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Praying for Turkey and Syria

Praying for Turkey and Syria

Early in the morning of February 6, a series of earthquakes began in the country of Turkey. With entire cities destroyed in southern Turkey and northern Syria, the death toll currently stands at over 46,000 lives lost. Damaged roads, winter weather conditions, and political instability have all hampered response efforts. We do know that millions of people will be dealing with the consequences of these quakes for years to come. Let’s take this month to pray together for these people created in God’s image who are desperately in need.

PrayerMarti Van RoyFebruary 22, 2023prayer, prayingComment

Prayers for Mobilizing

Prayers for Mobilizing

This quote may give you a fresh perspective on praying for God to mobilize workers: Prayer is the link in the chain that connects God’s sovereignty to our responsibility.

PrayerMarti Van RoyJanuary 25, 2023prayer, prayingComment

Prayers of Remembering

Prayers of Remembering

For a lot of the Christian world, Christmas Day is the culmination of the season of Advent (a word that means the arrival of something or someone important). Advent is a yearly remembering; however, it is a uniquely Christian remembering.

PrayerMarti Van RoyDecember 20, 2022prayer, prayingComment

Praying for Emerging Leaders

Praying for Emerging Leaders

God’s design for his kingdom is for leaders to serve and influence the body of Christ to fulfill its true purpose. We’re praying that God will continue to raise up workers to lead His people.

PrayerMarti Van RoyNovember 15, 2022prayer, prayingComment

Praying for the Bengal Initiative

Praying for the Bengal Initiative

God has led MRN to take the Good News to the hundreds of millions of Asians who have never heard of Jesus. We are focused on the unreached people groups among the Buddhist and Hindu peoples that live in the regions around the large body of ocean known as the Bay of Bengal.

PrayerMarti Van RoyOctober 25, 2022prayer, praying Comments

Praying for the MedRim Initiative

Praying for the MedRim Initiative

We often remind ourselves that the beauty of the MedRim is that it is not about the MedRim. “MedRim” is simply a name we have given to capture our small sliver in a much, much bigger story.

PrayerMarti Van RoySeptember 19, 2022prayer, prayingComment

Praying Luke 19:1-10

Praying Luke 19:1-10

This month we are taking one of Jesus’ most famous parables to shape our prayers. Many of us have heard this so often that we can miss the scandal of the story. Slowing down to pray our way through it helps us rediscover the power in Jesus’ words.

PrayerMarti Van RoyJuly 20, 2022prayer, prayingComment

Praying Luke 10:25-37

Praying Luke 10:25-37

This month we are taking one of Jesus’ most famous parables to shape our prayers. Many of us have heard this so often that we can miss the scandal of the story. Slowing down to pray our way through it helps us rediscover the power in Jesus’ words.

PrayerMarti Van RoyJune 22, 2022prayer, prayingComment

Praying Luke 8:26-39

Praying Luke 8:26-39

My heart is heavy when I consider the evil perpetrated around the world in the name of national or racial identity. I don’t know where to turn other than Jesus! He has cleansed hearts and lands before; let’s ask Him together to do it again in our days!

PrayerMarti Van RoyMay 17, 2022prayer, prayingComment

Praying Luke 12:13-21

Praying Luke 12:13-21

Undoubtedly, wealth is one of the resources with which the church in the west is blessed; how do we responsibly steward this gift in cross-cultural missions? I wish I could tell you we have all the answers – we don’t. I’m asking you to join in the wrestling by praying through the following parable with us this month.

PrayerMarti Van RoyApril 19, 2022prayer, prayingComment

Special Prayer: Psalm 31

Special Prayer: Psalm 31

We have been praying our way through the gospel of Luke in 2022, and I am grateful to you for starting the journey with us! However, as I asked the Lord what to pray this month over Ukraine, Psalm 31 kept coming to my heart. Friend, please join with me in praying this ancient song over the current situation in Ukraine.

