Saturday, January 3 - Praise God for answered prayer! Through the faithful support of our donors, in December we were able to send funds to purchase a new bus for the MSI sponsored educational ministry serving the homeless, street children of Kolkata, India.
Sunday, January 4 - Ask God to give peace and a sense of His presence to a MSI kindergarten teacher suffering with a severe illness in Southeast Asia.
Monday, January 5 - Fervently pray as we seek to adequately fund our field ministries and missionaries in these difficult financial times. By faith, we look to Him alone who is able to provide.
Tuesday, January 6 - Pray for many Christian schools in America to adopt one of our MSI schools in Southeast Asia and India. Their involvement can bring encouragement and sustaining funds to MSI mission schools in far away places.
Wednesday, January 7 - Ask God to magnify the impact of newly trained MSI teachers upon their elementary school students in villages and towns across Southeast Asia.
Thursday, January 8 - The economic crisis is being felt around the world. This means that more and more families are living on the streets of places like Kolkata, India. Pray for MSI as we seek to minister to the physical and spiritual needs of suffering people.
Friday, January 9 - Please lift up in prayer the planning of MSI’s Indian partners to provide training for home church leaders in Bangladesh.
Saturday, January 10 - Please pray for John and Jennifer, MSI’s missionaries serving in an administrative role at the Akot Medical Mission in Southern Sudan.
Sunday, January 11 - Please pray for the establishment a new mobile school for children living near the Siliguri railway platform in India. This will be the third mobile school for homeless children in the Kolkata area.
Monday, January 12 - Ask the Lord to strike down the power of darkness whenever and wherever it appears. Urgently ask Him to safeguard students and teachers on MSI campuses in Taiwan, Southeast Asia and India.
Tuesday, January 13 - Please ask God to send donors to MSI willing to provide funding needed to build new schools and churches in India.
Wednesday, January 14 - Please pray for funds needed to provide lunch for each of the children in MSI sponsored schools in Kolkata, India. Many of these are street children that have little, if anything, to eat most of the time.
Thursday, January 15 - Ask that the Holy Spirit would grant wisdom to an MSI supported pastor facing many challenges. Ask that he be given rest, stamina, and a joyous spirit in Christ as he seeks to minister in a dark, lost place in Southeast Asia.
Friday, January 16 - The suffering Dinka people of war-torn Southern Sudan are desperate for medical care. Please pray asking God to provide funds needed to purchase medicines for the Akot Medical Mission.
Saturday, January 17 - Please pray for the 28 home churches being supported by MSI through our India partners. May the Gospel of Christ be proclaimed in the midst of a dark, lost culture.
Sunday, January 18 - Please pray for Francis, a Kenyan medical professional serving with MSI at the Akot Medical Mission in Southern Sudan.
Monday, January 19 - Please pray that Jesus would place in the hearts of visiting college students, a desire to return to MSI missions site one day to serve in remote, impoverished villages across Southeast Asia.
Tuesday, January 20 - Ask God to bless and safeguard a mother and daughter who help translate their native language for MSI staff in Southeast Asia.
Wednesday, January 21 - Please pray for the health and wisdom of Subir and Eunok, our India ministry partners based in Kolkata, India.
Thursday, January 22 - Please pray for Elijah serving with MSI in South Sudan. He has just returned from one month leave with his family in Kenya.
Friday, January 23 - Please ask the Lord to raise up a missionary couple with an education background willing to serve with MSI in India.
Saturday, January 24 - Praise God for the volunteer staff and leadership of MSI and their willingness to serve the cause of Great Commission missions without pay.
Sunday, January 25 - Thank God for each and every faithful prayer warrior willing to lift up the needs of MSI and those lost souls He has given us the privilege to touch on His behalf.
Monday, January 26 - Please thank God for volunteers Wynn and Bonnie serving in the MSI office in Charleston.
Tuesday, January 27 - Praise God for the expatriate and Sudanese staff serving at the Akot Medical Mission in war-torn Southern Sudan. May their Christian witness be useful as the Lord works among the Dinka people.
Wednesday, January 28 - Please ask the Lord to speak to the hearts of believers willing to serve Christ in far away and often forgotten places. MSI needs additional missionaries in various places.
Thursday, January 29 - Please pray for Jennifer, now on a short home assignment in the States but soon returning to the mission field for MSI in Southeast Asia.
Friday, January 30 - Please pray for MSI staff as they travel to train teachers in the effective use of our Christian curriculum and teaching methods. May much fruit come from their efforts as students are exposed to the Gospel through education.
Saturday, January 31 - Please pray for Samuel, a Kenyan nurse, taking a one month leave from his missionary assignment at the Akot Medical Mission in Southern Sudan.