We are praying for 30 days for specific prayer requests for our National Youth Workers Conference that takes place in November. Here’s day 2′s video prayer request. Will you join us? Check out out Facebook group for more prayer requests.
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One Month of Prayer
I just sent this message to The Poulette Family in Mexico, our family Facebook group. Since many of you who read this blog aren’t in that group, I thought I’d post it here, too. Will you pray with us this month?
Hi everyone. We hope you’re doing great. I just wanted to write to ask you go pray with us for a gigantic Youth Ministry Conference we are having on November 27-28. That’s in ONE MONTH!!! We’re expecting 300 or more youth workers and leaders from all over Mexico to come for this training conference.
We’re going to be posting something everyday asking you to pray for specific things. Would you commit to praying everyday this month for the conference?
If so, please go here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=8515608890&ref=ts and write on our wall, letting us know you’ll be praying for the National Youth Ministry Conference. Thanks!!
Thanks! We appreciate it and look forward to what God is going to do at the National Youth Ministry Conference in Mexico.
The 10/30 Window
Every night at 10:30 pm, my alarm on my phone goes off. Sometimes it scares me, especially if I’ve already put it away for the night. But I get up to turn it off. Why does it go off at that time, you might ask?
Well, I was inspired by a recent email from Frank Mills, a YMI missionary in France. His email said:
In 1990, the term “10/40 Window” was coined by Christian missionary strategist Luis Bush to refer to those regions of the Eastern hemisphere located between 10 and 40 degrees north of the equator. It is an area where roughly 2/3 of the world’s population is located.
Our prayer strategy/our prayer alert is for: “The 10/30 Window”. As you pray for us, please remember to pray for the French young people, between the ages of 10 and 30. Pray for the almighty working of the Spirit of God in their lives.
This is a generation in France that we have targeted (Middle School through young adult age) and we simply cannot afford to lose this generation of French young people. We must win this generation of French young people to Christ.
So… please pray for them and maybe even try to remember them regularly, as the Lord brings them to mind, at 10:30 AM or 10:30 PM.
Based on his email, I decided that I would pray every night for the YMI missionaries around the world, but especially for the world’s young people between the ages of 10 and 30.
Will you join me in praying that this generation will come to know the One who cared enough for them to reach out to them and die for them?
Set your alarm!
Ask and You will Receive
If you ask a typical church member if they would like to improve their prayer life, they will likely answer yes. I mean, who doesn’t want to improve their prayer life?
Recently, in a quest to improve my prayer life, I started praying through my contacts (both my address book and my Facebook friends).
What I do
- I pray for a letter of the alphabet every morning (sometimes two letters, depending on how many people I know with that particular letter and how much time I have).
- I write a little note to most of the people I pray for that day (either an email or a Facebook message – I prefer email) telling them I’m praying for them and asking for specific requests.
- Throughout the day, I usually receive emails back from those people and pray for their specific requests, which causes me to pray again for my friends.
- I file the emails in a special folder in gmail that I can review later.
- I mark the requests that are time sensitive on my calendar so I can remember to pray again on specific dates.
What I’ve Noticed
- It has helped me think about my time with God first when I wake up in the morning.
- I actually find myself praying for these people throughout the day, not just in my specified “prayer time.”
- When I write the email or a facebook message, almost everyone responds, both to thank me for praying for them and to give me specific prayer requests. I also have gotten a few responses that include, “Tell me how I can pray for you.”
- Many people have situations in their lives for which they need prayer but have nobody to share them with. I have a lot of ministers on my list. Sometimes they are the loneliest people and have nobody with whom to share their requests, so it’s good for them to have someone ask them for specific prayer requests.
I’m wondering if anyone else has any creative ways to pray for their friends. Leave your ideas in the comments.
Where do we go from here?
I’ve written about the opportunities for youth ministry training in Latin America before, and it seems like more and more people are becoming interested in youth ministry training.
I just got another email from a graduate of ours who recently went to the Dominican Republic, and of course he talked about youth ministry training while he was there. He writes to me, saying, “The people in the Dominican Republic are very interested in taking the experience we had here to their country, and I think it would be a great place to invest in because they have very little ministry to young people. It’s almost zero.”
There are at least 4 countries on the horizon for us in Latin America. We need to know where to go. We need to know what to do. Things in Mexico are picking up. We have a certificate program planned to start in January, and we are working with our Seminary to start a Master’s program as well.
So, where do we go from here? That’s a good question. Please keep praying with us about these things. Pray for wisdom. Pray for resources (both human resources and financial resources).
These are exciting times.
(Photos by: oui c’est moi! on flickr)
A Heavy Heart
I’ve been thinking a lot about many things lately, and I’ve had a heavy heart for a few situations that are happening right now. Will join me in praying for these things?
- A family member of a friend has been kidnapped.
- One of our students left the seminary because of personal issues.
- One of our students is in the hospital (she had emergency surgery)
- One of our ex-students has a problem with his eyesight that is affecting him greatly.
- One of our ex-students is looking for a house to rent for his family and is not finding one.
- The dean at our seminary just had twin boys, and one of them is still in the hospital (he’s too little to leave).
We are living a battle. There are so many things that are happening to discourage and destroy. Please pray with us, remembering that the prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.
