Neighbor Prayer Update

30-Days Prayer Calendar, 1-30 September

For Christ’s love compels us…..
And he has committed to us the message of RECONCILIATION.
We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,
as though God were making his appeal through us.
(2 Cor. 5:14-20)

1. A PERSONAL PRAYER – God, help me today to seek and find ways to build bridges of friendship with my neighbors. Bring someone into my life today who needs to be reconciled to you. Use me as your ambassador of love and peace.

2. While commuting to work on a crowded train, Nicole noticed a young neighbor lady wearing brightly colored shoes. “Hey, I like your shoes!” That complement was all it took to open a door of friendship between Nicole and Lastri. A brief conversation about family convinced Lastri that she wanted the kind of marriage that Nicole has. So Lastri grabbed Nicole by the arm and said, “I could learn so much from you!” They exchanged cell phone numbers, and after a series of text messages and calls, the two new friends got together for a lengthy lunch outing this week. God was at work. Now this newlywed neighbor couple wants to be mentored by a Christian couple so they too can have a godly marriage and family. Pray for Lastri and her husband Dian that through this mentoring relationships they will be drawn to Christ as the only source for a truly godly home.

3. Vicky and Karl have been developing relationships with a neighbor family in their city. This weekend Vicky has been asked to host a baby shower for Adilah. In addition they have been invited to celebrate the wedding of another young neighbor couple. Pray for Vicky and Karl this weekend that the light and love and joy of Christ will shine through them, drawing their neighbor friends to Him.

4. Pray for peace on the Philippine island of Mindanao. Local residents, including many Nazarenes, are suffering from an escalation in fighting. In recent weeks, nearly 140, 000 people have been displaced. Pray for local churches, that they might show the compassion of Christ as they address the physical and spiritual needs of the refugees. May their love and concern build lasting bridges with their neighbors. May the neighbors eyes be opened (and hearts drawn) to the love of Christ being shown to them.

5. “God is at work!” is the exclamation of one neighbor ministries trainer in
the Sealands.   May God continue to raise up and call young people to
prepare for this critical area of service.  Ask God to bless the
instructors to pass on the vision and impart the necessary knowledge,
and to provide for all the logistics of the program.

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

• for an atmosphere of religious freedom in Indonesia. Between 2004 and 2007, 110 churches were shut down by authorities. May believers see these challenges as opportunities to be THE CHURCH in community, outside the four walls of their closed buildings.
• for children in madrassahs (religious schools) across the Neighbor world. Pray they would have the opportunity to hear of Jesus’s love, through exposure to Bibles, Christian broadcasts, and especially through Christlike believers in their communities.
• for Neighbors in the Central Asian countries. Pray that the Gospel would reach the hearts of so many hungry people. Pray for laborers to go and share the Good News with them in a variety of ways. Are YOU willing to go?

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