90 Days of Prayer DAY 84 Sunday August 31, 2014 Meditate on the Word: Read Acts 23. Pray the Blessing: Acts 23:11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.” 2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lions mouth. Ask for the Nations: Pray for the nearly 18 million unreached Sunni Muslim Somali diaspora, scattered across 20 countries, though the majority remain in Somalia. Desperate conditions exist at present with many more Somali fleeing to other lands. The Somali Civil War greatly increased the size of the Somali diaspora, as many of the best educated Somalis left for the Middle East, Europe and North America. The first Somalis arrived in the United States in the 1940s. They were primarily seamen and New York was their destination. In the late 1970s, more Somali immigrants followed. Not until the 1990s when the civil war broke out in Somalia did the majority of Somalis come to the US. The heaviest concentrations are in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul), followed by Columbus, Ohio, Washington, DC, New York City, Buffalo, New York, Seattle, Kansas City, San Diego, and San Francisco metro areas. As of 2004, an estimated 25,000 Somalis lived in the US state of Minnesota, with the Twin Cities home to the largest population of Somalis in North America.[17] In the city of Minneapolis, there are hundreds of Somali-owned and operated businesses. Colorful stalls inside several malls offer everything from halal meat, to stylish leather shoes, to the latest fashion for men and women, as well as gold jewelry, money transfer or hawala offices, banners advertising the latest Somali films, video stores fully stocked with nostalgic love songs not found in the mainstream supermarkets, groceries, and boutiques. But few Somalis have yet found the greatest treasure of all—Jesus Christ as their Savior. Pray that believers nearby would recognize the great need and opportunity to share Christ with the Somali people. Pray that the Holy Spirit prepares their hearts to hear and respond. Declare your faith: I will take courage today from Your Holy Spirit. I will step out of my comfort zone and go beyond where I’ve gone before—naturally speaking and spiritually speaking. I believe You are my Source and Supply. You are my fortress. (2 Corinthians 10:15-16; Philippians 4:19; Psalm 59:16) Pray on foot: Stand on a bridge; notice how it provides a link from one location to another. God has called us to be bridges for the gospel, to take the message from where it reached us to regions beyond. Pray that the Lord of the Harvest thrusts forth many messengers of the gospel into those regions beyond. Watch for opportunities to minister to needs from your vantage point on the bridge.
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