Prayer Requests and Prayer Points
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Our student club will look different this academic year as we no longer have students from the CCI program. Please pray for God to give us fresh strategies, new opportunities, and wisdom in how we connect with students. Pray that other students will still be eager to join and that we will be led to an engaging and attractive new name for the club. Also, pray for Meghan, one of our ministry partners, to have open doors and favor as she considers serving in the role of President.
"Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart... We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed... Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all." 2 Corinthians, chapter 4.
Please pray for the many international students who are very anxious about the immigration uncertainties. Pray specifically for "S" from India. Ask God to give him & others peace, and a sense of safety when they come to our meetings, and that they won't fear ICE. Pray also for wisdom and discernment for us as we minister to them, especially those struggling with severe anxiety during this time.
Pray that the Religious Worker Act, submitted to Congress last month, will be approved quickly!! Pray for wisdom and favor for the officers, representatives, and all those involved in the decision-making process. This bill would allow R-1 missionaries to extend their stay beyond the current 5-year limit, allowing them to continue serving in their ministry without interruption.
Pray for a providential and miraculous CHANGE to the 2023 U.S. immigration policy that redirected R-1 RELIGIOUS WORKER visa categories to border crossers, causing a 10-year backlog for ministry workers. Many missionaries, pastors, and other ministry workers are being forced to leave the U.S. Ask the Lord to overturn this policy so that those called to serve in the U.S. can fulfill their mission without unjust delay.
Lord, our awesome & attentive God, we come to you as a needy people. We come empty-handed but confident because we know that You are Everything we need!! We ask for the Lakeland ministry, specifically at Florida Polytechnic University, for Caleb, the prospective new Min Rep as he leads the volunteer team in inspiring and planning for this new semester. Give them all such a sense of God's presence and power and joy as they look forward to welcoming new students next week.
Requests from Daniel McGhee - ISI NYC Area Director: 1. Spiritual protection for Silas Casper (age 5) as he begins kindergarten in an Arabic-English dual language school, and opportunities to connect with his classmates’ families. 2. God bring 7 international Christian students to invest in this year; successful launch of home group meetings leading to M28 studies and students coming to faith. 3.Columbia Ministry – Open doors to become an official campus club; meet more students.
Requests from Daniel McGhee - ISI NYC Area Director: 1. Staff Needs – Comfort for those grieving the loss of loved ones; joy and adjustment for staff welcoming children; physical healing for staff with health issues. 2. Campus Access & Relationships – A person of peace at both NYU and Columbia; continued and growing access at NYU; receptive hearts among students. 3. Brooklyn Ministry – Mobilization of a Brooklyn-specific ISI team.
Prayer Request from Jonathan Guest - ISI NE Regional Field Director: Hello team, Annalyn and are in the middle of unpacking and getting furniture for our new place in Lancaster PA. We're also on a tight time crunch because we need to get our son to college and our daughters start in their new school, all beginning a week from Monday. I hope I can squeeze in a cameo appearance during one of the prayer Zoom calls. Please pray for the NE Region and for us to get settled. Thank you! Jonathan
2/2 Grant us this favor, Christ Jesus, for we know that it is your will for us. Please prevent us from ever silencing your Spirit—nor dare to despise prophecy. Teach us how to wisely test all things and cling to what is good. May we flee quickly from any semblance of evil and be completely sanctified by you, our God of peace. Let our whole body, soul, and spirit be kept blameless before your return, Lord Jesus. For you who have called us is faithful. (inspired from 1 Thess 5:12-13; Jn 13:35).
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Jesus, we servants of your ministry, ask you to help us respect the ISI leaders you have anointed among us—who labor at our sides, teach us to magnify your name, and carefully disciple us. Help us honor, respect, and love them greatly because of their work. God Almighty, we pray that our whole ministry would be known as yours by the love we have for one another and the peace that is among us. (1/2)
Pray that as we go through uncertain times—both personally and collectively—we would trust in God’s goodness, sovereignty, provision, and, perhaps even more, His love and acceptance for us. Like the Psalmists, who expressed their honest struggles and “why” questions to God with raw vulnerability, may we also learn to turn our hearts toward remembering who He is, recalling His past faithfulness, and, as they often did later in their prose, living in joy under the Father’s care.
I needed this prayer, Roy. Thank you for sharing.
Pray as we work through several opportunities to hire international staff. Pray for God's provision in special ways. Pray as we navigate through this legally and other ways. Much of this is new for us (ISI) and so we need patience, faith an creativity to make it all work. Pray for God's provision and direction for the international staff candidates as they listen for what God has for them.
Pray for long time volunteer team member at TCU Bennie who had to be hospitalized today. It was completely unexpected and turned out to be a mass of some sort on his brain. Pray that the medical professionals could figure out what is going on. They are running a ton of tests today. Pray for healing. Pray also for patience for him and his wife Patti in the process as he doesn't like going to doctors and such.
Praying, Roy. Do you have any updates?
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Thank you for sharing about this, AJ. I had not heard so am now praying with you.