Exloring Life Eternal

Holy Day Greetings:
Barakah fi al-MaLKi-Tsedek wa al-MaLKi-Salam!
Rest in the Blessing found in the True King of Righteousness & the True King of Peace! (Hebrews 7:1-17)

PRAISE:
We rejoice in the opportunity that two expatriate pastors had to share and visit with a National Muslim man they met while waiting their opportunity to greet the rulers during the mourning of Sheikh Maktoum Al Maktoum in Dubai. Praise the Lord for divine appointments!

PETITION:
Pray for the MBBs and tentmakers in Kuwait as they have conversations with National Muslims during the mourning period for Sheikh Jabber Al Sabbagh, the ruler of Kuwait. Pray that the new ruler will allow even more religious freedom for Christians.

Please lift up “Franklin” and “Gene” – two National Muslims that are seriously seeking for God. Ask that God would continue to draw them unto Himself. Pray that they will find fellowship through each other, through other local believers or seekers, and/or through further contact with their tentmaker friend – as God desires.

A leading tentmaking family have some big decisions to make regarding a potential new role. Please pray that they will hear clearly from God on this. Pray for clarity of vision and oneness of spirit between us as a couple. There are a lot of difficult barriers which stand in the way if they say yes. Pray for faith to pursue God and trust the barrier-clearing to Him.

Pray for the Bible Society here - for God to raise up a new leader and for his visa to be completed without delay or problem. Pray for God's continued anointing on the current leader as he and his family move on to another location. Pray for this work in the region, for distribution of Bibles and scriptures, especially to poor and migrant workers.

Praise God that he is bringing more workers to live, work and be a witness to His saving grace in Qatar! Pray that the new tentmakers will have discernment in finding housing, enrolling in new schools, arranging transportation and building friendships with National Muslims.

TESTIMONY:
The volunteers came and went. They did some good and their hearts were changed. Perhaps some will return to serve the Lord in this hot and barren land. Direct impact is hard to measure, but one example of partnership at it's best came out during this short term outreach. Through one of several projects the volunteers did that summer, a relationship was born between a long-term tentmaker and “Franklin” (not his real name). Franklin is a National Muslim who is seriously seeking for God. But that relationship was made possible because Franklin had been listening to Christian radio broadcasts, and had questions. This tentmaker seemed like someone who could answer his questions and be trusted. Interestingly though Franklin was not afraid to ask his questions in front of his peers - not usually the case in this environment where persecution is common. The initial questions led to a visit and more discussion of the questions. The answers were not really found in the words of the tentmaker, but in the Book that was given to Franklin and his friend “Gene” as a gift. They so enjoyed their time of reading the Words of God in their own Arabic! Some time has passed since anyone has heard from Franklin and Gene. It wasn’t known whether Franklin and Gene were still reading the book, still listening to the radio, or still asking questions. But just in the past few weeks, Franklin called the tentmaker after a long silence and has now begun to re-establishment the relationship. Hopefully this will lead to another face-to-face visit in the near future.

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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

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Note that several government authorities are passing & we are praying for their successors & peace in these lands @ a time when one land remembers the struggle for Freedom & Civil rights. There is no Greater Right than to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ & to thus be called a child of God as you pursue His peace daily with others.

"I will both lay down in peace and sleep, for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety." - Psalm 4:8 (NKJV)

PRAISE:
Last year our team was working with 1 believer and now we are working with 5 new believers! May this only be the beginning of the harvest!

PETITION:
Pray for a new believer whose wife and children have discovered he has become a Christian. It is only a matter of time before the extended family finds out and he could be in serious trouble. Please pray for protection – spiritual, emotional and physical. Pray for wisdom for him. We are asking God to draw his whole family to Himself.

Pray for A, a new believer who is very open about his new belief. Due to his situation this could lead to his imprisonment or worse. Pray for protection and wisdom for him.

Pray for a Ladies Church Group in our area, whose goal is to be a safe place where female Muslim seekers and MBB's can come to observe or particpate in Christian worship. Pray for interested seekers & for a local MBB who will be invited for the first time this week. Pray for wise leadership, and for a gifted worship leader to be part of the group.

Pray for a missionary family who has a great ministry for 10 years in the region. Due to financial struggles of some main supporters in their home country, they are below their target support level. They may need to leave the work in order to raise more support. Please pray God will raise up the needed funds and wisdom in this situation.

Pray for more workers for Oman. Pray that God would lay the country on the hearts of men and women - both to intercede and to come and work here. Pray for open doors into suitable employment in order to secure residency visas.

TESTIMONY:
A tentmaking couple that had been on their field for a number of years and had seen God at work over and over have recently shared this story. Their ministry was going well, and God had given them a number of really dramatic answers to prayer. Muslims were hearing the Gospel, some had received Bibles, literature, videos and cassette tapes. They had led one Muslim man to Christ and discipled another. Now, it seemed as if the Enemy were retaliating against the work God was doing through them.

Their second child, four-year-old Lydia, was having frequent nightmares. The couple decided to make it a habit to say an extra prayer with her every night after she was tucked in bed. They quoted Scriptures and asked the Lord to protect her and give her good dreams. Some nights she got through alright, but many she didn’t. Seeking the solution, they began having Lydia memorize pertinent verses, and teaching her how to pray for herself more specifically. However, their daughter continued waking up terrified three or four times a night. The parents were becoming exhausted as the nightmares continued night after night. They sought God’s wisdom in this matter. One night, the mom told her daughter the next time she has a nightmare to ask Jesus to help her. He has more power than her mom and dad, she should seek His comfort.

When the mom woke the next morning she realized that her child slept through the night without waking the whole house for the first time in weeks. The mom rushed to the child’s room to find her sound asleep in her bed. Later on in the morning the daughter awoke with a smile on her lips and a song in her heart. When asked what happened during the night, the little girl responded that she did as her mom suggested – she asked Jesus to help her. She went on to explain that Jesus came into her room when she had the scary dream. He sat on her bed, patted her on the back and sang a sweet song. The bad dream went away and the girl went back to sleep.

There are no more sleepless nights in their rural home in the desert due to little girls and scary dreams. In fact, their daughter has comforted other children who struggled with bad dreams. She tells them that Jesus will comfort you when you cry out to Him. Praise the Lord for His work in this young girl’s life, for the Biblical truths she has solidly stored in her heart and for the blessings brought to her parents.

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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