Today we are starting 4 days prayer for Germany, the most densely populated European country, with the highest population in Europe – 83 million people. The home of Protestant Lutheran Reformation today the country struggles to preserve its Christian heritage with influx of Muslim and Buddhist immigrants. Its recent history of secular humanism, nazi tyranny, socialism & communism, military conflicts had caused mass exodus from organized Christianity, especially after World War II, since 1945, and alienation of people. Country is experiencing extreme individualism and lack of connectivity among generations. The new immigrants do not integrate well and are kept in segregated groups making it more difficult for Christian witness and evangelism. Special need is the evangelisation of East Germany which endured four decades of Communism and atheism. Currently Germany is the leading economic power in European Union. Pray that nations wealth would be a tool for Christian advance and would benefit people in need of social justice.
A special emphasis of prayer is requested for the Ashkenazi Jews. The memory of holocaust cannot be erased. Their
On Wednesday we will pray for Grenada, an island country where 10% of population are Seventh-day Adventists. With a population of 110 thousand there are 46 Adventist churches present. Earlier French legacy still has the Catholic church as a dominant but nominal influence. The survey of Christian churches reveals the most urgent need for prayer is to reverse moral and family decline as sexual promiscuity and teen pregnancies are widespread; around 45% of households are led by women, with men absent.
Thursday we lift in prayer Gibraltar, a small strategically placed rocky peninsula on the south coast of Spain of 6 square kilometres only with 30 thousand population and small groups of 7 Adventists. Th main prayer request is for Muslims working in or visiting Gibraltar who are very open to receive Christian material and to hear about Jesus. Pray that this opportunity might be utilized sensitively but decisively.
On Friday we pray for Greenland, the world’s largest island and with the lowest population density of any country, as 85% is covered by ice cap. Formerly Catholic the population is under influence of Danish Lutheran Church, and evangelical influence is very recent. There is no Adventist presence there at all, and no mission yet.
As you are praying weekly, daily for all nations, I trust your awareness of how large the harvest is grows too. Pray the Lord of the Harvest to make you a labourer!
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