Prayer Focus July - October 2017
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Prayer Focus July - October 2017 Making followers of Christ through media 1 FEBC Ukraine July Sat 1 – Despite the political unrest in the Ukraine we are pleased to hear how the Lord is opening doors for people to be reached. FEBC Ukraine recently began broadcasting in a small town in Eastern Ukraine with a pop- ulation of only 15 000. Being within close proximity to the conflict they are in dire need of our prayers and support. FEBC Russian Ministries Sun 2 – WEEKLY SUMMARY: St. Peters- Thu 6 – Praise God for this listener who burg is experiencing an enormous break- wrote “Thank you, friends; for your amazing through this year as they transition into using broadcasts that I listen to on the Internet. new technologies, Internet broadcasts and Because of you, I became a Christian and I social media tools to reach millions of peo- love my Saviour with all my heart!” ple. Many of these were unsaved youth who came to accept Jesus Christ through FEBC Fri 7 – Please pray for the listeners in St. Russian online broadcasts. Join us in prayer Petersburg and Moscow who do not have this week for the Lord to continue to bless access to the Internet and cannot listen to the team and their work. FEBC online broadcasts. Internet access is readily available however, not many have Mon 3 – Please pray for God’s protection smart phones or computers. and favour to be with the broadcasters, who continues to interact with government offi- Sat 8 – A new wife and mother describes the cials on behalf of the ministry regardless of difficulty she had adapting to her new role strong opposition. and how FEBC’s broadcasts changed her life: “I wake up with FEBC radio playing and it is Tue 4 – Please pray for FEBC Russia’s FM amazing how much encouragement, joy, and stations to be protected from government in- wisdom I receive”. Pray that more lives will terference as attacks on Christian broadcasts be transformed. continue. Wed 5 – FEBC has recently started broad- casting via an FM network of stations in the Siberian region of Tomsk. Please pray that many Siberians will come to accept Jesus as their personal Saviour. 2 FEBC Kyrgyzstan Sun 9 – WEEKLY SUMMARY: Praise the Wed 12 – 16 year old Valentina from Karakol Lord for the successful launch of the new ra- is the only Christian in her school and she is dio station in Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan. Strategi- daily facing indifference from her peers. Pray cally positioned, it is considered a gateway that the Lord will give her courage and that into the South of the country that will reach she will influence those around her. areas where FEBC didn’t have a presence. The new radio frequency is one of only six Thu 13 – 80% of the population is most- in the entire region, and our signal is the ly Sunni Muslim and an estimated 11% are strongest and clearest of all of them. Pray Russian Orthodox. Most do not have the that those serving in the field will have the privilege to know Jesus. Pray that the Lord wisdom and determination to carry out the will open doors for more people to be reached work to transform lives for the Kingdom of through our broadcasts. God and that many will be saved. Fri 14 – Social orphans are children whose Mon 10 – Please pray for the local partner- parents leave the country to pursue work ships and government leaders who allow or- abroad. They are often left to fend for them- phanages, foster homes, drug and alcohol selves and work from a young age. Pray that rehabilitation centres to voice their concerns, the Lord will intervene. share their knowledge and suggest new ways the community can improve and sup- Sat 15 – Domestic violence, alcoholism and port those in need. orphaned children are a few of the many struggles people of this nation are faced with Tue 11 – Continue to pray for the First Gen- due to the extreme poverty and lack of op- eration Church in Karakol, who have only portunity. Pray that the Lord will intervene recently gained access to Christian material and change these people’s lives. through our broadcasts. Pray that they will be able to share the Good News with their fellow countrymen. 