October 2014

“All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord; they will bring glory to your name.” - Psalm 86:9 1. 65 YEARS. Today, the People’s 6. WENZHOU CHRISTIANS. In recent 11. FULL SURRENDER. Some new Republic of celebrates the 65th months, authorities in some parts of Shan believers in a certain area of anniversary of its founding. Since the China, including the city of Wenzhou, are struggling to completely nation’s establishment, despite setbacks have demolished church buildings and forsake spirit worship. Pray for them to and obstacles, the Chinese church has removed crosses. Pray that Christians renounce idolatry and spirit worship and grown tremendously. Pray for China in Wenzhou will respond with wisdom, trust in Jesus as their wholly sufficient today, that its people would humble love and kindness and be “salt and light” Lord and Savior. themselves before their Creator and to the authorities. 12. CALL TO PRAYER. Michael Littlefield, call on Jesus. 7. OPPORTUNITIES SITE. OMF President of OMF International (U.S.), 2. EMPOWER CONFERENCE. International headquarters in has issued a call to prayer for October Beginning today until Saturday, Reah recently launched a new opportunities 13-15, 2014. Join us in prayer as we International’s annual Empower website that allows users to search for commit these three days to prayer. We Conference is being held in Seoul, South current opportunities offered by OMF will fast and pray, meditate and worship Korea. The theme of the conference, International. Pray for God to use this before the Lord, seeking his plan and which will include much worship and site to spark interest and mobilize more purpose for this ministry. prayer, is “One Glorious Hope.” Pray for workers for the harvest in . 13. OUTGROWING SPACE. Most of the God to use this conference to unite and 8. NOT AT HOME. An older Japanese Cham villages in follow Islam. mobilize many to be involved with what Christian woman and her family moved There is only one church, but it is packed he is doing in North Korea. to Tokyo recently and have been with about 50 people in a small house. 3. RADIO MINISTRY. Over half attending church, but they still do not Ask the Lord to provide a bigger space the people in a certain province of feel at home there. It is not unusual for worship meetings and for more Northeast are illiterate and for Japanese Christians to fall out of Cham people to follow Jesus as Lord. cannot read the scriptures. In light of fellowship when they move to a new 14. BELIEVE IN JESUS. A Mongolian man this, OMF International workers are city. Pray for this family to make strong in his 70s went from politely talking considering starting a radio ministry connections with fellow believers. with some to getting down there. Pray for guidance and the needed 9. GOSPEL SINGER. Another Japanese on one knee and listening intently. It funds to start broadcasts next year. woman came to church to sing in a turns out that the man’s relative in 4. GROWING INTEREST. At a church Gospel choir, even though she was not Ulaanbaatar had recently called him gathering in Nairobi, Kenya, a booth yet a believer. While singing Gospel telling him to “believe in Jesus.” The manned by OMF International Chinese songs, not surprisingly she heard a lot old man received Christ with joy. Praise Diaspora Ministry workers attracted of the gospel, started coming to worship God for new spiritual life and ask that many African Christians who wanted to services and made a profession of faith. this man grow into a faithful follower better understand Chinese culture and Pray for her growth in Christ and that of Jesus. ministry to Chinese. Pray for God to use her whole family will one day believe 15. EARTHQUAKE. Pray for OMF International to mobilize African in Jesus Christ with her. the relief efforts for the victims of the churches in reaching out to the growing 10. ISLAMIZATION. The interior peoples recent (August 3) earthquake in Yunnan numbers of Chinese living around them. of East have come under Province in China. Pray for Christians who 5. HEALINGS AND PERSECUTION. A pressure from the authorities bent live in the province and have approached Christian in reports that, “Healings on a process of Islamization, which the local government to offer help and and miracles often occur and so does includes the establishment of Muslim aid. Ask that the officials will be receptive persecution.” Praise God for a growing kindergartens, even in Christian villages. and for Christians to be helpful, loving church and lift up new believers in a Pray that Christian leaders in such witnesses amid the recovery. village where one week after believing villages will be strong in their faith and in Jesus, a family was visited by the counter this strategy with a strong and police and told to stop. loving witness. 