SUNDAY, AUGUST 22

Ganda people group

The Ganda of India is a Dalit people, very low in the Hindu caste hierarchy. Unlike some Dalits, however, the Ganda are mostly closed to the gospel. They are farmers who marry young and live in various parts of India including Chhattisgarh. They speak Odia and Hindi, two of India’s major languages.

  • Pray for the Lord to test and purify today’s people group and lead them to Himself.
  • Pray for faithfulness and witness of the few Ganda believers.
  • Pray that they will remain strong in their faith, thereby attracting inquiries concerning the Savior.
  • Pray that the Ganda will become open to the gospel and will access Christian literature and media, leading to a movement to Christ.
  • Pray for the Lord to bless the Ganda people economically and spiritually this decade.

 

MONDAY, AUGUST 23

Bosniaks in Turkey

Considered to be one of Europe’s least evangelized peoples, the Bosniaks who live beyond their ancient borders are war refugees from the early 1990s. They are trying to maintain their cultural and religious values. Many have settled in cities like Istanbul, Turkey, were given some time, their children have begun to speak Turkish. Streets in Istanbul have been renamed in Bosniak to reflect the more than three million that now live in Turkey.

  • Pray for new believers among this people group to be blessed with strength and peace.
  • Pray for exposure to Jesus Christ as the only Lord and Savior.
  • Pray that many Bosniaks would repent and be saved from their sins with the preaching of the gospel.
  • Pray that the Lord would raise up workers that would begin movements to Christ among Bosniaks, whether they are in Eastern Europe or Turkey.

 

TUESDAY, AUGUST 24

Butu-Ningi in Nigeria

The Butu-Ningi are a small people group and the languages that they had spoken as recently as the 1970s were considered “dead” by the 1990s. The Butu- Ningi has adopted the Hausa language. A people who like to sing, the Butu-Ningi compose new songs for the Gwarma Gom, a thanksgiving festival to the gods. Outreach partners can teach them more new songs—songs of thankfulness to the God who gives life to the full!

  • Pray that many from this people group will be in awe of the blessings of the Lord.
  • Pray for Holy Spirit-directed workers to go to them.
  • Pray for a Disciple-Making Movement among the Butu-Ningi people that will spread to the powerful Hausa people.

 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25

Radhi Brahmin in Bangladesh

The Radhi Brahmans are mainly in India’s eastern state of West Bengal and Khulna, a province of Bangladesh that we will feature for prayer today. Some benefit from owning farmland while others are businessmen. To reach them for Christ, someone will have to enter their world and learn how to communicate in the Brahman way. This will involve much listening and learning before speaking.

  • Pray that many from this people group will make Christ the rock of their salvation this decade.
  • Pray that the Holy Spirit will reveal Christ to this community and use Brahmans to preach and teach about Christ to all Hindu communities.
  • Pray for a massive movement to Christ in the Radhi community.

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 26

Did you know that 8-10% of the world population is Buddhist? Over half a BILLION Buddhists still do not have a saving relationship with Jesus Christ. Let us pray specifically and strategically for Buddhists.

  • Ask that the Lord will give the nation of Buddhism and all its people to His Church.
  • Pray that a genuine hunger for the Truth will make this population seek the Lord Christ.
  • Pray that those called to serve among these people would be thrust out to them for harvest ingathering.

 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 27

Each year there are approximately 42 MILLION victims of abortion worldwide.  Priceless children were created in God’s image. Join us in praying for the end of this Silent Holocaust! Jan. 22 marked 48 years since the US Supreme Court legalized abortion. Many now recognize this date as the Sanctity of Human Life Day to remember the God-given value of every life.

  • Pray that this holocaust will cease.
  • Ask that the LORD will cause people to abhor this evil that wastes precious destinies from the womb.
  • Pray that the Lord will raise men with fear of God in positions of power to right the wrong.

 

SATURDAY, AUGUST 28

It’s a command: love your enemies. Jesus said it himself. And sometimes the best way to love someone is to pray for them. Even now, you can PAUSE and pray for someone who has hurt you.

  • Pray that the mercy of God will prevail in their lives.
  • Pray that they experience the goodness of God in their lives.
  • Pray that they will come to themselves and seek to make amends.
  • Pray that you will find the courage to go to them for reconciliation.

 

WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads o’er His body on the tree;
Then I am dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,

That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 29

Sadgope Yadav in Bangladesh

The Yadav peoples are rare! Unlike most agricultural people, their status is neither high nor low. Many of the Chasot, or Sadgope Yadavs, own land and work in agriculture and small businesses. Their education does not usually go beyond the secondary level. They are concentrated in West Bengal, though a number also live farther east in Bangladesh.

  • Thank the Lord that He is the hope of all the earth and the only hope of the Sadgope Yadav people!
  • Pray for a spiritual hunger that will drive the Sadgope Yadavs to the loving arms of Jesus.
  • Pray for workers who are filled with the fruit and the power of the Holy Spirit to go to the Sadgope Yadavs.
  • Pray for a movement to Christ that will affect this community in Bangladesh and India

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