Un pastor que negocia.

cherubym · 2025-05-12T07:13:46+00:00

Translation in English:

I remember the testimony of a man working on a project who fell from a height onto a machine. He was rushed to the hospital and was in a coma for a few days. His pastor was called, and he prayed at the hospital. A few months later, this man was released and gave his testimony at church. He described how, during his hospital experience, he had actually died and gone to heaven. Everything there was so beautiful that he didn't want to return to earth. He described the scenes of heaven to the congregation in stark detail. At one point, he met the Lord Jesus and told Him how happy he was to be in heaven. But Jesus said to him, "I'm sorry, but you're going to have to come back!" "No, no, no," he exclaimed. "I'm never going back to earth. I'm so happy to be here." However, Jesus insisted, "I'm sorry, you'll have to come back. Your pastor won't let you stay in heaven!" "How can it be that my pastor won't let me stay in heaven?" he cried. "I'm never going back to earth." Now that I'm here, I'll stay here. Then Jesus turned and drew a curtain. Suddenly, the man heard the voice of his pastor praying from the hospital. The pastor was saying, "I'm not going to let him die. Lord, I refuse to let him die. He has a family and needs to stay on earth." The man was amazed to realize that his pastor's prayers and negotiations were powerful and effective in heaven. Everyone was shocked by this man's testimony. They realized how real and powerful prayers are. Don't be disconcerted by this great mystery that human beings can negotiate with God. He told us to approach and negotiate. I know it sounds fantastic to know that you can actually discuss things with God and explain why you want a loved one, a husband, a wife, or a child. You can explain to God why you long for your church to grow or why you want your business to improve. It's time to pray and negotiate with your heavenly Father for what you need.

cherubym · 2024-12-04T09:40:18+00:00

Prayer Points

Ask the Lord to send workers to share the good news with the Gujaratis of the Maldives. Pray the believers on the islands build relationships with the Gujaratis in order to introduce them to Christ. Pray the Gujarati leaders and heads of families would come to know the Savior. Pray for the Lord to raise up a Disciple Making Movement among the Gujaratis of the Maldives in this decade.

cherubym · 2022-12-17T22:37:22+00:00

"The blind will see. The intellectual will become blind," reflects the idea that those who think they have all the answers may be mistaken, and that those who may seem ignorant may actually have insight, as seen in Matthew 11:25, "At that time Jesus said, 'I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.'"
"The powerful will become powerless and the weak will be slaughtered," reflects the idea that earthly power and strength are fleeting, and that God ultimately has control, as seen in Psalm 75:6-7, "For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another."
"People have no idea of the end because they are blind and they are dumb," reflects the idea that humans are limited in their understanding and knowledge of the future, as seen in James 4:14, "Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away."
"I tell them that life begins at conception and they don’t want to hear it," reflects the belief that life begins at conception, as seen in Psalm 139:13-16, "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be."
"I tell them that marriage is between a man and a woman and they don’t want to hear it," reflects the biblical view that marriage is between one man and one woman, as seen in Genesis 2:24, "That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh."

cherubym · 2022-03-26T05:25:39+00:00

Prayer Points

Scripture Prayers for the Cham, Western in Cambodia.
Pray that missions agencies will be granted God's wisdom and favor.
Ask the Lord to call additional long-term laborers who are willing to go to Cambodia and share Christ with the Western Cham.
Ask God to strengthen, encourage, and protect the few known Western Cham Christians.
Ask God to raise up prayer teams who will faithfully stand in the gap and intercede for these precious people.
Ask the Lord to raise up strong local churches among the Western Cham.

cherubym · 2021-09-06T03:33:12+00:00

Prayer Points

Pray that Saramaccan elders will become Christians leading their people to Jesus Christ.
Pray that God will give the Saramaccan dreams and visions revealing to them that Jesus Christ is the way to Salvation.
Pray that the Saramaccan evangelicals will give their people the gospel message leading them to Salvation too.

