Day 19 of 31 · Monday, October 19
International Missions
How to pray today
- Keep it short: pray for 3 to 5 minutes at most. A short prayer prayed with faith is enough.
- Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join the call and pray together. Every voice counts, so don't hold back.
- Read the Scripture aloud, pray the prayer below, then add your own words for the day's theme.
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.
Matthew 28:19-20 (NKJV)
Read more: Psalm 2:8; Acts 1:8
Pray
Jesus, give us the nations. Bless the missionaries and churches we partner with overseas. Send people and resources from this church to places that have not heard.
Prayer guide · six targets
Read the Scripture aloud, speak the declaration together, then pray the specifics by name. Where a line says “name,” say the actual name out loud.
Target 1
All the nations
Glory City Aiken obeys the commission to make disciples of every nation.
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Matthew 28:19–20 (NKJV)Declare together
We go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things He has commanded.
He is with us always, even to the end of the age.
Pray it specific
- Name the nations this church has already gone to.
- Name the nation on your heart.
- Name the nations represented in our own congregation.
Target 2
Laborers sent
people from this church called, trained and sent.
Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”
Matthew 9:37–38 (NKJV)Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
Isaiah 6:8 (NKJV)Declare together
The harvest truly is plentiful. We pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.
We hear the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?” We answer, “Here am I! Send me.”
Pray it specific
- Name those among us who have a call to the nations.
- Name the trip being planned, and everyone going on it.
- Name yourself, and answer Him.
Target 3
The nations as inheritance
specific nations asked for by name.
Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
Psalm 2:8 (NKJV)God be merciful to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us, Selah That Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
Psalm 67:1–2 (NKJV)Declare together
We ask of Him, and He gives us the nations for our inheritance and the ends of the earth for our possession.
God is merciful to us and blesses us, and causes His face to shine upon us, that His way may be known on earth, His salvation among all nations.
Pray it specific
- Name one nation and one city in it.
- Name one unreached people group, or ask God to show you one this week.
- Name the pastors and churches we work with overseas.
Target 4
How shall they hear
preachers sent, and the money, visas and open doors to send them.
How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!”
Romans 10:14–15 (NKJV)Declare together
They call on Him in whom they have believed, because they have heard, because a preacher was sent.
How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things. This church sends them.
Pray it specific
- Name the amount needed for the next trip.
- Name the passports, visas and flights that have to come through.
- Name what you will give or do to send someone.
Target 5
Power to the end of the earth
the Holy Spirit's power on every witness, at home and abroad.
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Acts 1:8 (NKJV)And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:15 (NKJV)Declare together
We receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon us. We are witnesses to Him in Aiken, in all South Carolina, and to the end of the earth.
We go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Pray it specific
- Name your Jerusalem: your street and your workplace.
- Name those ministering overseas right now, and declare power on them.
- Name the language barrier, the sickness or the opposition they face.
Target 6
Every tribe and tongue
the finished picture. People from every nation before the throne.
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
Revelation 7:9 (NKJV)For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.
Habakkuk 2:14 (NKJV)Declare together
A great multitude which no one can number, of all nations, tribes, peoples and tongues, stands before the throne and before the Lamb. People we reach are in that multitude.
The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
Pray it specific
- Name the people you want to see in that multitude.
- Name a nation closed to the gospel, and declare it filled with the knowledge of His glory.
- Close by thanking Him aloud for the nations.