Neighbor Prayer Update

God is the living God and He endures forever;
His kingdom will not be destroyed,
His dominion will never end.
He rescues and He saves;
He performs signs and wonders
in the heavens and on the earth.
(Daniel 6:26-27)

1.  Thank God for the way He continues to perform signs and wonders around the world, drawing people to Himself through dreams, visions and healing.   Read about the many former neighbors who are coming to hope and faith in Christ at http://www.muslimjourneytohope.com/watch.asp.  Pray for those who are having dreams and visions that they’ll find believers quickly who can lead them to understanding the truth of God through personal relationship with Isa al Masih.

2. Pray for college students on Summer ministry teams assigned to neighbor areas, that they will be anointed with power and love for their ministry tasks; develop significant redemptive relationships; find men/women of peace; be wise, sensitive yet bold in their witness; be used by God to plant seeds of the Gospel and help to bring in those ripe for harvest

3.  At Summer youth camps and mission workshops, pray that young people hear and answer the call to serve neighbors at home and abroad.   May their eyes be opened and their hearts burdened by the needs of the neighbor world, and may they be filled with God’s vision for the harvest.

4.  Pray that the church in Europe and the USA would awaken to the growing neighboring communities around them and realize the fact that God is bringing the nations to them.  May they reach out in practical, loving ways to meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of these immigrant communities

5.  Fresh violence in Iraq and Palestine this week from suicide bombers and rocket attacks have left dozens wounded and killed.   Pray for  true and lasting peace in the Middle East, found only in the Prince of Peace.

6. Adapted from this week’s Intercede Magazine.  Please pray…..

• …for continued strength for Shadia Nagui Ibrahim, an Egyptian sentenced to three years in prison for listing her religion as “Christian” on her marriage certificate. After an incredibly complicated case, she was released. Pray that the Lord would keep her from further harm.  May she be even more bold and effective in sharing her faith.
• …for Nigeria. Violence against Christians continues unabated. Reports of deaths and demolished churches abound.   May believers and churches respond with love and reconciliation.
• …for the few overt Christians in the Maldives. The government has passed an amendment declaring that all citizens must follow the neighbor faith.