Prayer for Week of 4/8/24

Prayer Passage: 1 Corinthians 16:1-4

Pray that we at Gospel Fellowship would be more and more led by the cross to deny ourselves like Christ that we might build one another up with the love of Christ.

Prayer for our Church Families:

• Dennis and Holly Oakley 
• Dale Oakley

Prayer for Local and Global Missions:

Neighborhood: That our neighbors would see the glory of the cross as we deny ourselves like Christ that we might build one another up with the love of Christ. (John 13:35)

Local Missions: Simeon Trust

Global Missions: Paul and Marilyn Karstens (Cape Town, South Africa)

• Pray for Paul and the family as they finalize plans for travel to and within the United States this summer. 
• Pray for God's provision financially as they seek to lead training opportunities in Queenstown and Kimberly as well as the possibility of trainings starting in Cape Town. 

• Lebanon’s urban areas are open and Westernized, but Christians outside the prominent cities and especially in majority-Muslim areas face significant opposition and threat. 
• Those born into Christian families are allowed to worship openly, but Christians face ongoing harassment from the Muslim majority, such as denial of land acquisition and increased tax rates. 
• More severe forms of persecution occur when believers share their faith or when Muslims come to faith in Christ.
•  Christian converts from Islam are persecuted mostly by family and the community.