Pray Today Sunday August 21st for

Maldives

Republic of Maldives

Asia

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Geography

Area: 298 sq km
1,200 coral islands in 20 administrative groups, 600 km southwest of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean. Only 202 islands are inhabited. These have an average size of less than 1 sq km. Average elevation is one metre.
Population: 313,920    Annual Growth: 1.43%
Capital: Malé
Urbanites: 40.5%
HDI Rank: 95 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 10 (50% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: Dhivehi of Sanskrit origin    Languages: 2 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Muslim

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	534	0.17	4.0
Evangelicals	235	0.1	4.3
Muslim	310,906	99.04

Challenges for Prayer

The fragile ecosystem of the Maldivesis threatened by rising sea levels that could flood and destroy. Coral mining and rises in sea temperatures have killed much of the coral that is the foundation of these islands. The 2004 tsunami and the 2008-2009 economic downturn demonstrated how fleeting life on these islands could be; pray that this would cause many to seek eternal assurance obtainable only through Christ.
Behind the facade of island paradise lies a darker reality. Freedom of expression and belief is strongly curtailed by powerful societal and regulatory forces. One of the highest divorce rates in the world, rising crime and gang activity, abuse of children and endemic drug use among teens (possibly up to 70%) indicate that all is not well. Beyond Islamic beliefs lies a widespread adherence to pre-Islamic occult practices called fanditha. Pray for the light of the gospel to shine into the lives of Maldivians. Pray against strongholds of pride, fear, duplicity and sensuality.
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Your Love (psalm 139), Oslo Gospel Choir

Lifesong - Casting Crowns

Mark 12 (with text - press on more info.)

Proverbs 21 (with text - press on more info.)

All Of Creation - Mercyme

Psalm 142

Psalm 142

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 142

Psalm 142^[a]

    A maskil^[b] of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer. ¹ I cry aloud to the LORD;
   I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.
² I pour out before him my complaint;
   before him I tell my trouble.
 ³ When my spirit grows faint within me,
   it is you who watch over my way.
In the path where I walk
   people have hidden a snare for me.
⁴ Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;
   no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;
   no one cares for my life.
 ⁵ I cry to you, LORD;
   I say, “You are my refuge,
   my portion in the land of the living.”
 ⁶ Listen to my cry,
   for I am in desperate need;
rescue me from those who pursue me,
   for they are too strong for me.
⁷ Set me free from my prison,
   that I may praise your name.
Then the righteous will gather about me
   because of your goodness to me.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 142:1 In Hebrew texts 142:1-7 is numbered 142:2-8.
2. Psalm 142:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

Whole World's In His Hands - Tim Hughes - Lyrics

Pray Today August 20th for the Republic of Malawi, Africa

Malawi

Republic of Malawi

Africa

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Geography

Area: 118,484 sq km
Central African state extending along Lake Malawi and its outflow river, the Shire. A landlocked nation whose southern half is virtually an enclave within Mozambique.
Population: 15,691,784    Annual Growth: 2.82%
Capital: Lilongwe
Urbanites: 19.8%
HDI Rank: 160 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 33 (12% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: Chichewa and English    Languages: 24 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	11,925,756	76.00	3.0
Evangelicals	3,069,243	19.6	2.9

Answer to Prayer

Malawi remains a stable and peaceful land in a region plagued by wars, civil strife and violent politics. This reflects the peaceful and mostly rural nature of the people – despite intensifying pressure from population growth, AIDS and large-scale movements of peoples into, out of and through Malawi. The multiparty democracy is in good health, having a president with a background in economics and a tough anti-corruption stance. Praise God for the peace that allows Christian ministry and national development to continue unhindered.

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Challenge for Prayer

Malawi faces serious challenges in the future, such as the combination of poverty, high population growth and increasing pressure on agricultural land. High levels of national debt, AIDS and unemployment, when added to the aforementioned economic factors, produce challenges that will require wisdom, long-term planning and proactive policies by the government. The grip of poverty hampers development not only in the financial sense but also in terms of education, AIDS prevention, family life and even effective ministry and discipleship. Pray for leaders in Malawi, most of whom are church members, to act with wisdom, humility and long-term planning on biblical principles.
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He Knows My Name by Maranatha Singers

Hear My Prayer - Maranatha Singers

Protector of my Soul - Maranatha Singers

Proverbs 20 (with text - press on more info.)