3 FEBC Kazakhstan Sun 16 – WEEKLY SUMMARY: The First Wed 19 – FEBC hosts a weekly talk-show Generation Church of Kazakhstan has been on fatherhood and are in need of financial experiencing tremendous persecution as support – the homes are rampant with do- they are required to have permits to worship mestic violence and absent fathers. Pray that in places other than the registered local re- the Lord will provide the necessary funds to ligious buildings. As the majority of Kazakhs continue this work. are culturally Muslim, the First Generation Church does not have official designated Thu 20 – Recently the government imple- places of worship and use their homes for mented new laws that have made it difficult this purpose. Recently 22 people were caught for our ministry here. Please pray that the and fined because of this. Please pray that Lord will turn this political situation around in the Lord will intervene in this nation so that our favour, so that more will be reached. Christians will be allowed to practice their faith openly. Fri 21 – We welcome Laura our newest broadcaster in Almaty. Please pray that Lau- Mon 17 – N* is a young follower of Christ ra’s broadcast will find its way to the hearts and experiences severe persecution from his of the Kazakh listeners and that the Lord will family, who believes he betrayed them. Pray give her wisdom and understanding to share that God will strengthen him, and others like the Good News. him, in their faith. Sat 22 – Ruslan, FEBC’s leader in Almaty is Tue 18 – Please pray for Rev. Nurlan, who producing a weekly talk show on the Inter- hosts daily FEBC talk shows, and the other net. Pray that the Lord will bless and protect broadcasters that God will give them wisdom him, his team and their work. and inspire them to minister to the many broken families who need Christ. *Name hidden for security reasons. FEBC Mongolia Sun 23 – WEEKLY SUMMARY: With more than 10 radio stations on air, FEBC Mongolia is able to reach thousands of communities across their nation. However, with two-thirds of the country being nomadic, moving their homes where it best suites their animals to graze, there is still a great need for support. FEBC leaders from the Post-Soviet With the funding for three new stations un- countries of Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, derway, this would place the entire country and Kazakhstan gathered together for a within reach of receiving the gospel through strategic development meeting in Seoul, Korea at FEBC’s annual ICC FEBC’s broadcasts. Please pray that the Lord 4 will open doors so that the people in remote my darkest days, until now I still believe that areas will be reached by our broadcasts to Jesus has healed my broken heart through receive the Good News. your radio programs.” Mon 24 – Please pray for the team at Wind Fri 28 – Within the population of 3.2 million, FM who recently began producing programs only an estimated 100 000 people are Chris- that will address common problems affecting tians. Please pray for God to open new doors men and fathers. so that the rest will also be reached by our broadcasts. Tue 25 – Too often domestic problems are kept in the dark, but by bringing the issues Sat 29 – Please pray for our station in Sain- out into the light, families can understand shand City. The city has 30 000 people who and address their problems. Please pray to are predominantly Buddhist. Pray that the God to be with our listeners and give them team will be inspired to produce broadcasts the courage to share their grievances with that will capture their hearts. us. Wed 26 – Pray for Batjargal Tuvshinsengel, the Director of FEBC Mongolia, and his team as they are faced with many challenges hav- ing to create programs to meet the increas- ingly demanding needs of the people. Thu 27 – Pray for listeners like Naran-Od who wrote: “The programs helped me through FEBC Chinese Ministries Sun 30 – WEEKLY SUMMARY: FEBC Hong forced by the government imposing several Kong is the major production centre for our restrictions. Pray that FEBC will continue to China broadcasts. It produces over 200 hours be inspired with new ideas to reach those of programs monthly in Mandarin, Cantonese who are still unreached. and other minority languages broadcasted to over seven different ethnic groups reaching August several million people. Even though the lo- cals have been open to receive the gospel, Tue 1 – Pray for the Liangyou Theological only 4% of the Chinese population are Chris- Seminary as they equip the Chinese people tians. Join us this week as we pray that God to become pastors and ministers of the Word will move in China, as FEBC face many new of God through their seminars. challenges with recent alterations imposed on their laws concerning religious freedom. Wed 2 – Please pray for the programmers who developed multiple new platforms to Mon 31 – Recently 26 new laws were en- spread the gospel. The daily broadcast now 5 reaches more than 26 ethnic people groups Sat 5 – Please pray for the FEBC Internation- in the Southwest region of China. al stations which daily produce 33.5 hours of programs for the Chinese people.