Hey LifeMission Family!As we enter the Autumn season, I love decorating my house with pumpkins and leaves, fill my house with the smells of pumpkin, apples, and spices as I bake lots of tasty things, and constantly have my favorite Autumn Jazz playlist on in the background. I hope you are finding time to enjoy this fall season in some way!
In this change in season, the Lord has reminded me again of the value and importance of prayer for the completion of the Great Commission. As someone who works full time in both missions & prayer, it can feel funny for the Lord to need to remind me of this, but sometimes the things that seem so familiar or obvious can be overlooked or forgotten when life gets busy. He has taken me back to this scripture again:
Isaiah 56:7 “Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices Will be accepted on My altar; For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
The Lord desires that every tongue, tribe, and nation would be given the opportunity to know and receive Jesus as savior and Lord. We have the great privilege and honor to be able to participate in making this happen in the most effective and powerful way possible, PRAYER! No matter what our external life involvement in the Great Commission is able to be, God has made it possible for none of us to miss out on partnering with Him to accomplish His mission in the earth.
Where do I start? 1. First, thank the Lord for the invitation and opportunity to be a participant in His global mission! 2. Second, ask the Lord if there are any specific assignments He has for you. He may speak to you about a specific nation, country, people group, region of the world, or even a specific missionary. 3. Third, take time each week to focus on praying for the gospel to go forth in all nations of the earth Some prayer points you can focus on: -Missionaries to be sent to the unreached and unengaged people groups/nations of the world -Bible Translation would be funded and completed in all the languages of the earth, specifically for the last 4,0000 languages that do not have it -Strength & boldness for current missionaries and believers spreading the gospel around the world Helpful Prayer Resources: https://joshuaproject.net/ https://everyhome.org/prayer/ For His Glory, Nicole Dinsmore Director of Global Missions & GO Prayer
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