Pray for Missionaries

Yesterday's message reminded me that I need to be praying for the brothers and sisters in my faith family that were once sitting in our congregation and are now serving full time in another context. David talked about how lonely one missionary said he was. Most are struggling with language barriers and cultural differences. And they are all at war. Satan does NOT like them giving up their comforts in America to be Jesus' hands and feet in a dark world so he will try everything in his power to discourage them. We need to be covering them in prayers.

 

We received a list of people that are serving either mid term or full time. Let me encourage you to add them to your daily prayer list if they are not already on there. Pray specifically using the notes from Feb 13th for them. I would also encourage you to ask God how He wants to use you to specifically minister to one or more of the families. I would imagine even sending them encouraging emails would speak volumes to them. (I'm guessing if you sent an email to Jbeam@brookhills.org Jonathan can forward your emails accordingly).  

 

Last night during the 6PM service prayer time I watched the pictures of the families scroll through as we covered each of them in prayers and I was reminded that I had not been praying for the family that I helped with their taxes last year. I prayed for them last year while I worked on their taxes but I did not keep it up. When their picture scrolled I felt horrible. God used this to get my attention! I emailed them this morning and extended my offer to help them again this year and they were beyond grateful. I pray that God will continue to put a burden on my heart to pray for them year round, not just at tax time!

 

Side note - last year I helped a young girl that was serving on Mercy Ships with her taxes. She is back in the states right now because she couldn't sell her townhouse or get a reliable renter. She plans to serve full time again once that is handled. Anyway, she is in my Evangelism and Missions class on Sundays and I got to meet her last week! It was so special to meet her!