PrayerMarti Van RoyMarch 22, 2022prayer, prayingComment

Praying Luke 7:36-50

Praying Luke 7:36-50

As we pray this section of Luke 7, we are led right into the heart of Jesus. We are given glimpses into his understanding and compassion, especially for those who are drawn to his tenderness and mercy. How can we pray Jesus’ heart for everyone we encounter?!

PrayerMarti Van RoyFebruary 23, 2022prayer, prayingComment

Praying Luke 5:17-26

Praying Luke 5:17-26

Here at MRN, our team’s prayer life has been shaped by praying the scriptures. We take a story or a brief section of a book from the Bible and let it shape how and what we pray. We allow what God has already talked to us about to shape how we talk to him! It’s a simple exercise, but it has deepened and enriched our prayer life.

PrayerMarti Van RoyJanuary 26, 2022prayer, prayingComment

Becoming Less So He Becomes More

Becoming Less So He Becomes More

Thank you for journeying with us this year as we wrestled with both the "how" and the "why" of praying for missions. To wrap up 2021, Andy Johnson speaks to us of the tension missionaries wrestle with between personal and Kingdom wins and provides guidance on how to pray for them.

Prayer ArchivesMarti Van RoyDecember 22, 2021prayer, praying Comment

Gratitude for Unsung Heroes

Gratitude for Unsung Heroes

Throughout 2021, we’ve highlighted both the "how" and the "what" to pray for missionaries. This month, David Allen brings us our final installment of the "how" emails by speaking to us of how giving thanks is an important role we all can pray in the Kingdom.

Prayer ArchivesMarti Van RoyNovember 24, 2021prayer, prayingComment

Pouring Out Requires Pouring In - October 2021

Pouring Out Requires Pouring In - October 2021

We are only able to pour into others as we have been filled ourselves; empty pitchers pour no lemonade! Every worker on the field knows this, but they daily wrestle with the tension between self-care and self-sacrifice. Speaking from a well of experience and lessons learned the hard way, Jay Jarboe guides us to pray into this tension on behalf of missionaries around the world.

Prayer ArchivesMarti Van RoyOctober 20, 2021prayer, prayingComment

Praying for Mission Points in Times of Crisis - August 2021

Praying for Mission Points in Times of Crisis - August 2021

Five minutes online is enough to threaten to overwhelm our hearts - the developing crisis in Afghanistan targeting our sisters and brothers in Christ…an earthquake in Haiti followed up by a tropical storm…the rampant Delta variant. Hear this truth, friends - we are not overcome nor are we powerless because the God we serve is still King! In this timely email, Dan Bouchelle speaks to us about how to pray into a crisis as well as how to pray for our family in Christ serving through one. Keep reading to the end for special requests from a friend of MRN who serves on the ground near to the crisis in Afghanistan.

Prayer ArchivesMarti Van RoyAugust 18, 2021prayer, prayingComment

Confessional Prayer - July 2021

Confessional Prayer - July 2021

In this month’s call to prayer, MRN’s own Mark Hooper speaks to us about Confessional Prayers. His is a life lived out of a deep relationship with the Father, often engaging in the practice of confession. You will be blessed by letting Mark lead you to take a closer look at praying confessional prayers.

Prayer ArchivesMarti Van RoyJuly 21, 2021prayer, prayingComment

Tug of War - June 2021

Tug of War - June 2021

This month, we’re leaning into how to pray into the tension between leading and following.

Prayer ArchivesMarti Van RoyJune 16, 2021prayer, prayingComment

Declarative Prayer - May 2021

Declarative Prayer - May 2021

This month we call you to Declarative Prayer, something many of us might be either unfamiliar or uncomfortable with. This mode of prayer simply means that once we know God’s heart on an issue, we boldly pray that it will be so, and then walk in faith that it is already so – even if the answer is not yet visible.[1] It involves knowing the heart of God, the character of God, and the word of God so intimately that we are able to speak with authority about how things ought to be even when they do not look likely.

Prayer ArchivesMarti Van RoyMay 18, 2021prayer, prayingComment