PTAP: Open Doors & Resources
Monday, November 21, 2005
"Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on!'" Exodus 14:15
PRAISE:
We are very excited that several tentmaking expatriate Arabs from Jordan. Lebanon, Syria and Egypt have stepped out in faith and came to the region to seek out employment opportunities. All of the brothers received offers of employment and are praying through the next stage of living in the Arabian Peninsula. The expatriate Arab church can be a powerful tool in the establishing of the church in the AP.
PETITION:
Pray for the work of a medical NGO in a rural mountainous region of the southernmost country in the Arabian Peninsula. This ministry must travel by military escort due to the hostile militia active in the area. Pray for faithfulness and grace.
Pray for the family in our country that had to leave the field due to many issues with their older teenaged son. Pray that they would get the help they need in their home country, that the Lord would keep his hand on this young man’s life and for a continuation of the relationships with National Muslims and MBBs this family leaves behind.
Pray for the 4 MBBs in our country that are struggling in many areas of their lives – relationships with spouses, near and distant families.
Pray for the continued spiritual growth of Sandra, a National woman who recently came to faith. She has real challenges in relating to her non-believing husband who has been violent with her before.
Pray for the special prayer ministry that a couple have for our country and the whole region. This couple operates a house set aside for prayer – for personal needs, country and regional needs and ministry opportunities.
Pray that more workers would come to the Arabian Peninsula. The current tentmakers on the ground cannot follow-up the MBBs that need discipling let alone reach out to new people.
TESTIMONY:
Our family first met Moza when she was a pre-teen girl out for a walk in our neighborhood with her cousins and a friend. They saw my husband and children playing in the empty desert lot near our home. Moza was the exact same age as our oldest daughter and a friendship quickly developed. We would see them in the winter and at every Eid they would come over for a visit. Each visit was a mish-mash of English and Arabic – many times the girls trying to evangelise our daughters.
When the girls became teenagers, things changed. We didn’t see them out and about in the neighborhood often and only for a short while during the Eid. We didn’t know why they came less and less and finally not at all. We had great hopes for a local girl friend for our daughter. Their families had discouraged the girls from interacting with us and sought to encourage greater adherence to Islam witnessed by tight hijab (head scarf) and wearing outer abayas (gowns).
After a 4 year gap, Moza knocked on our door and asked for our oldest daughter. She was now in the university and needed help with her English. Gladly the two young ladies studied her books together and the relationship rekindled. Moza stayed away from religious topics but was warm and friendly. After our daughter went to our home country to study, Moza still came for English help and more and more to hang around our house. She liked being in our busy home and to be part of our family. She still kept religious things out of the conversation or would politely listen to me read the Bible when explaining an English concept to her.
However, just last week, during a study time together she was very straight forward and asked why Christians and Muslims are different. It was an opportunity to clearly share about the relationship I have with God through Jesus, not based on my works but on His finished work. She was very interested and is open to more discussion.
It took several years of family witness to this young National woman before she opened up to hear the Gospel. We are thankful for our long-time relationship and through it earned the privilege to share the Good News. We are asking God to speak to her through dreams and visions and to use our times together for His glory.
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RESOURCES:
THE WORLD OF ISLAM ONLINE -- Caleb Project is pleased to announce EWI Online, the distance-learning version of Encountering the World of Islam. In 12 wweeks, EWI Online provides a positive, balanced, and biblical perspective on God's heart for Muslims and equips Christians to reach out to them in Jesus' love. Students learn about Muhammad and the history of Islam, gain insight into today's conflicts, discover the frustrations and desires of Muslims, and learn how to pray for and befriend them. EWI Online involves textbook readings, downloadable lectures, weekly online discussions, meeting a Muslim and visiting a local Islamic center, four quizzes, one paper and a Concert of Prayer. Students complete one lesson each week. Winter classes begin January 2!
For more information, email: info(at)encounteringislam(dot)org
[Please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with .]
Or visit: http://www.encounteringislam.org
[rcv'd via Brigada Today 11/11/2005. http://www.brigada.org]
INTERCESSORS' NETWORK <intercessors.network@comhem.se>
Sends out news for intercession from a diverse number of countries around the globe, sometimes including items from the Arabian Peninsula. For example, this past week, news was sent regarding Mohammad al-Harbi, who was brutally treated in Saudi Arabia.
(IsraelNN.com) A secondary school teacher in Saudi Arabia was charged with "dubious ideology, mocking religion, saying the Jews were right, discussing the Gospel and preventing students from leaving class to wash for prayer," according to the Saudi newspaper Al-Madina. The teacher, Mohammed Al-Harbi, was sentenced to 40 months in jail and 750 lashes for his "crimes". He was denounced by colleagues and students at his school. The Saudi authorities and Arab newspapers are presenting it as a case of the teacher "mocking religion" and receiving the appropriate penalty.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7
Please pray for Al-Harbi & all involved in this case.
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Praying Thru the Arabian Peninsula
www.pray-ap.info
USA #: 800-376-5876 (Eastern Time)
Encouraging & equipping believers & churches everywhere to pray through the heart of the Muslim world so that church planting movements will spread throughout the Arabian Peninsula and beyond for the Lord's glory.
