Last
week we prayed for Pakistan, and on Friday for peace in Palestine. Having returned back to our regular worship place
we continue our prayer for the world.
Today
we pray for Peru, where nearly 2% of population are Adventists! Home of former Inca Empire, today indigenous
people are exploited by foreign companies for oil and minerals. The Quecha word “peru” means abundance. Pray that the local people would have access
to the abundance. It is frequent that we
hear news reports of Peruvian miners trapped underground. Pray for the protection of human rights and
humanitarian care in that country.
Adventist church operates 3 clinics and over 300 educational
institutions there. Majority of the church
members are young, under 35! Pray for
leadership wisdom in this rapidly growing church.
Sunday
we will pray for Panama, with Adventist population of 3%. Popular tourist place it is also strategic trafficking
place causing diversity of cultures, secularism, materialism and crime. Adventist church is very young. More that 60% are under 30. Pray for continuing mission through education
and medical services.
Monday
we lift in prayers Papua New Guinea, where 4% of people are Adventists. It is common to have Adventists occupy high
government positions, even Governor General.
Adventist church is very influential, yet tribalism still exist and
church officials often are involved in settling political disputes among
warring factions. Pray for spiritual
growth, for individuals to grow in Christ and be transformed by Christ
love. Tribal groups on the island speak
more than 800 languages, and until recent decades were disconnected through
tribal animosity. This territory was
known for cannibalism in the early 20th century. Today the power of the Gospel is transforming
the land and its people. Continue
praying for miracles of the Holy Spirit there.
Tuesday
we lift in prayer Paraguay. A country
that is listed in “horrible histories” as a unique for loosing 80% of its
population during a tyrannical dictatorship in the 1860s, and then being
resettled with foreigners from Western and Eastern Europe. Native Guarani Indians are using their
language and preserving their cultural heritage amidst Spanish culture, where
books and Bibles are in Spanish. Pray for
ethnically clustered churches to reach out to the native population with
mission.
Wednesday
& Thursday we will lift Poland in prayer.
Two days – not just because they are co-hosting the Euro football
(soccer) cup with Ukraine J, but for the size of its population.
Predominantly Catholic country it has a very small evangelical presence,
very small Adventist church. Jehovah’s
Witnesses outnumber Evangelical Christians 2:1! There are as many Polish emigrants around the
world as there are citizens in the country. Pray that as Polish emigrants learn
progressive truth they would share with their relatives in the homeland. There has been not much growth in the church during
the past 10 years. Since it became a
part of European Union, materialism has been the greatest obstacle to spiritual
search.
Friday
we will begin a 5-day prayer for Philippines, where Adventist church is nearing
1% of population. Home of the Adventist
University training workers for the Southern Asia and Pacific regions of our
church. In 1980s these islands
experienced phenomenal growth and by 2005 were reporting over 1 million
members. However in recent years the
membership audits confirm only half of the numbers. Pray for retention of believers.
No comments:
Post a Comment