Most of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims observe Ramadan each year.
Pray for Muslims around the world as they celebrate Ramadan March 10 - April 9, 2024.
"In March, we hosted a team of volunteers who wanted to use their dental or medical skills and their passion to serve and minister to the needs of people in physical ways while also encouraging a local church in its evangelism efforts and outreach to its community," writes the Uganda Baptist Seminary Team. "Will you pray for the many people who were blessed in physical ways to continue seeking spiritual life? Please intercede for the local churches as they continue to follow up, encourage, disciple, and share the true message of the gospel with the community around them. People in this area hear many messages of what God or Christianity should be doing for them and how they can make it 'work' for them and their genuine needs. Pray that they will see the deeper need for grace and love as they live life now and the hope they can have for eternity."
(KAH-vuh-ree) - Pray for the entry of believers into new harvest fields and for the spreading of the gospel to go forth to all those who are far from God. Pray for the growth of those who have become followers of Jesus and are being discipled. Ask for their strength and life to be found in Jesus alone and for them to rest in His love and on His Word. Pray for the church of South India to awaken and engage those in the harvest fields that are around them. Pray for leaders to arise out of the existing churches and communities to carry the gospel forward to those who have not yet been reached.
"Pray for several volunteer teams that are heading our way this April to August. These teams do crucial work for our ministry. Pray that they will have great opportunities to share the gospel and that they will stay healthy while they're traveling. Also, we would love prayer for more teams to join us in ministry. We need to return to our pre-Covid-19 numbers in order to keep our business open, and we aren't there yet."
Please pray for the Hindko and Gujjar peoples of Pakistan as they hear the good news from laborers in their harvest fields. Ask that they will repent and believe the good news, and pray that this year, many Muslim-background believers will begin reaching out to their own communities.
(OH-sah-kah) - Thank you for your prayers for the new church plant. Foundation classes for membership are still ongoing. Evangelistic activities include children's English classes with a Bible time, English café for adults, one on one friendship evangelism, and seasonal outreaches. For Valentine's Day, the church held a special service with a skit entitled, "Guard Your Heart" and a sermon centered around John 3:16 and other verses about God's love. Please pray for more visitors to come to the church, and continue to pray that Japanese will come to know Christ, follow Him in baptism and be discipled by church members.
Djibouti is a small desert country that hugs the coast of the Horn of Africa. Among those from Afar, Somali, or Arab backgrounds who call themselves Djiboutian are about 76,000 Omani Arabs. They came to Djibouti from Oman more than 100 years ago, which is not surprising since the Omanis were people who traveled and even settled up and down the eastern coast of Africa. Like most people who live there, the Omani Arabs of Djibouti are Muslims, but they have cultural differences that are uniquely Arab. Pray that influential men and women among them will hear about the Savior who loves them deeply and offers them forgiveness of sin and eternal life. Pray that they will pass that news to their sons and daughters. Ask that whole families of Omani Arabs of Djibouti will come to faith in Christ and even spread the news to loved ones back in Oman with whom they still might keep in touch.
Hakima is a single mother who divorced her husband after he attempted to acquire a second wife and all but abandoned Hakima and her children. She is now trying to make ends meet. She found a job working in the home of some believers and heard the gospel for the first time. She was shocked by the different way that these believers lived and said, "My people sometimes do kind things, but you believers have kindness that lives inside of you." She has since found a job that will offer more financial security and benefits for her family, so pray that she will maintain a relationship with these believers, come to know her need for a Savior, and drink of the living water. "Jesus answered her, 'If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, "Give me a drink," you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water'" (John 4:10 ESV).
(mon-GOHL-yun) - In a country where about a third of the population depends on livestock for a living, this winter's blizzard conditions have been disastrous. The end of March and all of April is birthing season in Mongolia, but this year in many counties, there will be very few births. In an aimag (state) in the eastern region of Mongolia, all 12 counties experienced weather that killed up to half of the livestock, including most of the pregnant animals. It is predicted that up to 70% will die before summer, and there will be very few births. The herdsmen are living in hopelessness. Please ask the God of all hope to be merciful and provide for the physical needs of these people. Pray that He will use churches and Christian organizations who are providing aid to open the doors for hope to be shared and, most importantly, that many will come to saving faith.
(mah-POO-too) - "It's early on a Sunday morning as I head to church. I see hundreds and hundreds of people on the beach and in the water. 'This, is not normal,' I think to myself. 'What is going on? It's 6:30 in the morning!' I came to learn that the Zion National Church, a false religion, comes together to be baptized, perform rituals, dance, cleanse themselves of their sins, and get into good standing with God before the new year. This large event happens once a year, but now every Wednesday and Saturday, I see smaller groups striving to purify themselves in the same manner. But, praise God, just a couple of days later, down the beach a little ways, our church baptized a husband and wife who were living in sin, heard the gospel, repented of their sins, and chose to follow Christ! Please be praying that Christ will continue to reveal Himself through His Word and that Mozambicans will no longer try to save themselves through traditional rituals but come to understand that salvation is by grace and through faith in Christ alone."
(chin-NIGH) - Praise God for using visiting believers to spread the gospel in the city! One of the women who heard the good news they were sharing believed and put her faith in Christ in the face of great cultural pressures. Pray for true community to develop around her as she grows in faith.
As the war with Ukraine continues, pray for continued wisdom and opportunities to build and maintain partnerships with believers in Russia. Those with a heart for the people of that country write: "We want believers there to grow in their faith and for more people to come into the kingdom despite the lack of many believers there to share the gospel." Pray for wisdom for those who are far away to know how to connect with and encourage Russian believers even when they can't be there in person.
Workers ask: "Please pray for the growth of our team. We need mature, humble, unified believers to walk hand-in-hand with the local church to make disciples. We need committed, selfless, kind people who love doing what it takes to see healthy churches planted in a region where there are none. These teammates could be local partners or foreigners. God knows and will give the growth we need."