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Côte d'Ivoire: Part 2

Spend another day to pray for the Ivory Coast.

Challenges for Prayer:
8. Pray for the evangelism to the Mande and Malinke people as well as the Gur people.
9. Pray for the evangelism to the foreigners of Côte d'Ivoire. They are 30% of the population.
10. Pray that Christians may be zealous to win non-Muslims while they can and show humility and love for them.
11. Pray for the young people of Côte d'Ivoire. They are responsive! Pray for the Christians ministering to them.
12. Pray for the bookstores and depots of various missions. Pray for a more knowledgeable staff (especially more French speaking people).
13. Pray for a wider distribution of Bibles as well as a full translation of the Bible and that Scripture in audio can become more used.
14. Pray that Christian music writing and recording continues to be influential in Côte d'Ivoire.

Côte d'Ivoire: Part 1

Côte d'Ivoire (also known as the Ivory Coast) is located on the west African coast.

This country is one of the world's largest producers of cocoa, coffee, and palm oil.
The government remains receptive to mission activity and development.
Both Islam and Christianity are highly syncretized with African traditional beliefs.
Around 34% of the population are Christians.
42% are Muslim and 24% are Ethnoreligionist.
Within Christianity, 11 % are Protestant and 16% are Catholic.




Answers to Prayer:
1. The establishment of a peace agreement after years of civil war and ceasefires.
2. Continued growth in evangelical churches. There are more than 3,000 churches in Abidjan!
3. The further consolidation of Christian unity.

Things to Pray for:
1. Pray for political leaders who are visionary, non-partisan, and free of corruption.
2. Pray for the fact that Nominalism is common in the Catholic and Methodist denominations.
3. Pray that believers might withstand temptation to revert to old practices of animism.
4. Pray for evangelicals and their ministry.
5. Pray for more knowledge and understanding of the Bible.
6. Pray for the increase of mission personnel.
7. Pray for more missionary training and that God will supply all the needs of the missionaries and that their churches will support them.

Love

My favorite day ever.
{captured by Jon Quigg}

Glory

I have come to the realization that I am not good at blogging every day.
I am okay with that. :)

Today I read Psalm 108.
I loved it.

"My heart is steadfast, O God!"
David is saying,
"My heart is immovable. It belongs solely to God. It is firmly placed in Him."
Man. I want this. I want my heart to long for God every waking moment.

"I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.
For your steadfast love is great above the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the clouds."

"Let Your glory be over all the earth!
That your beloved ones may be delivered,
give salvation by your right hand and answer me!"

All of who we are and what we do is for His GLORY. Nothing else.

Finland

83% of the country claims to be Christian.

This is a praise!
Finland is strong in its Christian tradition.
It is considered on of the most affluent and peaceful nation on earth.
Christian agencies in Finland are very good about sending out missionaries
throughout the world.


The thing is, according to Operational World, "Humanism, secularism, and materialism"
control a lot of the Finns. "While a majority (90%) look favorably upon the Church's social work,
only 8% of Finns attend any kind of religious service monthly or more,
and only 3% of Lutherans attend weekly."
Many of the Christians in Finland proclaim to be Lutheran.


Here are a few things for you to pray about if you would like:
1. Pray for a spiritual breakthrough that will cause people to seek the Lord.
2. Pray for godly leaders among the youth in Finland.
3. Pray for the widespread growth of house groups and that they become more integrated within the a larger faith community.
4. Pray for more missionaries to be sent out from the churches in Finland.

Libya

Libya has been on my heart constantly.

Everything that is going on with the government and Muammar Gaddafi is breaking my heart.

I cannot imagine one man leading many to be part of massacring his own people.
I was convicted that I needed to pray for him.

I pray that God changes his heart.
It sounds crazy, but I'm praying for it.

There is one thing to be thankful about.
God is doing a new work in this land.
According to Operational World, "there is a notable spiritual hunger
among Libyans, but not enough Bibles for those seeking them.
Increasing numbers of Libyans are coming to Christ!"
Praise the Lord!
I am praying that Libyans become more open to the Word of God.

Wonderful Surprise

I haven't blogged in like 5 days or something.

That is because my Matthew Jared asked me to be his forever.


I am so very blessed to have him in my life.
I can't wait to dance in the minefields with him forever.