PRAY FOR MISSIONARIES
Friday, October 20, 2023Key Verse
“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints” (Ephesians 6:18).
Text — Ephesians 6:18-24
Message
Stressing the need to pray for missionaries, Edward McKendree Bounds says, “Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.” It is easy to pray for your spouse, children, and work so you can pay all the bills on time. But what about prayers for missionaries? How do you pray for people you have probably never met, and who are doing the work you cannot relate to in a foreign land?
Indeed, there are some Christian youths who want to pray for missionaries but they usually forget or have no clue as to what to pray about. Get fired up on praying for missionaries today! Read books on gospel missions – Hudson Tailor served in India; T. L. Osborn and his wife evangelized in India, David Livingstone, South Africa and Mary Slessor, Nigeria. Find out where your Church’s missionaries are and pray for them. Missionaries’ needs include: funds, human resources, machines, preaching permits, language barrier, security and health. As we pray for our present day missionaries, there will be breakthroughs.
Quote
There will be breakthroughs as we pray.
Challenge
How often do you pray for missionaries?
Prayer for today
Lord, help me to pray for missionaries always.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
