Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Easter Island.

1. Stone houses such as the one above are found at the top of a steep cliff in Orongo, and were once the location for yearly birdman cult ceremonies. When Christianity was introduced to the island, many left those customs for the Truth. Today, Orongo is a World Heritage site. Pray for visiting tourists to similarly be introduced to the Truth, that they may abandon their own attempts at creating meaning and purpose in exchange for the gospel.

2. Easter Island became a Chilean territory in 1888. Currently 5,000 people live on the island. The island’s name stems from the fact that it was first seen by a European explorer on Easter Sunday in 1722 (metmuseum.org). Pray that as Easter Sunday 2023 approaches, many salvation decisions will be made.

3. Pray for the Scripture to be widely available and read by many islanders.

Psalm 63:3

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Dublin.

1. This picture is from the campus of Trinity College, founded in 1592. Pray for a student who will sit on this bench today to believe in the Triune God as He has revealed Himself in Scripture.

2. A nearby riverfront offers bicycles to rent for getting around / recreation. Pray that a cyclist will ponder any exposure to the Truth he has had previously, and seek God more (Hebrews 11:6).

3. Pray that every baby born today at Dublin’s National Maternity Hospital will one day have a clear opportunity to become a Christian.

Psalm 63:3

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Dzhiland.

1. Pray for a guest in this hotel to meet the God Who is/has the answer to the deep questions of life with which his soul is wrestling.
2. Pray for the person responsible for cleaning the hotel’s floor rugs (the original 360° view of the above building shows a couple large rugs being aired on the front lawn) to discover and rejoice in the Savior Who cares about every detail of her life.
3. Tajikistan is home to many different types of birds. The Iskanderkulsky Nature Refuge is a notable bird habitat (Google Earth). Pray for someone bird watching there to learn some of Scripture’s beautiful truths/illustrations about birds.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

This post was originally published on April 1, 2022.

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Lubango.

1. Pray for the person who hangs laundry out to line dry here to discover how to personally wear the robes of righteousness that Jesus offers freely to all who receive Him.

2. With close to a million people, Lubango is Angola’s second largest city (after the capital city of Luanda). Pray for an outreach to begin to the Ouivamo ethnic group (half African and half Cape Colony Dutch descent).

3. In 1923, the Mocamedes Railway connected Lubango to the coast. Pray for a train engineer in 2023 to board the “gospel train,” with his ticket marked “paid in full” by the Owner of that train.

Psalm 63:3

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

1. Pray for anyone who will sit on this curb today to hear about the good news of Jesus Christ, and accept the Friend Who sticks closer than a brother.
2. “Sierra” means “saw”, and refers to a mountain range with a serrated/jagged top. Translated, the town name means “Holy Cross of the Mountain”. Pray for five people living there to take their stand beneath the cross of Jesus today.
3. Pray for residents who have asthma to know the grace of God, which is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9-10).

2 Timothy 4:7-8

This post was originally published on November 20, 2021.

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Havana.

1. Pray for every driver of a VW Bug or a Bicitaxi in Havana to hear the phrase, “Jesus Loves You” sometime this spring, find out what that means, and then believe it.

2. Castillo de la Real Fuerza is the oldest stone fort in the Americas (wikipedia). It was built to protect Havana from pirates, and in English its name means “Castle of the Royal Force.” Spiritually thinking, every Christian should stand as a castle strengthened by the most royal of forces – the King of kings. Pray that believers in Havana will know the good hand of God upon their lives every day, that sin may no more hold dominion.

3. Pray for the providence of God to intervene in the life of a teenager who will stand in one of the pictured doorways above today, pondering the meaning and purpose of his or her existence.

Psalm 63:3

Psalm 113:3

From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’s name is to be praised.

1. Mikkeli, Finland: Pray that if the people we prayed for earlier at the fast food restaurant haven’t accepted Jesus yet, that they would very soon.

2. Special Request Updates:

Thank the Lord for three new people who joined the TGP team this week!