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To learn how you can support this & other work in the Middle East, visit:
http://www.srginc.org
Or write:
ptap@srginc.org
Or:
PTAP
c/o Strategic Resource Group
P.O. Box 1809
Easton, MD 21601
USA
"Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on!'" Exodus 14:15
PRAISE:
We are very excited that several tentmaking expatriate Arabs from Jordan. Lebanon, Syria and Egypt have stepped out in faith and came to the region to seek out employment opportunities. All of the brothers received offers of employment and are praying through the next stage of living in the Arabian Peninsula. The expatriate Arab church can be a powerful tool in the establishing of the church in the AP.
PETITION:
Pray for the work of a medical NGO in a rural mountainous region of the southernmost country in the Arabian Peninsula. This ministry must travel by military escort due to the hostile militia active in the area. Pray for faithfulness and grace.
Pray for the family in our country that had to leave the field due to many issues with their older teenaged son. Pray that they would get the help they need in their home country, that the Lord would keep his hand on this young man’s life and for a continuation of the relationships with National Muslims and MBBs this family leaves behind.
Pray for the 4 MBBs in our country that are struggling in many areas of their lives – relationships with spouses, near and distant families.
Pray for the continued spiritual growth of Sandra, a National woman who recently came to faith. She has real challenges in relating to her non-believing husband who has been violent with her before.
Pray for the special prayer ministry that a couple have for our country and the whole region. This couple operates a house set aside for prayer – for personal needs, country and regional needs and ministry opportunities.
Pray that more workers would come to the Arabian Peninsula. The current tentmakers on the ground cannot follow-up the MBBs that need discipling let alone reach out to new people.
TESTIMONY:
Our family first met Moza when she was a pre-teen girl out for a walk in our neighborhood with her cousins and a friend. They saw my husband and children playing in the empty desert lot near our home. Moza was the exact same age as our oldest daughter and a friendship quickly developed. We would see them in the winter and at every Eid they would come over for a visit. Each visit was a mish-mash of English and Arabic – many times the girls trying to evangelise our daughters.
When the girls became teenagers, things changed. We didn’t see them out and about in the neighborhood often and only for a short while during the Eid. We didn’t know why they came less and less and finally not at all. We had great hopes for a local girl friend for our daughter. Their families had discouraged the girls from interacting with us and sought to encourage greater adherence to Islam witnessed by tight hijab (head scarf) and wearing outer abayas (gowns).
After a 4 year gap, Moza knocked on our door and asked for our oldest daughter. She was now in the university and needed help with her English. Gladly the two young ladies studied her books together and the relationship rekindled. Moza stayed away from religious topics but was warm and friendly. After our daughter went to our home country to study, Moza still came for English help and more and more to hang around our house. She liked being in our busy home and to be part of our family. She still kept religious things out of the conversation or would politely listen to me read the Bible when explaining an English concept to her.
However, just last week, during a study time together she was very straight forward and asked why Christians and Muslims are different. It was an opportunity to clearly share about the relationship I have with God through Jesus, not based on my works but on His finished work. She was very interested and is open to more discussion.
It took several years of family witness to this young National woman before she opened up to hear the Gospel. We are thankful for our long-time relationship and through it earned the privilege to share the Good News. We are asking God to speak to her through dreams and visions and to use our times together for His glory.
<+>< + ><+>
RESOURCES:
THE WORLD OF ISLAM ONLINE -- Caleb Project is pleased to announce EWI Online, the distance-learning version of Encountering the World of Islam. In 12 wweeks, EWI Online provides a positive, balanced, and biblical perspective on God's heart for Muslims and equips Christians to reach out to them in Jesus' love. Students learn about Muhammad and the history of Islam, gain insight into today's conflicts, discover the frustrations and desires of Muslims, and learn how to pray for and befriend them. EWI Online involves textbook readings, downloadable lectures, weekly online discussions, meeting a Muslim and visiting a local Islamic center, four quizzes, one paper and a Concert of Prayer. Students complete one lesson each week. Winter classes begin January 2!
For more information, email: info(at)encounteringislam(dot)org
[Please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with .]
Or visit: http://www.encounteringislam.org
[rcv'd via Brigada Today 11/11/2005. http://www.brigada.org]
INTERCESSORS' NETWORK <intercessors.network@comhem.se>
Sends out news for intercession from a diverse number of countries around the globe, sometimes including items from the Arabian Peninsula. For example, this past week, news was sent regarding Mohammad al-Harbi, who was brutally treated in Saudi Arabia.
(IsraelNN.com) A secondary school teacher in Saudi Arabia was charged with "dubious ideology, mocking religion, saying the Jews were right, discussing the Gospel and preventing students from leaving class to wash for prayer," according to the Saudi newspaper Al-Madina. The teacher, Mohammed Al-Harbi, was sentenced to 40 months in jail and 750 lashes for his "crimes". He was denounced by colleagues and students at his school. The Saudi authorities and Arab newspapers are presenting it as a case of the teacher "mocking religion" and receiving the appropriate penalty.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7
Please pray for Al-Harbi & all involved in this case.
<+>< + ><+>
<>< <>< <>< <>< <><
Praying Thru the Arabian Peninsula
www.pray-ap.info
USA #: 800-376-5876 (Eastern Time)
Encouraging & equipping believers & churches everywhere to pray through the heart of the Muslim world so that church planting movements will spread throughout the Arabian Peninsula and beyond for the Lord's glory.
====
To learn how you can support this & other work in the Middle East, visit:
http://www.srginc.org
Or write:
ptap@srginc.org
Or:
PTAP
c/o Strategic Resource Group
P.O. Box 1809
Easton, MD 21601
USA
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