Prayer Mobilization Line: The following are praise reports and prayer requests from Nazarene Missions International for Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Prayer Mobilization Line: The following are praise reports and prayer requests from Nazarene Missions International for Wednesday, 19 February 2014

"The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."~~Matthew 25:40 NIV

PRAISES:

From the USA/Canada Region, join in giving God praise for:

His blessing on the 80 districts and 5,021 churches of the USA/Canada Region in this last year—54,000 people came to Christ and over 20,000 were baptized.

That 104 new works were started this year.

That over 27,000 people joined the church in membership in the USA/Canada Region.

That $555,000 in Alabaster monies was distributed to 39 projects in the USA/Canada Region.

That 20 percent of our churches are ethnic congregations. We continue to open up our arms and churches to the immigrants among us.

The 21,000 students who are presently receiving a Christian education in our nine universities, Nazarene Bible College, and Nazarene Theological Seminary.

PRAY FOR:

GLOBAL MINISTRY REQUESTS

Nazarene World Week of Prayer

The annual Nazarene World Week of Prayer (NWWP) is nearly here. The dates this year for NWWP are Sunday, March 2 – Saturday, March 8. During NWWP, we encourage churches to develop a plan to involve their people in praying specifically for requests received from each Global Mission region. The requests are posted on the NMI website and can be viewed and downloaded by clicking here.  We will also include some NWWP requests in PML for the next four weeks. This week’s NWWP requests are:

Mesoamerica Region:

God to raise up and send more workers to plant churches in urban centers of the Mesoamerica Region.

The GENESIS project, which was created to plant churches in countries where there is no Church of the Nazarene and in big cities where we have little or no presence.

Areas where the GENESIS project is starting in April 2014:

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Veracruz, Mexico

San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Grenada in the Caribbean English Field

Asia-Pacific Region: 

Japan District

Pray for the Japan district as they begin construction of the new headquarters/seminary building in Oyamadai, Tokyo.  Because of the damage caused by the great earthquake in 2011, the previous building had to be abandoned.

Pray for those who are still suffering in Japan as a result of the devastating earthquake on March 11, 2011. Many are still struggling and living in temporary housing.

Pray that more young people in Japan will hear God’s call to serve as pastors and church planters and will receive the necessary training.

South America Region

Pray for the Brazil Sub-Región and each one of its Fields: Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Central, and Brazil South.

Please pray for the RE-VISION Conference that will convene in Quito, Ecuador, in April and for the Regional Advisory Council meetings that will follow.

Eurasia Region

Please pray for young leaders to be encouraged and supported as they seek to serve their fields, districts, and local churches.  

Please pray for safe travels to all attending the District Assemblies in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Field in early March. 

Prayer is requested for the children and youth camps throughout the CIS, especially for the provision of economic resources and for the leaders and their preparation.

Board of General Superintendents

  Please pray for the ministry and safety of the General Superintendents as they travel this month:

Jerry D. Porter

J. K. Warrick

Eugénio Duarte

David W.Graves

David A. Busic

Gustavo A. Crocker

HEALTH-RELATED REQUESTS

Al Kessler - UPDATE

  Please continue to pray for Al Kessler. He is scheduled to have a pacemaker inserted this week, which if all goes well, will be followed in the coming weeks with additional heart procedures. Of most urgent need, pray that Al’s heart will not stop before the pacemaker can be inserted and that he will heal well from that procedure so the other medical care can be administered. Father God, please bring complete healing to Al. He is the husband of Sharon Kessler who is the NMI district president of the Mid-Atlantic District. Al and Sharon also served as Mission Corps volunteers in Kenya, Africa, for several years.

Meza Mother

  Please pray for Eduardo Meza’s mother who is in critical condition in Colombia. She needs prayer for healing. Eduardo is the superintendent of the Coast District in Ecuador. He and his wife have traveled to be with his mom and the family.

Thank you for praying.

The awesome presence of God that brings wholeness to all those who, "Take hold of my world with all of your heart…" is the essence of wisdom.~~Michael G. VanZant** 

**Dr. Michael G. VanZant is an author and Associate Professor of Biblical Literature at Mount Vernon Nazarene University where he also serves as Chaplain of the Adult and Graduate Studies program.

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