March 7 : God’s Business. Pray for Bangalore Baptist Hospital’s Governing Board meeting this month. Intercede for them as they approve budgets and make other financial decisions, and lift up the leadership of the hospital as they prepare and as they present reports. Pray that in all the business, God’s direction will be sought and followed.  Thank you for your prayers for the revival services which reached their conclusion on Jan. 29-30. Give thanks to the Lord that in the special services held that weekend over 200 staff and students signed commitment cards.  Pray that the experiences of recent months will translate into a stronger spiritual outreach at the hospital. Pray for the follow-up of those who made decisions.

March 8 : Overcoming Fear. You have been asking God to call out laborers to serve among Muslims as well as other networks of national church planters. During the month of March, God has provided opportunities for Indian church leaders and pastors to gather together and learn about reaching Muslims in the state. Please ask God to anoint those who will be communicating the need for others to reach out to the more than 6 million Muslims living around them. Also pray that God will help those hearing this appeal to overcome any fears or prejudices that might prevent them from responding favorably to the invitation to join what God is doing to bring K Muslims into His kingdom. Over the past few months, you have faithfully interceded for Muslim-background believers who have been experiencing persecution. For the time being, the threats and physical abuse have slowed. It has been decided that it is in the best interest of these brothers to encourage them to get jobs and to discontinue financial support at this time. Please ask God to provide for their needs and to use what they have learned to encourage house groups of believers to become churches and to reproduce to multiple generations. If it is God’s will, pray that in the future, more training and regular accountability can be provided again.

March 9 : New Followers Stand Firm. DS has sent a report from one of the villages where he has led Bible training seminars: In early January, the “head man” in one of the villages asked DS to come because he and others in the village wanted to be baptized. DS and some partners went to the village expecting opposition, but what they found were people who had genuinely given their lives to Jesus and wanted to be baptized. On the same day, at the request of the new believers, they tore down physical altars on which the “head man” was scheduled to make sacrifices at the time of the new moon. Continue to remember in prayer these new followers of Jesus, asking that they will grow in Him and stand firm in Christ in all circumstances. Pray that many others will come to know Jesus through the lives and testimonies of these new believers.

March 10 : Bhar Need Jesus. “Heavenly Father, we lift up the more than 3 million Bhar people living in northern India. We grieve for them because of their poverty, both physical and spiritual. We long for them to come into the fullness of life and joy in You. We ask You to raise up and send forth laborers into the harvest to proclaim the Word of God to the Bhar. Please burden the hearts of Your people to reach out to them, and guide them to where the Bhar people may be found. We ask You, Father, to cause Your Word to spread rapidly and be glorified among the Bhar, and we pray that when Your Word does come, it will come in power, conviction and with the blessing of the Holy Spirit. We pray that the Bhar will turn from idols to serve You, the living and true God. We pray that around Your throne will be multitudes of Bhar people, worshiping and praising You forever, for You alone are worthy!”

March 11 : Recovery Needed. You have been praying since September for a couple serving among an unreached people group. This couple, who are the leaders of a small team trying to plant churches among this people group, still have not returned to the field. Please pray for unity, wisdom and love among all the team members. Ask God to help the team members to make wise decisions and to take the initiative to reach out to the people. Pray also for the leaders as they continue to recover from illness. Ask God to give them the needed strength to address issues that cannot wait until after their return.

March 12 : Facing Exile. Please pray the following prayer for the believers in Bhutan this month: “Father, Your children in Bhutan may face exile in their own communities because of their faith in You, much as the Israelites were exiled to Babylon. The evil one is fighting a sneaky spiritual battle against Your kingdom. How I praise You that he cannot win! I pray that my Bhutanese brothers and sisters will never forget You, Lord, no matter how desolate their circumstances. Let them never lose the ability or desire to sing Your praises! Give them songs in their hearts and tunes on their lips that will sustain them even though threatened with death. May they never fail to honor You as their greatest gift, their greatest joy!” (See Psalm 137.)

March 13 : Canada Needs Jesus. Canada is the new home of thousands of South Asian immigrants each year. They often come from places where it would be unlikely for them to hear the Gospel of salvation through Jesus. And now they are in a “Christian” country – but will they hear? They tend to stay within their own familiar ethnic neighborhoods, but at some point, they will need to learn or improve their English. This is a step into unfamiliar settings where they have to work hard to speak this strange, new language. They need understanding teachers, but even more, they need someone who can tell them the Good News of a living Savior. Team Canada asks: “Please pray for a new English as a Second Language (ESL) class that has just begun in a suburb in Ontario. Ask the Holy Spirit to lead many South Asians to come to our classes, and pray that He will prepare their hearts for the Gospel message. Please pray that their eyes will be opened to the futility of their belief system, their lack of hope after death, and the tremendous value of God’s gift of salvation. Ask the Father to give us wisdom and strength as we and our Christian coworkers teach English and bring God’s Word to them.”