. Some Christians don't really believe that the Lord meant us to go to all the nations with the gospel. Others may believe the command, but are overwhelmed and totally discouraged by the immensity of the task.

Pray that the Holy Spirit will give us the desire to be faithful to carry Christ's gospel to the ends of the earth.

"God's Name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you." Romans 2:24
In this rebuke of the Jews for their religious inconsistency, Paul makes reference to Isaiah 52:5 and Ezekiel 36:21-22. It was an old problem. The Jews, as God's chosen people, had again and again violated the Law of God and lapsed into idolatry, immorality and economic oppression. The nations watched, and seeing Israel's disobedience, blasphemed instead of praising and adoring the Lord's Name. Today, the Lord's Name is often blasphemed among many nations because of the behavior of Christians in the West. Our attitudes and our use of wealth often inhibit or even destroy our witness in the world.

Pray for purity in the Church so that the Name of the Lord will be praised among the nations.

" Now you, if you call yourself a Jew…" Romans 2:17
Paul is asking the Jews at this point to examine themselves. They have the Law and the truth, they teach others, and preach, but do they do the things they are telling others not to do? In other words, do they practice what they preach? What if Paul were here today to ask us the same questions? If you bear the name believer…. What does it mean to be a believer? The name implies submission to the lordship of Jesus Christ and a commitment to His Word. It also connotes an attitude-one that is willing to give up life's smaller ambitions for the sake of Christ's global cause.

Pray that the Father may find us to be fully committed believers for the sake of the unreached peoples.

"For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous." Romans 2:13
This verse is very similar to James 1:22, which states, But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. Missionary conferences, mission weekends at churches, and mission emphasis weeks at Bible colleges are wonderful in raising awareness of missions. However, some Christians seem to think that if they attend these special meetings, they have fulfilled their duty. Not so! Each Christian needs to play some active part in the Great Commission, whether through giving, praying faithfully, going as missionaries themselves, or sending others.

Pray that the Father will make us doers of His Word, not hearers only.

"I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish…to preach the gospel." Romans 1:14, 15

Paul's obligation was not a promise, or a formal contract, but a demand deep within his conscience. Rather than leisurely carrying out some religious responsibility, Paul eagerly fulfilled his debt of gratitude to the One who had paid a great price for his salvation. We, too, are under such an obligation. Imagine the impact of scattered fellowships of believers across the globe who fulfill their obligation to preach the gospel in order to reap a harvest among all peoples! Have you and your church recognized your obligation to proclaim the gospel?

Pray that you and your church body will fulfill the debt God gave us to reach out to the nations through prayer.

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