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AFWIS Joins with Operation World in Prayer for India - Kerala, Madhya Pradesh

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Jun 26: India, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh

India, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh

India

Republic of India

Asia

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Geography

Area: 3,166,000 sq km
A further 121,000 sq km of Kashmir, a contested area, is administered by Pakistan and China. Geographically and politically, India dominates South Asia and the Indian Ocean. There are 28 Union States and 7 Union Territories.
Population: 1,214,464,312    Annual Growth: 1.44%
Capital: Delhi
Urbanites: 30.1%
HDI Rank: 134 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 2,533 (88% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: Constitutionally there are 22 official languages. The official language is Hindi (spoken by 40% of the population). English is a subsidiary official language    Languages: 456 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Hinduism
Religion               Pop %Ann Gr
Christians71,011,0005.843.7
Evangelicals26,290,2832.23.9
Hinduism902,711,32374.33 
Prayercast

Challenge for Prayer

The “New India” is a youthful, ambitious, cosmopolitan and modern entity, where differences of religion, caste and gender mean less and less. It is increasingly urban and tech-savvy. The India of call centres, cricket, Bollywood, bhangra and globally connected Indian culture is exposed to and open to new ideas and ways of living, including Christianity. The most significant influence in this context is materialism – as capable of entrapping Hindus as any other group. This younger generation – 70% of India is under age 35, and 31% under age 15 – will shape India’s future. As such, they are a hugely strategic group to reach for Jesus; completely new and different missiological strategies must be undertaken to communicate and model the gospel to them. Indian churches and missions are now focusing on this issue; initial success thus far is very modest.
     For an additional 14 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

More Information

The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of India.

Kerala

India

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Challenge for Prayer

Kerala has a diverse Christian scene. A multitude of ministries and denominations are based in or operate in this state, which comfortably has more Christians than any other state in India. The longstanding investment of Christians into the educational system has rendered Kerala the most literate and well-educated state in India as well as the most favourable for the status of women. Protestants include mainline, Brethren and Pentecostal groups, as well as burgeoning numbers of fast-growing Independent groups, usually from a charismatic background. There is notable tension between traditional mainline groups and emerging groups; theology, style of worship, caste-related issues and style of evangelism are all areas of significant differences. Pray for unity and sensitivity among churches, their shared commitment to have a good testimony to society and for God’s Kingdom to be placed ahead of their own interests.
     For an additional 3 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

More Information

The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Kerala.

Madhya Pradesh

India

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Challenge for Prayer

Christian numbers declined in census statistics, from 0.92% in 1981 to 0.3% in 1991, but this refers only to the established mainline groups and does not take into account the accelerating grassroots growth occurring, especially through house church networks. A statewide saturation, church-planting network has seen thousands of groups planted in the last 20 years; there are now more than 4,000. The vision of the Madhya Pradesh Harvest network is to place workers in every Pincode – more than half now have some Christian workers. Rather than pick from each other’s flocks, mainline denominations instead agreed to cooperate. Pray that unity might increase and be the platform for outreach and effective ministry to this spiritually needy state.
     For an additional 2 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

More Information

The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Madhya Pradesh.
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Isaiah 14 (New International Version)





Isaiah 14

1 The LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Aliens will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.

2 Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. And the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD's land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.

3 On the day the LORD gives you relief from suffering and turmoil and cruel bondage, 4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury [a] has ended!

5 The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,

6 which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.

7 All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing.

8 Even the pine trees and the cedars of Lebanon exult over you and say, "Now that you have been laid low, no woodsman comes to cut us down."

9 The grave [b] below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you— all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones— all those who were kings over the nations.

10 They will all respond, they will say to you, "You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us."

11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.

12 How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!

13 You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. [c]

14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."

15 But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit.

16 Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble,

17 the man who made the world a desert, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?"

18 All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

19 But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit. Like a corpse trampled underfoot,

20 you will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.

21 Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the sins of their forefathers; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities.

22 "I will rise up against them," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants," declares the LORD.

23 "I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD Almighty.

A Prophecy Against Assyria

24 The LORD Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand.
25 I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removed from their shoulders."

26 This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretched out over all nations.

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    Proverbs 26 (New International Version)





    Proverbs 26

    1 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.

    2 Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

    3 A whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

    4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.

    5 Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

    6 Like cutting off one's feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

    7 Like a lame man's legs that hang limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

    8 Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

    9 Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

    10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or any passer-by.

    11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

    12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

    13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!"

    14 As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.

    15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

    16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

    17 Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

    18 Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly arrows

    19 is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!"

    20 Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.

    21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

    22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts.

    23 Like a coating of glaze [a] over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.

    24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but in his heart he harbors deceit.

    25 Though his speech is charming, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.

    26 His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

    27 If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it; if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

    28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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    Psalm 29 (New International Version)





    Psalm 29

    A psalm of David.

    1 Ascribe to the LORD, O mighty ones, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
    2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his [a] holiness.

    3 The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty waters.

    4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.

    5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

    6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion [b] like a young wild ox.

    7 The voice of the LORD strikes with flashes of lightning.

    8 The voice of the LORD shakes the desert; the LORD shakes the Desert of Kadesh.

    9 The voice of the LORD twists the oaks [c] and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, "Glory!"

    10 The LORD sits [d] enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.

    11 The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.
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