THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYER PARTNERSHIP
Please enjoy and share these prayer resources that will help strengthen and encourage you in praying for the underground church in restricted-access Islamic nations and disciple-making movements throughout the Muslim world. We update this page every month with new resources, so please check back often.
FASTING RESOURCES
In an effort to bring you more resources to strengthen your spiritual life, we encourage you to visit these resources offered by the International House of Prayer Kansas City. Click below to read this three-part series titled The Why and How of Fasting.
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“And since they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.”
The fear, or temptation to fear, of sharing the Gospel or being caught with a Bible can be crippling. Whether you have been raised a believer in this nation or not, there is a temptation to come under the power of fear and submit to its dark, disabling desires over you. Let us pray for the love that casts out fear to be loosed over believers living in persecuted and dangerous places today.
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MORE PRAYER RESOURCES
PRAYING FOR DISCIPLE-MAKING MOVEMENTS
As GCMs primary focus of evangelism is disciple-making movements (DMM), we seek to equip our prayer partners with understanding our DMM methodology and being able to pray along with us through these steps of discipling Muslims to Christ. Below are the 10 steps of DMM from our friends at New Generations, with a brief prayer prompt. This is a great tool to snapshot and keep handy on your phone when praying for DMM expansion throughout the Middle East.
PRAYER EVENT REPLAYS
On Saturday, August 29 we met with Pastor Hormoz and Donnell from Iran Alive Ministries to pray and have communion as we celebrated the sacrificial gift of Jesus and proclaim that He is revealing Himself as the Lamb of God to many during this Ashura season. Click the image and watch this special hour replay.
As the month of pilgrimage has ended, Eid al-Adha comes. We are excited to partner in prayer today with Heart4Iran. It is the second of the two main holidays celebrated by Muslims. This 3-day celebration is based on the Quranic story of Allah asking Ibrahim to sacrifice his son. Ibrahim was willing and fully surrendered to Allah, but in the end, Allah provided an animal to sacrifice in the place of Ibrahim’s son. Many on this day will sacrifice goats or sheep as a symbol of Allah providing for Ibrahim. Many Muslims use this time to share the meat of the sacrificed animal with family, neighbors and the poor, and gather in large public gatherings for prayer. It is a celebration where Muslims dress in their best clothes, eating throughout the night with family and friends.
Although we see the story of Abraham and Isaac as a foreshadow to Jesus and the need for a sacrifice for our sins, many Muslims have not yet been opened to this profound truth. Our heart is to gather in prayer and cry out to God for the lineage of Ishmael. As Hagar cried out not to let her son die, God sprang up a well for Ishmael. We want to ask for the same thing—that God would spring up a well of living water for Muslims around the world.
“But God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “Hagar, what’s wrong? Do not be afraid! God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. Go to him and comfort him, for I will make a great nation from his descendants.” Then God opened Hagar’s eyes, and she saw a well full of water. She quickly filled her water container and gave the boy a drink. And God was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness.” Genesis 21: 17-20
We live streamed on Thursday, July 30th, from Noon - 1 pm CDT across Church Online, Facebook, and YouTube. You can watch and share these links with your friends, spiritual family, and prayer communities.
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