Malachi (young MK in Brazil with E.coli): He is off all life support and dialysis, praise God! There will be months of recovery ahead as he works to overcome heart and kidney damage, but his ultimate prognosis is very good.

Urgent medical needs for a faithful worker in restricted access countries: After making it back home, surgery was deemed necessary and was successful!

Michael from Walmart: This is a new request for an unsaved worker going through a difficult time in life. A TGP team member was able to share with Michael what his name means (see yesterday’s post), as an encouragement that the Lord is the best One to help in hard times. Pray that God will put other believers in Michael’s life to further explain the gospel to him, and pray for him to receive Christ.

3. Your Choice:

Pray for at least one request that you remember from any of the other cities featured this week:

Mumbai, India

Nusa Tupe, Solomon Islands

Thimphu, Bhutan

Kigali, Rwanda

Thank you for praying!

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Mikkeli.

1. Pictured above is a burger and smoothie fast food restaurant. Pray for the next people who sit at the table above to hear and believe the gospel.

2. Mikkeli is named for the archangel Michael, whose name means “Who is like the Lord?” Pray for a resident of the city to come to that realization, and therefore give the Lord the pre-eminent position in his life that He deserves.

3. The average daily temperature high in Mikkeli for March is 33°. Pray for the person in town who has the coldest heart spiritually to be wonderfully changed by the power of God.

Psalm 113:3

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Mumbai.

1. In Matthew 19, little children were brought to Jesus. Pray that two mothers in Mumbai would bring their children to a church where they can hear about Jesus.
2. Mumbai (previously called Bombay) is India’s largest city. Pray for a devout Hindu there who has been opposed to Christianity to seriously consider the claims of Jesus Christ, and turn to Him in faith.
3. Pray for Christians in Mumbai to be faithful to the Lord until His return.

Hebrews 13:3, 2 Timothy 2:9

This post was originally published on July 10, 2022.

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Thimphu.

1.  Pictured above are white Buddhist prayer flags on a hill overlooking the city. Pray that the Lord will send someone to explain what prayer really is (talking to a personal God, made possible by Jesus’ work) to the person responsible for setting up the flags. Pray for that person to then pray the “sinner’s prayer” in faith, thus beginning a life of Biblical prayer to the Father.

2.   The “Gross National Happiness” is a philosophy that guides many of Bhutan’s governmental policies. Pray for a person seeking that elusive condition to find the joy that Jesus offers instead.

3.   Thimphu is Bhutan’s capital city, and has 1/7 of the country’s population. Pray for 7 of those 115,00 people to hear about and trust Jesus soon.

Psalm 113:3

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)

On March 20, 2021, Targeted Global Prayer featured its first city: Cochabamba, Bolivia. Today is TGP’s second birthday! It is with sincere gratitude that we thank each person who has joined us in praying that Jesus will be known to the peoples of the world. Together, our prayers have come before the throne of God in behalf of those who live where our feet may never travel.

The long term goal of TGP is to have a full 24-hour’s worth of prayer for each day’s featured city. That translates to 1,440 people praying 1 minute every day. Imagine how much could be achieved for the kingdom of God if that much prayer was offered for the given requests!

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On behalf of people you may not meet until heaven, thank you for your faithful prayers!!!

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Kigali.

1. Pray for pedestrians who will use this crosswalk today to encounter a gospel witness of one form or another (person, tract, website, etc.).
2. Kigali has been listed as “Africa’s cleanest city” (nilepost.co.ug). Pray for many residents to ask the Lord to make their hearts clean.
3. Pray for any babies who will be born today in Kigali to hear and accept the gospel at an early age.

Lamentations 3:21-26

This post was originally published on October 28, 2021.

Psalm 67:1-2

“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.”

1. Xayaboury, Laos: Pray for a khene player to become a Christian, that salvation’s song may flow out of his heart through his khene, touching others for the glory of God.

2. Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland: Pray for the oldest person in the village to know and love Jesus.