My Eyes Are Fixed On You by Julie True (Slides by Ira Malone)

Mark 11 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 141 New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 141

A psalm of David. ¹ I call to you, LORD, come quickly to me;
   hear me when I call to you.
² May my prayer be set before you like incense;
   may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
 ³ Set a guard over my mouth, LORD;
   keep watch over the door of my lips.
⁴ Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil
   so that I take part in wicked deeds
along with those who are evildoers;
   do not let me eat their delicacies.
 ⁵ Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
   let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head.
My head will not refuse it,
   for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
 ⁶ Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
   and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
⁷ They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth,
   so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”
 ⁸ But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign LORD;
   in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.
⁹ Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers,
   from the snares they have laid for me.
¹⁰ Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
   while I pass by in safety.

The Greatest Commandment (Mark 12:28-31 NIV)

One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”  “The most important one” answered Jesus,

“Is this: ‘Hear, O Israel:

The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

 There is no commandment greater than these.”

Psalm 140 (with text - press on more info.)

Cwm Rhondda (Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah) - Côr OrpheusTreforys/ Morri...

Psalm 16 Common English Bible (CEB)

Psalm 16

Common English Bible (CEB)

Psalm 16

A miktam^[a] of David. ¹ Protect me, God,
because I take refuge in you.
² I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord.
   Apart from you, I have nothing good.”
³ Now as for the “holy ones” in the land,
   the “magnificent ones”
   that I was so happy about;
 ⁴ let their suffering increase because
      they hurried after a different god.^[b]
I won’t participate
in their blood offerings;
   I won’t let their names
   cross my lips.
⁵ You, LORD, are my portion, my cup;
   you control my destiny.
⁶ The property lines have fallen
beautifully for me;
   yes, I have a lovely home.
⁷ I will bless the LORD who advises me;
   even at night I am instructed
   in the depths of my mind.
⁸ I always put the LORD in front of me;
   I will not stumble
   because he is on my right side.
⁹ That’s why my heart celebrates
and my mood is joyous;
   yes, my whole body will rest in safety
 ¹⁰ because you won’t abandon my life^[c] to the grave;^[d]
   you won’t let your faithful follower
   see the pit.
¹¹ You teach me the way of life.
   In your presence is total celebration.
Beautiful things are always
in your right hand.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 16:1 Perhaps inscription
2. Psalm 16:4 Heb uncertain in 16:3–4; Heb lacks because and god in 16:4.
3. Psalm 16:10 Or my soul
4. Psalm 16:10 Heb Sheol

Keep Me Safe, Oh God (Psalm 16) by JD Sebastian

Pray Today August 19th for the Republic of Madagascar

Madagascar

Republic of Madagascar

Africa

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Geography

Area: 587,041 sq km
The world’s 4th largest island 1,600 km long in the Indian Ocean 600 km off the coast of Mozambique; a great degree of flora and fauna is unique to Madagascar.
Population: 20,146,442    Annual Growth: 2.72%
Capital: Antananarivo
Urbanites: 30.2%
HDI Rank: 145 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 41 (27% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: Malagasy, French and English (though not widely used)    Languages: 20 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	10,784,390	53.53	3.0
Evangelicals	2,310,539	11.5	3.5

Answer to Prayer

Church growth continues in the midst of political and environmental crises. The most notable increases are of charismatic and neo-Pentecostal groups, who have also endured some opposition. The Holy Spirit is moving among students, young people and laypersons, causing the multiplication of small congregations and house groups.

Challenge for Prayer

Madagascar is locked in a battle with poverty, even though it is often called the “8th continent” and is rich in ecology, ethnicity and history. The majority live on an average of less than $1US/day and survive by subsistence agriculture. The common slash-and-burn technique is destroying the rainforest cover as well as many unique plant and animal species. About 80% of the original rainforest cover has already been lost. Repeatedly, cyclones further hamper development and destroy property. Pray for appropriate and sustainable development that lifts people out of poverty, and for a long-term approach to this complex challenge.
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Mark 10 (with text - press on more info.)

Lord rescue me by brian richardson

Psalm 140

Psalm 140

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 140

Psalm 140^[a]

    For the director of music. A psalm of David. ¹ Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers;
   protect me from the violent,
² who devise evil plans in their hearts
   and stir up war every day.
³ They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s;
   the poison of vipers is on their lips.^[b]
 4 Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked;
   protect me from the violent,
   who devise ways to trip my feet.
⁵ The arrogant have hidden a snare for me;
   they have spread out the cords of their net
   and have set traps for me along my path.
 ⁶ I say to the LORD, “You are my God.”
   Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy.
⁷ Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer,
   you shield my head in the day of battle.
⁸ Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD;
   do not let their plans succeed.
 ⁹ Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
   may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
¹⁰ May burning coals fall on them;
   may they be thrown into the fire,
   into miry pits, never to rise.
¹¹ May slanderers not be established in the land;
   may disaster hunt down the violent.
 ¹² I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor
   and upholds the cause of the needy.
¹³ Surely the righteous will praise your name,
   and the upright will live in your presence.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 140:1 In Hebrew texts 140:1-13 is numbered 140:2-14.
2. Psalm 140:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.

