Prayer request at Bay medical center in Panama City
Please add my dad, Billy Dean, to the prayer link. He will be having open heart surgery tomorrow morning (Wednesday). Also, please pray for Vickey and me as we move to Batesville, Arkansas next week.
Thanks,
Bro. Charles Dean
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INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS PRAYERLINE
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
“Another parable He put forth to them, saying: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches,’” (Matthew 13:31-32, NKJV).
Dear Intercessors, this is Eleanor Witcher of the Office of Global Prayer Strategy, encouraging you to pray for breakthrough in South America.
The REAPBolivia Team writes: “The ministry here in Bolivia is in its ‘baby stage’ and is still in need of volunteers to come and share in the work among the Bolivia indigenous who are bound in spiritual blindness.”
A simple/house church was planted among the urban poor in the city of Sao Leopoldo, Brazil, several years ago that ended up not surviving long term. However, one of the leaders who was trained in that church-planting effort later started a new group in his home, using what he learned. That group is now thriving and has 20 people participating in weekly Bible study and church life!
Members of the Bread of Life Church, Colombia, went on a mission trip to Oklahoma to help with a new church start for a Spanish-language mission. The response of the people was not very positive. The group returned with a conviction that people need to know the Lord but are often unaware or unwilling to admit to that need.
* Please pray for summer student workers in Bolivia as they lay the groundwork for church groups that will follow.
* Intercede for A and T as they lead the group in Brazil, and ask the Father to use this group both as an example of how to plant new churches.
* Pray that the Spanish-speakers who were contacted in Oklahoma will respond to God’s invitation and that those who participated in the mission trip will be faithful to continue to reach out and share God’s Word.
TODAY’S PRAYER
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JULY 7, 2010
“I sought the Lord, and He heard me.” (Psalm 34:4a)
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 Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed of Somalia (eastern Africa).
DUTCH INDIGENOUS OF THE NETHERLANDS. Pray for workers who have decided to move to a new location within the city where they serve. They have felt led to a subdivision community that has been recently built in an area where there are no nearby churches. Pray as these workers begin networking with a Dutch church that also has a vision to plant a church in this community. Ask God to help them as they relocate, and pray that He will provide ministry opportunities and inroads into this new, thriving neighborhood of young families.
WORLD SOCCER JOURNEYS. “During long school breaks, parents in the United States and here in Cape Town, South Africa, wonder what to do with their children,” writes the Cape Town Metro Evangelism Team. “In the U.S., the children might go to camps and/or Vacation Bible School. Here in Cape Town and other World Cup cities, there are Holiday Bible Clubs led by local Baptist churches. What is unique here is that parents have another option: World Cup Sports Clinics led by missionaries Mike and Amy Boone, Bruce and Sheri Erickson, Ronnie and Gail Davis, and Bonnie Doughtie. The local township churches are assisting the missionaries, as are students of Cape Town Baptist Seminary. During the three- to five-day clinics, the 1,000-plus children (aged sixth through ninth grade) of three township schools learn soccer and basketball skills, hear the Gospel, and memorize Bible verses. This is an opportunity to win these children and their families for Christ. These children, if not engaged by us during this time, could easily be led astray by the lowlier elements in their society: gangs, drugs, alcohol, theft and prostitution. God has a plan for their lives, to give them a hope and a future. We show them that this hope becomes real by believing in Jesus Christ as their Savior. Please be in prayer for these children, asking that they will be able to fend off temptation. Be in prayer for these missionaries and their safety and leading of God.” http://worldsoccerjourneys.com/
Please take time to read the following Baptist Press article. I think we could all do better than we are doing….
FIRST-PERSON: Coming to your church Monday morning …
Diana Davis
http://www.bpnews.net/BPFirstPerson.asp?ID=33292
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Anna Lee
The Prayer Link 
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