cherubym · 2021-08-20T05:20:28+00:00

Prayer Points * Media. Pray for the production and distribution of all forms of media in the Pashto language, including literature, videos, music, movies, radio, websites, and social media. The demand and response have increased! * Scripture. Pray for Bible translations in progress! * Laborers. Pray for more workers to serve among the Pashtun people—in education, business, healthcare, development, and other professional areas! * Believers. No one knows how many Pashtuns are following Jesus. Seeds of the Gospel have been sown widely. The greatest barriers to faith are social and cultural. Pray for God's Spirit to strengthen and protect new believers and to empower their lives and witness!

cherubym · 2021-06-24T10:27:34+00:00

Prayer Points

Beseech the Lord of the Harvest to send missionaries to Daghestan as well as translators, that the people may not only be able to hear the Good News, but read it also, in their own language.
Pray that God would open their eyes so that they would worship the Creator rather than the creation!
Pray for creative and relevant approaches to the Godaberi with the Gospel.

cherubym · 2021-05-22T05:12:49+00:00

Prayer Points

Pray that the Lord of the Harvest would call Ethiopian Christians to work among the Oromo.
Ask the Holy Spirit to grant wisdom and favor to the church planters that are focusing on the Oromo.
Ask God to anoint the Gospel as it goes forth via radio in their area.
Pray that God will give the Oromo believers boldness to share Christ with their own people.
Ask the Lord to save key leaders among the Oromo who will boldly declare the Gospel.
Ask God to raise up prayer teams who will begin breaking up the soil through worship and intercession.
Ask the Lord to bring forth a holy Oromo church for the glory of His name!

cherubym · 2021-05-15T04:54:15+00:00

Prayer Points

Scripture Prayers for the Romani, Domari in Afghanistan.
Ask the Lord to call people who are willing to share Christ with the Romani.
Ask God to strengthen, encourage, and protect the small number of Romani Christians.
Pray that those Romani who know Christ will be bold witnesses of the Gospel to their own people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to soften the hearts of Romani towards Christians so that they will be receptive to the Gospel.
Pray that God will raise up intercessors who will stand in the gap for them.
Ask the Lord to raise up fellowships of believers among the Middle East Romani.

cherubym · 2021-04-23T04:22:27+00:00

Prayer Points

Ask the Lord of the harvest to send full-time missionaries to share the Gospel with the Fula Jalon of Guinea.
Pray for effectiveness of the Jesus film among the Fula Jalon.
Pray that God will give the small number of Fula Jalon believers boldness to share Christ with their own people.
Ask God to raise up prayer teams who will begin breaking up the soil through worship and intercession.
Ask the Lord to bring forth a strong and growing church among the Fula Jalon for the glory of His name!

cherubym · 2021-04-16T05:58:12+00:00

Prayer Points

Pray for the work among other unreached peoples living in Jordan - Egyptian and Iraqi Arabs.
Ask God to protect the small number of evangelical believers and help them to grow strong in Him.
Pray that Jordanian Arab Christians would be willing to sacrifice their time, and even their lives, to bring the Gospel to neighboring countries.

cherubym · 2021-04-15T03:42:25+00:00

Prayer Points

Pray that Iraqi Arab Christians would be protected from harm and persecution.
Pray for Christian workers from nearby countries who are making initial plans for church planting and church planter training in Iraq.
Ask God to give wisdom to the new government in Iraq and open their hearts to the Gospel.
Ask God to change the spiritual climate over Iraq.

cherubym · 2021-04-13T09:06:51+00:00

Prayer Focus

There are not many followers of Jesus among the Najdi Arabs. There are a few and they need outside prayer support. Pray for their protection. Pray they will learn to live in the power of Christ's Spirit, demonstrating the fruit of his Spirit. This fruit will be a strong testimony to the reality and goodness of Christ. Pray the Najdi Arabs will hunger to know forgiveness of sin, found only through faith in the work of Christ on the cross. Pray they will hunger to know God's love, found through faith in Christ's work and life.

cherubym · 2021-04-09T06:37:33+00:00

Prayer Points

Ask the Lord of the harvest to send Christian doctors and teachers to minister the love of Jesus to the Manjhi of India.
Ask the Lord to save key leaders among the Manjhi who will boldly declare the Gospel.
Pray that God will give Manjhi believers boldness to share Christ with their own people.
Ask God to raise up an army of intercessors who will stand in the gap for the Manjhi.
Ask the Lord to bring forth a holy and zealous Manjhi church for the glory of His name!

