Across the world Muslims are starting to celebrate Eid al-Fitr today, and will continue to do so the next 3 days.
Today's post is from a ministry called Prayercast:
After 30 long and hungry days, Ramadan has come to an end. And it's time for Muslims around the world to celebrate.
Eid al-Fitr — “The Celebration of the Breaking of the Fast” — is a time of:
As Muslims celebrate food and family, most remain unaware of the seat Jesus has prepared at an even greater feast.
If they believe in Him and accept His free invitation, they can one day pull up a chair to the greatest feast and celebration of ALL time: the marriage supper of the Lamb! (Rev. 19:6-9)
Today, we end Ramadan by asking God for one thing: may Muslims turn to Christ and join us at THAT table.
Let's unite our voices one last time and commit every prayer that has been prayed this month to the only One who can answer.
“In Jesus’ powerful name, AMEN!”
Watch this prayer video for Eid al-Fitr:
https://prayercast.com/prayer-topic/eid-al-fitr

Disciplemaking Scripture: TRAVEL LIGHT AND AVOID ENCUMBRANCES
Don’t carry a purse, a bag, or sandals, and don’t waste time talking with people on the road.
Use these resources to help pray specifically each day.
Most Islamic cultures have authoritarian structures. This means that those with power have a lot of sway over what is acceptable and allowed in their society. Some times this is seen as a hindrance to the gospel but it can also open doors. With the Edict of Milan in 313 A.D. following Jesus went from being persecuted by the state to first allowed and eventually accepted as the state religion. This came of course with its own issues but it was this change of heart by the authoritarian system that opened the doors for the gospel to spread like it never had before. Today let’s pray for those in authority, in the government but also for tribal leaders and family elders to have a change of heart. That these leaders would encounter Jesus and doors would open for the gospel in Pakistan and across the Muslim world.
ReadMay each person in Karachi and beyond find the 'straight path', the one who said “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
ReadPray today for movements of the gospel to happen among families and especially among the youth. That the new generation would be completely changed by encountering Jesus.
ReadPakistani cultures are classified as honor/shame cultures whereas most Western cultures are considered to be guilt/innocence cultures. This means that importance of how someone is perceived is often more important that what is truth. The Jewish culture that Jesus came into was actually an Eastern one. As such, a King in a manger, on a donkey, washing feet, all are pictures both counter cultural and perceived as weak. Some might even say humiliating. Jesus' life and teaching are a shock to this kind of a society where one honors the great and lifts high those with money, status, or power. Jesus deserves all honor but lowers himself willingly. He does so to lift us up. His actions aren't of shame but rather of lowering Himself to our level. He is most honorable yet humble enough to call us friend. Pray for Muslims in Karachi to wrestle with this contrast of someone so great being willing to be so low that they would grasp the audacity of God to reveal Himself through Jesus.
ReadMuslims believe in the God of Abraham (Ibrahim), Isaac (Ishaq), and Jacob (Yacoob). They know the God who sent a flood but saved Noah (Nuh), saved His people through Moses (Musa), and conquered nations through David (Daoud). However they have a different understanding of who Jesus is. There faith is like the faith of God's people in the Old Testament, having not experienced Jesus in who He is throughout the New Testament. Today we pray for Muslims to encounter Jesus and to really experience Him is that they can decide for themselves who He is.
ReadThe majority of the culture in Pakistan would be viewed as very conservative in the way women are treated. On the one hand there is a culture of protectiveness and honor but often there is a deviation from the intent of culture, and women end up being surpressed instead of protected. Today we pray for both men and women in Karachi to see the value of women who are created by God.
ReadDuring the month of Ramadan, Muslims fast water and food from sunrise to sunset. After breaking the fast, the men go to the mosque to pray and people are generally more open to spiritual things. Pray for those who are seeking that they will find, that God would reveal Himself both miraculously in dreams and […]
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ReadPray for the Muslim world at this key time of the Night of Power at the end of Ramadan
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