Praise God for opportunities to engage the global church through conventions like NACC and ICOM. Pray for plans and ask God to bring glory to His name through these gatherings. “On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.” (Acts 14:27)
2017-04-07: Fruitful Service.
“So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.” (Acts 16:5) Praise God for responses at NACC and ICOM to His call for mission service. Pray that those who made decisions to serve as missionaries would overcome every obstacle and find a place of fruitful service.
2017-04-06: In Spite of Persecution.
“Because of my chains, most of the brothers in the Lord have been encouraged to speak the word of God more courageously and fearlessly.” (Philippians 1:14) A part of engaging the global church is to pray together for the persecuted. As we give thanks for the freedom we have to worship God in our own country, lift up those who are persecuted for the sake of following Christ. Pray that the Gospel will spread because of and in spite of persecution.
2017-04-05: Pray for More Believers.
“You are the children of the LORD your God…a people holy to the LORD…the LORD has chosen you to be his treasured possession.” (Deut. 14:1-2) Team Expansion strives to engage the global church in God’s heart for the nations for the purpose of expanding God’s kingdom among unreached peoples. Pray for believers around the world who are alone in their faith. Ask the Holy Spirit to grant them encouragement, boldness, and a deep trust in His love for them. Pray for more believers to join them.
2017-04-04: Praise God for Strategically Placing Workers.
Praise God for strategically placing his workers around the world and for church planting and disciple making movements His Spirit is forming. God is moving through the global church. Pray that the 6,500 remaining UPGs totaling over two billion unreached people will be reached with the Gospel. Ask the Lord of the harvest to raise up workers for the harvest fields.
2017-04-03: Muslim Unreached People Groups.
There are still 1170 Muslim Unreached People Groups that remain UNENGAGED. There are 178 groups of more than 100,000 in population, 497 groups of more than 10,000 in population. “Unreached” measures the people’s response to the Gospel. “UNENGAGED” measures the church’s response to the Great Commission. “Unengaged” means no long term resident in that people’s language church planting witness. Pray for the church to focus and make a priority to send global first teams to UNENGAGED groups before sending more teams to those already engaged. “Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will surely exclude me from his people.” (Isaiah 56:3)
2016-04-02: Field Visits, Planning, and Prayer.
Micah 4:2 says, “Many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” Team Expansion needs additional Project Fulfillment Specialists to work with churches in accomplishing the Great Commission. Pray God would identify individuals to help churches adopt and minister to an unreached people group through ongoing training, field visits, planning, and prayer.
2017-04-01: Unreached People.
“All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord; they will bring glory to your name.” (Psalm 86:9) Engaging the global church in God’s plan for the nations is one of Team Expansion’s key result areas. There are still over 6,500 unreached peoples groups. That means there is no witness or access to the Gospel among these peoples. Pray that the Church would become engaged in the vision of seeing disciple making movements among unreached people of the world.
2017-03-31: The Birds of the Air.
“The birds of the air nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.” (Ps 104:13) Birdsong is a constant sound and familiar praise heard among the trees of Emerald Hills. Celebrate with Team Expansion 8 years of developing the 61-acre campus outside Louisville, KY for training and sustaining harvest workers for the nations. Pray that 50 missionaries will be trained through LAUNCH, our training to enable new recruits to deputize, raise ministry partners and arrive on field, this year.
2017-03-30: Lasting Fruit for His Kingdom.
“You will go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.” (Is 55:12). For the past two weeks, missionary candidates have been in training to be “Launched” into the world of mission. Give God the applause He so deserves for preparing new workers to serve through Team Expansion. Pray that God goes behind and before them, to bring success in finding ministry partners, and to bring success in bearing lasting fruit for His Kingdom.