Praise God for the spiritual openness being experienced by refugees. Pray for their eyes opened to the Truth of Jesus Christ. Pray that our teams have wisdom as they continue putting into practice fruitful tools and strategies we pray will unleash a movement toward faith in Jesus among Muslims.
2015-12-22: Give Glory to God.
Give glory to God for sending missionary candidates through Team Expansion doors to Launch for coaching and training. As we look to God for raising up workers for His harvest, we praise Him for leading experienced people to be trainers and coaches. Pray that the Training Team and all of Team Expansion continues to model disciple making and church planting principles in life and ministry.
2015-12-21: Give Thanks.
Give thanks to God for tools like Jonathan Training, Kairos, 3/3 groups, Discipleship Training School that empowers and equips both new workers and career mission practitioners for exponential and lasting fruit.
2015-12-20: Give Praise to God for Flourishing DSOTO.
Give praise to God for flourishing DSOTO, acronym for Discipleship School of the Outdoors. DSOTO offers practical instruction that promotes personal growth and builds teams in an outdoor learning environment. Ask God to raise up more experiential education facilitators for outdoor the challenge course and team building program.
2015-12-21: Opportunities.
Praise God for opportunities He puts in place to survey new fields and visit existing works for encouragement and training. Pray that the Good News concerning the love of God might spread rapidly throughout the whole world.
2015-12-18: To Coach and Train in Fruitful Practices.
To coach and train in fruitful practices for life, ministry and church planting is what Team Expansion strives to do. Praise God for the growth in training new workers for harvest fields. Pray that training and coaching makes for abundant fruit among the nations, among our workers and among partnering churches and other agencies.
2015-12-17: Day of Prayer and Fasting.
Day of Prayer and Fasting is another celebration day for what God is doing among unreached peoples, the persecuted church, harvest workers, and Team Expansion’s aspirations. Praise God with us for hearing our prayers on behalf of the nations.
2015-12-16: Psalm 98:1.
Psalm 98:1 seems appropriate for Celebration Day at International Services: “Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.”
Celebration Day is Team Expansion office staff celebrating the goals that God has enabled us to achieve in 2015, followed by a Christmas party. Praise God for church planting movements among unreached peoples.
2015-12-15: Celebrate.
Celebrate the unique ways in how God allows Team Expansion to engage the global church in response to making disciples of all nations. Pray that God would multiply His church worldwide and continue to send out His message of Hope to the lost. Ask God to spark 80 church planting/disciple making movements in Team Expansion fields around the world by the end of 2015.
2015-12-14: Partnerships in the Gospel.
Give thanks for partnerships in the Gospel within the global church. Pray that the 6,500 remaining unreached people groups, totaling over two billion unreached people, will be reached with the Gospel. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out more harvest workers for the harvest fields.