Prayer Request - Part 4
Yesterday, Elijah described how he found the “True God.” Today, we conclude his story.
“At present, my wife, Esther, and I, together with our four children, are serving the Lord in Myanmar. It is amazing how He provided for us, healed our illnesses, and enabled us to plant and nurture churches. We are currently taking care of churches in five villages, managing a child development center, which also serves as an orphanage and school for the less fortunate children, and hosting a small Bible school in our compound. We are training future missionaries.”
After hearing Elijah’s story, the visitors asked him for his prayer requests. His only request was for the grace of Christ to remain. “Just pray that we will be faithful. God has given me so much. He saved me and redeemed me. He has been with my wife and me. He has given me wisdom and power to do His will. He has even given me the gift to speak different languages, and now, I can talk to friends from other countries like you! All I ask is that you pray for us to remain faithful to Him.”
One Wtih Them
There are many others in Myanmar, like Elijah, who are from staunch Buddhist backgrounds. In a culture, where tribal and clan affiliation is a very strong, integral part of one’s identity, believers pay the high price of separation from their parents, family, relatives, and community to follow Jesus. Be One With Them today as you pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ.
“At present, my wife, Esther, and I, together with our four children, are serving the Lord in Myanmar. It is amazing how He provided for us, healed our illnesses, and enabled us to plant and nurture churches. We are currently taking care of churches in five villages, managing a child development center, which also serves as an orphanage and school for the less fortunate children, and hosting a small Bible school in our compound. We are training future missionaries.”
After hearing Elijah’s story, the visitors asked him for his prayer requests. His only request was for the grace of Christ to remain. “Just pray that we will be faithful. God has given me so much. He saved me and redeemed me. He has been with my wife and me. He has given me wisdom and power to do His will. He has even given me the gift to speak different languages, and now, I can talk to friends from other countries like you! All I ask is that you pray for us to remain faithful to Him.”
One Wtih Them
There are many others in Myanmar, like Elijah, who are from staunch Buddhist backgrounds. In a culture, where tribal and clan affiliation is a very strong, integral part of one’s identity, believers pay the high price of separation from their parents, family, relatives, and community to follow Jesus. Be One With Them today as you pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ.
One With Them CHALLENGE
Join in praying this prayer:
Lord Jesus, we pray today for Elijah to be steadfast in his faith and service to You. We ask also for Your protection for Elijah and his family as they bravely reach out in their community with the love of Christ. Father, we pray also for other believers from Buddhist backgrounds, like Elijah, who suffer persecution from their own loved ones. May You be their family, their source and strength, that through Your love, they never feel alone. In Jesus’ Name we pray, Amen.
Join in praying this prayer:
Lord Jesus, we pray today for Elijah to be steadfast in his faith and service to You. We ask also for Your protection for Elijah and his family as they bravely reach out in their community with the love of Christ. Father, we pray also for other believers from Buddhist backgrounds, like Elijah, who suffer persecution from their own loved ones. May You be their family, their source and strength, that through Your love, they never feel alone. In Jesus’ Name we pray, Amen.
(Name changed and other details withheld for the believer’s protection)
Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
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