Michael W. Smith - Psalm 139, Thy Word

Pray Today Thursday August 18th for the Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Europe

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Geography

Area: 25,713 sq km
Landlocked state surrounded by Serbia/Kosovo, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania.
Population: 2,043,360    Annual Growth: 0.08%
Capital: Skopje
Urbanites: 67.9%
HDI Rank: 72 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 25 (24% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: Macedonian, one of the southern Slavic languages    Languages: 10 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	1,338,401	65.50	0.1
Evangelicals	4,270	0.2	3.2

Answer to Prayer

The evangelical church in Macedonia is one of the fastest growing in Europe and displays growing unity across its theological breadth. Churches are ambitious in their outreach and church planting goals, and they minister across ethnic and national boundaries to share the gospel with their neighbours, a remarkable feat given the Balkanization of the region.

Challenge for Prayer

Macedonia’s ethnic compositiondominates its political and social existence, where segregation is more prevalent than harmony. The large (and growing) Albanian minority feel more connected with their own kind in Albania and Kosovo than with the other ethnicities of Macedonia. Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia also have agendas for Macedonia. Economic difficulties cause significant emigration and urban pull; many of the 2,000 villages are dwindling or disappearing altogether. Pray for wisdom for the government, and pray that the divided communities might find ways to build their nation together.
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Mark 9 (with text - press on more info.)

Proverbs 18 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 139

Psalm 139

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. ¹ You have searched me, LORD,
   and you know me.
² You know when I sit and when I rise;
   you perceive my thoughts from afar.
³ You discern my going out and my lying down;
   you are familiar with all my ways.
⁴ Before a word is on my tongue
   you, LORD, know it completely.
⁵ You hem me in behind and before,
   and you lay your hand upon me.
⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
   too lofty for me to attain.
 ⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
   Where can I flee from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
   if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
   if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,
   your right hand will hold me fast.
¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
   and the light become night around me,”
¹² even the darkness will not be dark to you;
   the night will shine like the day,
   for darkness is as light to you.
 ¹³ For you created my inmost being;
   you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
   your works are wonderful,
   I know that full well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
   when I was made in the secret place,
   when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body;
   all the days ordained for me were written in your book
   before one of them came to be.
¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts,^[a] God!
   How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were I to count them,
   they would outnumber the grains of sand—
   when I awake, I am still with you.
 ¹⁹ If only you, God, would slay the wicked!
   Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
²⁰ They speak of you with evil intent;
   your adversaries misuse your name.
²¹ Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD,
   and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
²² I have nothing but hatred for them;
   I count them my enemies.
²³ Search me, God, and know my heart;
   test me and know my anxious thoughts.
²⁴ See if there is any offensive way in me,
   and lead me in the way everlasting.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 139:17 Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me

Your Love Brandon Heath Worship Video wlyrics

Pray Today August 17th for the Republic of Lithuania

Lithuania

Republic of Lithuania

Europe

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Geography

Area: 65,301 sq km
The southernmost of the three Baltic states. Flat, arable land with many forests and lakes.
Population: 3,255,324    Annual Growth: -0.96%
Capital: Vilnius
Urbanites: 67.2%
HDI Rank: 46 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 24 (29% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language:Lithuanian    Languages: 12 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	2,778,745	85.36	-1.1
Evangelicals	35,894	1.1	2.7

Answer to Prayer

Religious freedom in the post-Soviet era has seen many dynamic new Christian groups emerge, injecting new life into the nation’s spirituality. Unity between different Christian groups and denominations is very good, especially for a former Soviet state.

