Disciplemaking Scripture: LEARN FROM MISTAKES
“Brothers and sisters, I know that I have not yet reached that goal, but there is one thing I always do. Forgetting the past and straining toward what is ahead, I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize for which God called me through Christ to the life above.”
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May 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.
ReadPray for an Acts 19 movement to reach every unreached people and place in Mashhad, Iran and the surrounding regions.
ReadWe wait on you, Lord, to send your Holy Spirit to empower us to fully obey your great mission.
ReadPray for an Acts 19 movement to reach every unreached people and place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and the surrounding regions.
ReadMOVEMENT PRINCIPLE: BE GROUNDED IN THE AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE
ReadPSALMS 46:10; 24:1; 82:8
ReadPray for an Acts 19 movement to reach every unreached people and place in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam and the surrounding regions.
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