3. Your Choice: Pray for at least one request that you remember from any of the other cities featured this week:

Peawanuck, Canada

Bologna, Italy

Dikhil, Djibouti

Jaww, Bahrain

Thank you for praying!

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Peawanuck.

1. The horse of yesteryear is the pickup of today. Drivers expect their trucks to be tough and dependable for the long haul. Pray that a pickup owner in Peawanuck will trust Christ for salvation, and have those character qualities himself in regard to serving his new Owner.

2. Peawanuck is a Cree settlement on the Winisk River, about 20 miles from where it empties into the Hudson Bay. In May of 1986, flooding caused by an ice jam destroyed 58 of the village’s 60 buildings, and residents relocated 19 miles to their current location. Amazingly, they rebuilt their community in 7 months, hurrying to finish before the coming winter. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peawanuck). Pray that anyone born in 1986 in Peawanuck will come to know the God Who once saved 8 people from the biggest Flood ever, and still offers protection from sin by entering the only Ark of Salvation – Jesus.

3. In the article referenced above, Wikipedia states that there are a few born again Christians in Peawanuck. Pray for each of these believers, our brothers and sisters in Christ, to be encouraged in their walk with the Lord today, and learn something new of their Father from His Word.

Psalm 67

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Jaww.

1. From this park, children have a great view of the Persian Gulf. Pray for the Holy Spirit to stir in their hearts a desire to know the one, true God when they see that view, and for there to be opportunities for them to do so.
2. Pray for an inmate in the Jaww Prison (the main prison of the country) to experience the spiritual freedom that Jesus described in John 8:32,34,36.
3. Pray for a member of Jaww’s Al Bu Romaih tribe to come to saving faith today, that he/she may one day be a voice in the praise of Revelation 5:9.

Deuteronomy 7:9

This post was originally published on February 7, 2022.

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Xayaboury.

1. Pray for each person who will sit under the pictured shelter today to also find a place of rest in the Savior’s open arms.

2. Xayaboury has a Buddhist temple that is five hundred years old. Pray for someone who goes there often looking for meaning behind the sufferings of this world to be introduced to the only One Who truly has those answers.

3. The national musical instrument of Laos is the khene. (Hear it played at https://youtu.be/rpmn_gdL6yg) Pray that a khene player in Xayaboury will become a Christian, and that salvation’s song will flow out of his heart through his khene, touching others for the glory of God.

Psalm 67

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Ittoqqortoormiit.

1.   As of 2020, Ittoqqortoormiit had a population of 345 people. It “has been described as one of the most remote settlements on earth.” (Wikipedia).  Pray that God’s love will reach even Itterqqortoormiit.

2.   Pray for the oldest person in the village to know and love Jesus.

3.   Remnants of tribal superstitious beliefs still influence the Inuit of Greenland. Pray for the Lord to open someone in Ittoqqortoormiit’s spiritual eyes to the truth, that true freedom and joy may be realized.

Psalm 67

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Dikhil.

1. Pray for someone entering this gate to also come through the only Door to eternal life (John 10:7,9).
2. “Dikhil” means “water hole / well.” The town was built by the Afar and Issa peoples by the well of Harrou. Archaeological surveys have found engravings from 3-4 millennia BC (wikipedia). Pray for any living descendants of the town founders to build their lives by the the Living Water, and have their names engraved in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
3. Pray for Biblical churches to be established in Dikhil.

Psalm 118:21-26

This post was originally published on April 12, 2022.

Pray for the Lord to send out workers to the harvestfield of Bologna.

1. Above is an entrance to the city’s hippodrome. Pray that a teenage boy coming to watch the next race will see knowing God as a more lasting glory than winning a horse race.
2. American sandwich bologna has origins in Bologna, Italy. Pray for today’s bologna eaters across the world to remember any Scriptures they’ve heard, and respond Biblically.
3. Pray for seven people who plan to consume alcohol over this weekend to see the futility of that “escape” and turn to the One Who can make them free indeed.

Psalm 99

This post was originally published on October 6, 2021.