Challenge for Prayer

Freedom has brought progress. Doors for the gospel remain open, and evangelical positions can have a hearing in society. However, with freedom came many dangers – increased materialism, hedonism and nihilism. Substance abuse, suicide and, most sinister, trafficking women for prostitution in the West all disintegrate the nation’s foundations. Often, the most gifted leave Lithuania for more lucrative positions elsewhere. Economic growth must be paired with real social and spiritual transformation; pray that God would bring massive societal change through His people.
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Psalm 138

Psalm 138

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 138

Of David. ¹ I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart;
   before the “gods” I will sing your praise.
² I will bow down toward your holy temple
   and will praise your name
   for your unfailing love and your faithfulness,
for you have so exalted your solemn decree
   that it surpasses your fame.
³ When I called, you answered me;
   you greatly emboldened me.
 ⁴ May all the kings of the earth praise you, LORD,
   when they hear what you have decreed.
⁵ May they sing of the ways of the LORD,
   for the glory of the LORD is great.
 ⁶ Though the LORD is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;
   though lofty, he sees them from afar.
⁷ Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
   you preserve my life.
You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes;
   with your right hand you save me.
⁸ The LORD will vindicate me;
   your love, LORD, endures forever—
   do not abandon the works of your hands.

Proverbs 17 (with text - press on more info.)

Mark 8 (with text - press on more info.)

Great Are You Lord - Maranatha Singers

Let's Tall About Faith

Faith teaching is something I have had a hard time with in the past. I used to think I was not to tell anyone I was sick. I was to have a sort of a false face on, to act like I was not sick even if I was because most people really did not care.

Then it was made clear to me, I could acknowledge my sickness and pain but deny its right to exists in my body.

I could pray like this:

Pain, I know you are there but you are trespassing on Gods Property. I am bought with a price you did not and could not pay, so you must leave my body now and not return in Jesus Name.

Holy Spirit Come and Fill this place and Keep it full till Jesus takes me home.

In Jesus name I ask this.

Holy Spirit, Thanks for being my comforter.

A Note from Our Friend Pat

There are two ways we can live our lives. 

 We can either live by the senses or we can live by faith.  The flesh wants us to live by our senses.  It wants to be god to us by revealing the "truth" to us.  When we are ill, the flesh tells us "You are ill. Just look at your fever.  See I told you that you're ill.  Feel the pain."  Faith on the other hand tells us what God says about sickness. 

 Faith declares that "by His strips we are healed."  Faith does not rely on "physical evidence," It depends on what the Bible says. If we choose to live by our senses, we are subject to every, hurt, disaster, plague, and misfortune that the devil can come up with.  When we decide to live by faith, we are choosing to relax in the arms of God himself.  We are making a decision to live in the knowledge that God will never leave us or forsake us.  Live by faith and we will enjoy Heaven on Earth.  When  we live by faith we can say,

  "Take my will, and make it Thine,

   It shall be no longer mine;

  Take my heart, it is Thine own;

  It shall be Thy royal throne."  

Pray Today for Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein

Principality of Liechtenstein

Europe

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Geography

Area: 160 sq km
Mountainous enclave on the Rhine between Switzerland and Austria. One of two doubly landlocked countries.
Population: 36,190    Annual Growth: 0.84%
Capital: Vaduz
Urbanites: 14.2%
HDI Rank: 19 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 8 (13% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: German, but the common tongue is Alemmanic, a divergent dialect of Standard German    Languages: 4 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	28,648	79.16	0.1
Evangelicals	186	0.5	1.3

Challenges for Prayer

Liechtenstein has changed from a feudal backwater in the 1930s to a sophisticated and affluent modern state. The last remaining vestige of the Holy Roman Empire; the prince’s family has always been Catholic and the vast majority of native citizens are likewise, albeit most only nominally. Expatriates represent several Christian confessions, but non-religion and Islam are growing rapidly. Few in this country have ever been confronted with the necessity of a personal faith in Christ. Pray that, as the immigrant population increases, encounters with the gospel might likewise multiply.
The first and only evangelical fellowshipof believers was started in 1985 after an evangelistic campaign launched by British, Norwegian and Swiss believers. The evangelical population, mostly expatriates, is now slowly increasing. Campus for Christ had a part-time presence hosting evangelistic breakfasts. Some members of the extended royal family profess personal faith in Christ, with links to the Catholic charismatic renewal movement.

So many direction the children of Zion when

So Many songs to choose from and so many direction the children of Zion when. So it is not so suprizing that it would reflect in so many ways. Let’s lesson to them.

                                    

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down

Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down

Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

When the wicked

Carried us away in captivity

Required from us a song

Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

When the wicked

Carried us away in captivity

Requiring of us a song

Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart

Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight

Let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our hearts

Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down

Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down

Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

By the rivers of Babylon, tears of Babylon

There we sat down, you got to sing a song

Ye-eah we wept, sing a song of love

When we remember Zion

Rivers of Babylon-The Melodians

JIMMY CLIFF Rivers of Babylon

Rivers of Babylon - Boney M asked not to sing in Ramallah

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

When the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

When the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
Requiring of us a song
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight

Let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our hearts
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

By the rivers of Babylon, tears of Babylon
There we sat down, you got to sing a song
Ye-eah we wept, sing a song of love
When we remember Zion

The Jewish Temple, remembered

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

When the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

When the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
Requiring of us a song
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight

Let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our hearts
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

By the rivers of Babylon, tears of Babylon
There we sat down, you got to sing a song
Ye-eah we wept, sing a song of love
When we remember Zion

Proverbs 16 (with text - press on more info.)

