If you’ve signed up to receive newsletters from a missionary, you’ll find plenty of fuel for prayer in their emails. If not, here are some general prayer points you can use anytime:
Relationship with God
- Awareness of God’s power
- Consistent and profitable times in prayer and the Word
- Protection from temptation and sin
Physical and emotional health
- General health and healing
- Finances and the cost of living
- Freedom from loneliness and depression
- Balancing safety with fruitfulness
Family relationships
- Healthy marriages/friendships
- Children
- Extended family at home
- Purity and integrity
Effective ministry
- Fluency in language and communication skills
- Cultural adaptation and understanding
- Open doors for evangelism
- Good use of time
Ministry team dynamics
- Honesty and openness
- Submit to one another
- Appreciate others’ strengths and weaknesses
- A sense of humour
Host country
- Political situation and economic conditions
- Strong national church
- Precious local peoples
- Visas
- Spiritual oppression