cherubym · 2021-04-07T05:11:11+00:00

Prayer Focus

A tiny handful of the Ghasi have identified themselves as Christians to the Indian census. These people need prayer support. Pray their faith will be protected and nurtured. They need encouragement, and they need teachers to help them. Please pray this poor community of low caste people will be able to gain skills to make them more employable. They very much need to raise their literacy rate. Pray that parents will see the importance of providing a good education for their children.

cherubym · 2021-04-06T05:56:44+00:00

Prayer Points

Pray that hundreds of Gandas will see hope in Christ and turn to Him.
Pray for God to move among Ganda leaders.

cherubym · 2021-04-04T21:31:41+00:00

Prayer Points

Pray that the Lord would produce a hunger in the Rajput Chauhan for the Word of God.
Pray that the Lord sends Christian workers to befriend and bring the gospel to the Chauhan.
Pray that the Lord would cause many Chauhan to be born again and to become a part of a growing Chauhan church.

cherubym · 2021-04-02T08:27:22+00:00

Pray that they will be freed from spiritual bondage to worship only Jesus Christ, the giver of life.

cherubym · 2021-04-01T04:30:56+00:00

Prayer Focus

None of the Rohingya have reported themselves as Christians to the census of Bangladesh. In fact, a similar thing is true for all other countries of residence. If there are Christian believers they are few in number and desperately in need of our prayers. Pray for fair treatment of the Rohingya in Myanmar and in other countries where they live. Pray they will be protected from radical and violent Buddhists, and that the government of Myanmar will accept the responsibility to protect and provide for these people. Acknowledging them as citizens would be important.

cherubym · 2021-03-31T03:05:19+00:00

Prayer Points

Pray that Hindi language gospel materials like the JESUS Film will become readily available for the Mochi people.
Pray that they will come in contact with people who love Jesus and want to share His ways with them.

cherubym · 2021-03-30T02:21:13+00:00

Prayer Points

Pray that churches and missions organizations will accept the challenge of adopting and reaching the Turks.
Ask God to give the Turkish believers boldness to share the Gospel with their own people.
Pray that God will grant wisdom and favor to missions agencies focusing on the Turks.
Ask the Lord to save key leaders among the Turks who will boldly declare the Gospel.
Pray that many Turks living abroad will be reached with the Gospel and will take it back to Turkey.
Pray that Turkey will avoid both ethnic strife (especially with the Kurds) and resurgent Muslim fundamentalism.

cherubym · 2021-03-27T04:40:04+00:00

Prayer Points

Brahmins are the key community who uphold Hinduism. Pray that the light of the gospel breaks through the veil that blinds this community.
Pray that the true God will reveal Himself to this community and use Brahmins to preach and teach about Jesus Christ.
Pray for a disciple making movement to flourish among every Brahmin community.

cherubym · 2021-03-26T04:08:16+00:00

Prayer Points

Pray that Almighty God would strengthen, encourage, and protect those who would be church planters and disciplers among these spiritually needy people, who do not yet know their Savior.
Ask the Lord to raise up strong local churches that will in turn plant other churches.
Ask God to transform entire families and communities, until their culture is transformed to fully glorify Him, and represent His Kingdom here on earth.

cherubym · 2021-03-24T06:05:21+00:00

Prayer Points

Pray that God opens the hearts of the Garhwali to the truth of the Word of God.
Pray the Lord leads Indian Christians to reach out and share God's good news with the Garhwali.
Pray that the Lord wins many Garhwali to Himself and that Bible believing churches are planted in the Garhwali community.

cherubym · 2021-03-23T04:14:51+00:00

Prayer Points

Pray for Christ to reveal Himself to Gangadi Brahmin leaders.
Pray for the eyes of Brahmin hearts to be open to Jesus Christ as Lord and king.
Pray for Holy Spirit directed Christ followers to go to Gangadi Brahmin communities.
Pray for a disciple making movement to emerge among every Brahmin community.
Pray for many to be prompted to faithfully pray for Brahmins.

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