Monday 18 July
Week 4, Day 18
PERSONAL PRAYER
Read Isaiah 56:6–8
Reflect
God loves all peoples from all nations in desiring all to know and worship Him. He calls His children to love as He loves by praying for the salvation of all peoples in the world.
• Do you desire as God does for all peoples to know and worship Him? Why or why not?
• How is your love for God and the nations with regards to your prayers for their salvation?
• God promises joy to those who worship Him and pray for all nations. Would you make Him joyful?
Pray
• Praise the Lord for He loves all peoples and grants salvation to any who believes in His Son.
• Ask God for a heart to pray for the nations, beyond praying for yourself, family and friends.
WATCHMAN PRAYER
Missions need not be in a faraway country. Missions can be right in our backyards. There are 1.31 million non-resident foreigners in Singapore. (These constitute 25.7% of the total
population of 5.08 million.) They can be classified into three distinct groups:
• International students—100,000 from about 120 countries (This is estimated to rise to 150,000 by 2012.)
• Foreign Talents—200,000 professionals under the P, Q and S employment passes.
• Foreign Workers—over 950,000 under work permit.
Pray
As you have already asked God for a heart to pray for the nations, now ask Him for divine appointments to connect with some of these internationals in your sphere of influence. Ask
God to gather these foreigners to Himself.