16. SINGLE MISSIONARIES. “No 22. RESTRICTED ACCESS. The Iraqi 28. ENGLISH CAMPS. “Why do you have one’s here that’s committed to me. government has begun restricting visas so much Thai family?” A neighborhood No one’s committed to navigating the for incoming Indonesians for fear that child posed this question to a Christian future with me,” said an unmarried they come to support ISIS, a terrorist worker in after watching recently. Being single on group of Muslim extremists. As of short-term teams from Lopburi and the mission field, while perhaps freeing September 4, roughly 53 Indonesians had run English camps with her. up time to minister, also is filled with entered Iraq for that purpose. Ask God Praise God for the “extended family” immense challenges and bouts of to display his love through Indonesian who shared the gospel with children in loneliness. Pray for singles on the field Christians as they engage Muslims in a Thai village and primary school. Pray to find comfort in Christ, as well as conversations over the conflict. for these seeds to bear spiritual fruit. deep, long-term friendships. 23. NEW LIFE. A salon manager in 29. THAI MISSIONS CONFERENCE. 17. MANOBO PEOPLE. Lift up the who used to schedule company meetings Preparation is in full swing for a large 71,000 tribal Manobo people on the during Bible study times, hindering her missions conference this December island of Mindanao in the . workers’ abilities to attend, has now in Thailand. The conference, called Most worship a great creator spirit but accepted Christ. Praise God for his “Mission in Action” is similar to Urbana do not know the God who sent his son movement in the salon workers’ lives, in the U.S. Pray for God to draw many to die for them. Some Manobo groups and pray that the Lord would strengthen Thai believers to the conference and for reside in isolated mountainous areas. each worker’s commitment to himself him to use the conference to send out Pray that the message of the gospel and Christian fellowship. Thai missionaries. would reach them through their few 24. AL-HIJRA. Islamic New Year, also 30. FUTURE WORKERS. In 2013-2014, Manobo Christian neighbors. called Al-Hijra, begins today at sunset. OMF International’s U.S. Serve Asia 18. BIG RESPONSIBILITY. Pray for Jay The holiday acknowledges the Hijra, or, team sent 90 short-term workers to East Hallowell, who is in the early stages the migration of Muhammad and his Asia. Pray for God to use these trips of his time as Field Director of OMF followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 in the lives of those who went. God International’s work in the Philippines. B.C. to establish the first Islamic state. has used short-term trips to mobilize More than 80 workers are under his Pray that Muslims would acknowledge long-term involvement by many current care. Pray for wisdom and Spirit-led Christ as Savior, not merely as a prophet. workers in East Asia. guidance as he leads, supports and May they one day begin each year in 31. DIVINE DETOUR. In God’s encourages the team there. submission to him. providence, the wrong road led 19. REACH OUT. Although 25. STORYTELLING. Pray for StorySeed some Christian workers to a remote has the largest population of Muslims Bible storytelling workshops taking area with six villages of Hmong/Miao of any country, many Christians (16 place in Taiwan in November. StorySeed people where gospel materials and percent of the population) also live is an easily reproducible method of teams may be sent in the future. Pray there. Pray for Indonesian believers to sharing the gospel using stories from for the gospel to take root in these have the vision and willingness to share Creation through Revelation. Pray that hard-to-reach villages. with others in their country who have many will be equipped and motivated to not heard the gospel. share through these workshops. 20. SPIRITUAL PROTECTION. A 26. BUDGETING. Intercede on behalf of Christian couple plans to relocate their the OMF International (U.S.) finance ministry to a spiritually dark city of East department as they begin the annual Asia next summer. No foreign workers budgeting process. Ask God to equip reside there currently, and past workers them with strength and wisdom. Pray with long-term plans have left after six also that God would provide someone months. 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