December 3, 1998
Over Thanksgiving, we went up to Minnesota to visit my wife's sister and family. Our nephew and his wife have taken a leave of absence from his career at at major airline to help with aircraft maintenance where he'll be serving as a missionary for a year. His wife comes from a family of missionaries who have served in various Central and South American countries.
My brother-in-law gave me a bookmark and a prepared daily prayer list for his son and family. He passes this out to all interested. As a minister myself, I should be interested. And I was moved and touched by what I read on this prayer list.
If we could just prioritize this ourselves, we could do wonders! I'd like to share some of what was on this prayer list which also had extra lines for what I'd like to add. It made we wonder how much we really pray in detail for one another.....and if we did, what God could do through us!! The topics below apply not only to missionaries, but to all Christians.
For the Prayer Partner
A weekly cycle of prayer topics
- Day 1 The Missionary's Own Relationship to God
- Feeding on the Word of God
- Prayer life
- Filling with the Holy Spirit
- Maturity, growth in grace
- Victory over Satan and the flesh
- Day 2 The Missionary's Physical and Emotional Life
- Adaptation to climate
- Health in the midst of disease
- Safety in danger
- Victory over loneliness, depression
- Day 3 The Missionary's Family
- Husband/wife's relationships
- Children
- Relationship with others
- Family life as a model to nationals
- Day 4 The Missionary's Ability to Communicate
- Language study
- Continual improvement in fluency
- Cultural adaptation and understanding
- Day 5 The Missionary's Ministry
- Teaching, preaching, witnessing
- Boldness, open doors
- Prepared hearts, fruitfulness
- Day 6 The Missionary's Relationship with Fellow Workers
- Other missionaries
- National evangelists, pastors, teachers
- Day 7 The Missionary's Country of Service
- Government--national and local
- Political situation
- Visas, continued open doors
- Outreach to cities, villages, tribes