TODAY’S PRAYER
IMB
MARCH 23, 2011
“I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; with my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.” (Psalm 89:1)
WORLD LEADERS. “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Please pray today for President Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa of Mexico (southern North America).
JAPAN IN CRISIS. Hearing that her husband would be entering the Fukushima nuclear facility to try to avert disaster, a Japanese wife bravely said, “I hope that you will be the savior of Japan.” As we continue to pray for Japanese families who have suffered such loss in recent days, let us also continue to pray that they will place their faith in the One who can truly save them for all eternity. Christ has already paid the price to redeem their souls. Pray that those whose lives were forever changed as the earth shook and the ocean roared and those for whom life continues as usual will seek to know the Savior who died on Calvary so that they might truly live. Less than 1 percent of Japan’s people know Christ.http://eastasianpeoples.imb.org/
AMERICAN PEOPLES. Give thanks to God with a worker who writes: “Her face was full of wrinkles, and her hands a bit unsteady, as she led me outside of the church building. She said, ‘I want to show you where we prayed when we were locked out of our building. Following the revolution, our pastor and leaders were in jail and our church building was padlocked, but a few women and children gathered here each Sunday to pray, sing and worship God. We prayed for our neighborhood and for our nation, and I know that today many of those prayers are being answered.’ As I looked back into the open building at the now thriving, growing church, I knew I was standing on holy ground, seeing the truth of James 5:16b: ‘The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.’”
WOLOF OF SENEGAL AND THE GAMBIA (WUHL-uf). “In December, a team from a partnering church worked with teachers and students who were taking English,” writes the Wolof Team. “Teams from this church have been coming here since 2009. They are now realizing that they have an opportunity in one village, where they can spend all their time living with the villagers, sharing chronological Bible stories with them, and experiencing life in the village. They have shared with the chief imam (religious leader) and the chief, answering some of their questions about sin and about how we know that our prayers are answered. The question on everyone’s heart is the same wherever they go: ‘Is God real and is He interested in me?’ The chief imam and chief of the village have told this team that the village is completely open to them. This team has prepared college students and individuals as old as 72 years of age to story the Bible chronologically and to share their testimonies. Pray that this village will continue to be open and that understanding will come to those who have heard the testimonies and stories of the volunteers.”
Annie Armstrong Easter Offering Thanks
We deeply express our gratitude to North American Mission Board for featuring us and our ministry in the missionary week of prayer, 2009. We are thankful to NAMB for their prayer and financial support. We know all of our Southern Baptist churches in North America will be praying for us and NAMB is acting as a channel of blessing for us.
We praise God for NAMB and all of its stuffs for their great encouragements.
We hope NAMB will continue their support to us for our frontiers missions work in New England.
Paul and Elizabeth Biswas
Church planting missionary in New England
129A Brown Street
Waltham, MA 02453
Baptist Press Stories for Mar. 22 2011
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In quake-torn Japan, a baptism is celebrated http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34891
Native American-focused event examines ways to remove barriers to Gospel http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34892
Thousands of Bibles headed to soldiers
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34893
Full face transplant recipient given self-described ‘miracle’ http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34894
Elliff sees IMB role in strengthening CP
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34895
Indiana Baptists launch exec. direc. search
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34896
FIRST-PERSON: Are Christians obsessed with gays and abortion? http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34897
Continue to pray for those who have undergone surgery or are hospitalized as well as those grieving over deaths in families. Spend some time praying for those who do not have Jesus in their lives.
Anna Lee
The Prayer Link 