Mark 7 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 137

Psalm 137

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 137

 ¹ By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
   when we remembered Zion.
² There on the poplars
   we hung our harps,
³ for there our captors asked us for songs,
   our tormentors demanded songs of joy;
   they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” ⁴ How can we sing the songs of the LORD
   while in a foreign land?
⁵ If I forget you, Jerusalem,
   may my right hand forget its skill.
⁶ May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
   if I do not remember you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem
   my highest joy.
 ⁷ Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did
   on the day Jerusalem fell.
“Tear it down,” they cried,
   “tear it down to its foundations!”
⁸ Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,
   happy is the one who repays you
   according to what you have done to us.
⁹ Happy is the one who seizes your infants
   and dashes them against the rocks.

Rocket explodes near Beersheba - Christians United for Israel

Rocket explodes near Beersheba - Christians United for Israel

Proverbs 15 (with text - press on more info.)

His Love Endures Forever

Mark 6 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 136

Psalm 136

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 136

 ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.
            His love endures forever.
² Give thanks to the God of gods.
            His love endures forever.
³ Give thanks to the Lord of lords:
            His love endures forever. ⁴ to him who alone does great wonders,
            His love endures forever.
⁵ who by his understanding made the heavens,
            His love endures forever.
⁶ who spread out the earth upon the waters,
            His love endures forever.
⁷ who made the great lights—
            His love endures forever.
⁸ the sun to govern the day,
            His love endures forever.
⁹ the moon and stars to govern the night;
            His love endures forever.
 ¹⁰ to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt
            His love endures forever.
¹¹ and brought Israel out from among them
            His love endures forever.
¹² with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;
            His love endures forever.
 ¹³ to him who divided the Red Sea^[a] asunder
            His love endures forever.
¹⁴ and brought Israel through the midst of it,
            His love endures forever.
¹⁵ but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;
            His love endures forever.
 ¹⁶ to him who led his people through the wilderness;
            His love endures forever.
 ¹⁷ to him who struck down great kings,
            His love endures forever.
¹⁸ and killed mighty kings—
            His love endures forever.
¹⁹ Sihon king of the Amorites
            His love endures forever.
²⁰ and Og king of Bashan—
            His love endures forever.
²¹ and gave their land as an inheritance,
            His love endures forever.
²² an inheritance to his servant Israel.
            His love endures forever.
 ²³ He remembered us in our low estate
            His love endures forever.
²⁴ and freed us from our enemies.
            His love endures forever.
²⁵ He gives food to every creature.
            His love endures forever.
 ²⁶ Give thanks to the God of heaven.
            His love endures forever.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 136:13 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 15

Prayer Today August 15

Liechtenstein

Principality of Liechtenstein

Europe

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Geography

Area: 160 sq km
Mountainous enclave on the Rhine between Switzerland and Austria. One of two doubly landlocked countries.
Population: 36,190    Annual Growth: 0.84%
Capital: Vaduz
Urbanites: 14.2%
HDI Rank: 19 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 8 (13% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: German, but the common tongue is Alemmanic, a divergent dialect of Standard German    Languages: 4 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	28,648	79.16	0.1
Evangelicals	186	0.5	1.3

Challenges for Prayer

Liechtenstein has changed from a feudal backwater in the 1930s to a sophisticated and affluent modern state. The last remaining vestige of the Holy Roman Empire; the prince’s family has always been Catholic and the vast majority of native citizens are likewise, albeit most only nominally. Expatriates represent several Christian confessions, but non-religion and Islam are growing rapidly. Few in this country have ever been confronted with the necessity of a personal faith in Christ. Pray that, as the immigrant population increases, encounters with the gospel might likewise multiply.
The first and only evangelical fellowshipof believers was started in 1985 after an evangelistic campaign launched by British, Norwegian and Swiss believers. The evangelical population, mostly expatriates, is now slowly increasing. Campus for Christ had a part-time presence hosting evangelistic breakfasts. Some members of the extended royal family profess personal faith in Christ, with links to the Catholic charismatic renewal movement.