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4 Ways to Pray for Myanmar

Although often obscured from Western view, the people of Myanmar are facing a dire convergence of military rule, civil war, food shortage, and disintegration of public education and healthcare. Myanmar has a long history of political and ...

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Prayer Focus: Counting It All Joy

“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds...” (James 1:2 ESV) Even on a good day, missions is tough. Trials and difficulties come in various shapes and sizes. Sickness, disabilities, accidents, injuries, job...

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‘Who Is Your God?’: How Answered Prayer Draws Afghan Muslims to Christ

In the darkness of fundamentalist Afghanistan, answered prayer testifies of the power of the true God and points the desperate and hurting to Christ. Yousuf tossed on his mattress. He had been awake three hours, and the call to prayer would...

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Prayer Focus: Hope for the Scattered and Confused

“James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.” (James 1:1 ESV) Uprooted and forced from their homes. Scattered into regions far and wide because of persecution. Gripped by fe...

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Prayer Focus: Continue in the Faith

“. . . if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.” (Colossians 1:23 ESV) ...

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Prayer Focus: Past, Present, and Future

“And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind,  doing evil deeds,  he has now reconciled  in his body of flesh by his death,  in order to present you holy and blameless and  above reproach before him . . .” (Colossians 1:21-22 ESV) ...

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Prayer Focus: The Dwelling Place of God

“For in him all the  fullness of God was pleased to dwell . . .” (Colossians 1:19 ESV) God dwells here. For the Christian, this statement would make a good t-shirt slogan. There’s no denying that God dwells in the believer. But i...

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Prayer Focus: Is Christ Preeminent?

“And  he is the head of the body, the church. He is  the beginning,  the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.” (Colossians 1:18 ESV) Colossians builds a case for the preeminence of Christ. He is the...

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Prayer Focus: Trust the Sustainer

“And  he is before all things, and in him all things  hold together.” (Colossians 1:17 ESV) It makes sense, doesn’t it? Since all things were created by him, through him, and for him, it makes sense that Jesus existed before al...

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5 Ways to (Still) Pray for Afghanistan

It was Tuesday, September 11, 2001. My fourth-grade teacher came into our classroom mid-morning and announced that the Twin Towers had been attacked. As the day unfolded, we learned Osama Bin Laden had orchestrated the attack. My classmate ...

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