Prayer Requests and Prayer Points
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This afternoon January 12 Southeast Missouri University received an online threat at shortly before 2:00. Kent Library was vacated for 30 minutes while Campus police searched the entire building. At 2:25 police gave the all clear for students and staff to re-enter the library. Today was the first day of classes at Southeast Missouri State University. Murray and Louisville, Kentucky experienced similar threats. Pray a hedge of protection around and over our universities in Jesus name.
Paula Parker - Executive Director, ACMI: Praise God for His faithful love and care. Pray for financial partners & provision for every need according to God’s will for ACMI & His riches in Christ Jesus. Praise God for a virtual home, community groups, and live hubs to connect with one another. Pray for God’s favor among ISM leaders, ISMers, and churches to increase collaboration in 2026 for deeper and more widespread Kingdom impact among international students and scholars.
Paula Parker - Executive Director, ACMI: Praise God for a family of ISMers from many different nations & organizations. Pray for flourishing in ACMI's virtual home. Our faith goal is for 1000 engaged members to encourage each other in our shared call. Pray for a new, clear, compelling message from God to share the vision to join and participate in the ACMI family.
Paula Parker - Executive Director, ACMI: Praise God for a strong, growing team. Pray for the ACMI Staff & Board to have God's wisdom, plans, and creativity to strengthen ISM globally in 2026. Pray for God’s provision of a half-time, support-raising associate director and key volunteer roles to be filled: ACMI conference plenary speakers, workshop presenters, worship leaders, emcees, and live hub hosts and locations.
Please pray for a student I led to Christ and discipled throughout her entire PhD. She was a multiplier and zealous for the gospel but has recently become very disillusioned and questions the goodness of God. She is not responding to me at this time.
Jesus our hearts are broken for this student who so fervently followed you and seems to be falling away. God, you can take any question. Please bring her back to you and answer her disillusionment from your word and your people. You are soveriegn and hold eternity and all knowledge and goodness. Reveal yourself to this dear child who has strayed. May she not be a seed who grows up quicly and wilts but one of the lost sheep you left the ninety nine to go search for.
Praise the Lord for international staff team members. The process is long and confusing especially as rules seem to be changing daily. Pray for God’s peace for them. God has provided some unexpected routes for them to move forward. Pray for perseverance, protection, provision. As Alex said we are applying for some H1B type visas for several team members. There are some of the first that ISI has done. Pray for God’s favor with the immigration officials, policy makers, etc.
Pray for our student friends who continue to struggle finding a job. I just heard that two dear ones have run out of time to find a job and have to go back home to a situation to pay their accumulated debt is very much a struggle. Pray for God to show His purposes in all of this. Perhaps some will see this as a reason to follow Jesus. Pray for the propagation of the gospel through the result of some of these situations. Pray for the hearts of the students as they struggle through these things.
Pray for several transitions of ministries from long time leaders. Pray for provision of the next generation, pray for wisdom on how to lead those transitions. Pray also for those slowing down and retiring to find their next calling with their new circumstances. God can and will still use them or they wouldn’t still be around. Help them to have the courage and patience to see what He shows.
Dear Jesus, you tell us that our elders are blesed with much wisdom. We pray for your favor over this generation that is retiring. May they disciple and entrust future generations to you. May their lives be full of abundance and a special ministry as only they can. So many nations revere age and will listen from respect and honor. We pray that would be a foothold for souls to hear the Gospel and have a chance to know you. May they also be blessed with rest from their labor and love and support from those they have raised up in these new seasons of life.
The enemy has been attacking several staff members through their families. There are estranged relationships, struggles with past sins, issues related to the aging of parents or the busyness of young children, death, and illness. Please pray that our staff members will be able walk in Jesus as they walk with their loved ones while continuing serving international students.
Tim Sigman - ISI Director of Prayer Initiatives: Lord I have been deeply challenged by Dr. Stott. Based on his decades of ministry throughout the global Church, internationally renowned evangelical leader John Stott summed it up like this in his book, The Radical Disciple:“We have become puny Christians because we’ve settled for a puny Christ.” Jesus help us to be Awaken to You the Glorious Lion and the Lamb for You are King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Lord Jesus, please guide Ian as he meets with Clinic staff to explore options for a treatment plan. Give them wisdom and discernment in how to best help him. Bring supernatural healing to Ian’s body and great comfort to him and his family. We grive this diagnosis with him. Please, dear Spirit, Ian feel your presence and love. May he know he never walks alone.
Thank you. We’ve got some good options. Further testing required, but there is a good outlook.
Jesus, we grieve with Ian over this diagnosis and for your comfort for him and his family in the midst of this tough situation. Please give wisdom and discernemnt to his team at the Clinic (praises for Iam getting in!) as they explore treatment options. We ask for supernatural healing for Ian’s body and great peace. May he know that he never walks alone and always sense your presence, dear Spirit.