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At VJF Church we are a prayerful people, we lean on God for everything.

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Missionaries' Prayer Requests

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Ryan Taylor

GEM Media Germany

  • Mar 2 - Please pray for the right funding and partners for our film, especially from Switzerland, where we seek the greatest impact. We’re meeting with GEM’s president for an endorsement—pray that his words inspire someone with a heart for the gospel to help bring this allegorical story to life.
  • Mar 9 - I’m settling back into life in Kandern after a busy travel season. Please pray for my walk with God and His wisdom in serving my community, especially in creating space for fellowship where I see needs—particularly among men and singles.
  • Mar 16 - My small group of high school freshmen chose to study Revelation, and I’m excited to see how God moves through its mystery and majesty. Please pray for wisdom, discernment, and creativity as I guide them through this challenging book in an engaging and meaningful way.
  • Mar 23 - My team is creating a video for GEM to support reopening a mission field in Serbia. We’ll film interviews in the coming months—please pray for smooth logistics, impactful storytelling, and fruitful ministry for the missionaries serving there.
  • Mar 30 - In May, GEM is hosting a new-format conference at a different time, creating challenges for some while benefiting others. I’ll be leading the teens as usual. Please pray for smooth adjustments, impacted students, and for those unable to attend—that God provides other ways for them to grow and connect.
Lewis & Karen Abound

Lewis & Karen McClendon

Abound Missionary Services

  • Mar 2 - Thank you, Ventura Jubilee Fellowship, for your generous and continued support. Your donations help train and coach missionaries all year round.
  • Mar 9 - Eddie and Sarah Ziss, missionaries to the Philippines, attended our Missionary Communication Workshop a few years ago. Having started a church, they are now training their members to teach and preach. They’ve asked me to train them to lead the workshop, and I’m currently doing so via Zoom. Please pray for their success in equipping others. It’s a blessing to see our workshop reaching nationals worldwide.
  • Mar 16 - A former missionary who attended our workshop is now a pastor in San Antonio, Texas, with a strong heart for missions. He holds an annual missionary training week and has invited us to set up a Missionary Communication Workshop next year. This will help train even more missionaries. Please pray for God to work out the details.
  • Mar 23 - Pray for God’s protection over us as we are scheduled to go to Nicaragua in May to help a missionary couple and in October we have been asked to be a part of a missionary advance in Greece.
  • Mar 30 - Karen and I are doing well and are very busy. Please pray that God gives us good health to continue the work we are doing with missionaries.

MCUSA Pray First! Prayer Focus & World Partners

Pray First Prayer Focus

MARCH PRAYER FOCUS

— SEEKING GREATER DEPENDENCE ON GOD

PERSONAL REFLECTION “Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day” (Psalm 25:4-5).

  • Show me! Teach me! Lead me! The cries of a desperate heart reach the ears of God!
  • The soul of the one who waits patiently — all day — touches the heart of God!
  • How desperate are you to know the way of God; His paths; and His truth?
  • How long are you willing to wait patiently on the Lord?
Monthly Prayer Focus
WP 01.23

Disciple-making movements at the speed of Jesus!
Hear how Jesus is moving quickly (and not so quickly!), but always in His perfect timing.

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Pray with us this week:

  • Ask God to heal the many VJF members struggling with pain, cancer, the side effects of chemotherapy, and other physical and mental health issues.
  • Pray for our pastors as they share the Word. Ask God’s   Spirit to move within them, giving them boldness and clarity as they speak. Ultimately, pray that God is glorified through them.
  • Pray for Prime Minister Netanyahu, for God to give him wisdom. Pray for Israeli soldiers as they rightly defend their country. Pray for all those who lost loved ones and those who are still hostages in Gaza. Pray for Israelis to come before the Almighty God and cling to Him to find peace amid turmoil in Jesus the Messiah.
  • Pray for Ukrainian families suffering from the trauma of losing their homes and loved ones, and the many missionaries who are tending to both their spiritual and physical needs each day.
  • For our missionaries,  pray for their strength and perseverance to run the race;   that   the   Lord   will   bring  people   across   their   path   who   would  encourage   and   uplift   them.
  • Pray for   God’s provision over their family and ministry;   for His protection against illness,  injury,   and danger.
  • Pray   that   the  joy  of   the   Lord   will   sustain  our   missionaries  in   every   trial   and  setback;   that   the   light   of   God   would  shine   through   them,   lifting   darkness   and  oppression   as   they   share   His   love.
  • Ask the   Lord to make   fertile   ground   and  prepare   hearts   to   receive   the   gospel;   that  He   set   up   divine   appointments   and   open  doors   for   ministry   that   only   He   can   make  possible.