Turkey

Let's pray specifically for one of the unreached people groups living in Turkey today

Romans 8:3

"The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins."

The Tartar People

The Tartar people in Turkey have their ancestry in Mongolia. Many live a transient lifestyle. Some believe in supernatural powers such as the "evil eye", involving the ability to curse someone with an intense look. Unlike most Muslims some of the Tatar eat pork, and very few observe the prescribed Islamic fasts. They remain more liberal than most orthodox Muslims of Central Asia, even inviting women to pray in the mosques instead of at home. Unfortunately, the Tatars' view of Christianity has been scarred by negative interactions with the Russian Orthodox Church and its earlier attempts to convert them through force. This has served to push them to be more dedicated to Islam and wary of any form of Christianity. Pray for barriers to be broken down. Pray for Muslim background disciple makers to be sent from other movements to the Tartars in Turkey.

Prayer Point:

Lord, we thank you for your sacrifice, sending Jesus down to earth to take away all of our sins. We pray that more Tartar people in Turkey would become disillusioned with Islam and the occult. We ask that you turn their eyes toward you to see that they can do nothing on their own to earn their salvation, but it is only through believing in your son, Jesus, that they may have forgiveness and wholeness forever. We pray for the Tartar people to have their bonds of sin broken today. Give them freedom from their sinful nature so that they can walk in your holiness. Lord, bring about growth in your Tartar Church. 

Focus City: Gaziantep