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Call to Prayer: Reflecting Christ in Relationships

We want to reflect Christ in our lives here; that is the most important aspect of our vision for our work in this Central Asian country. Our Muslim neighbors are often outwardly religious, but there are often underlying longings. Prayer helps us connect with what is below the surface.

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Yacoub and his MST pray together

Call to Prayer: Praying for Direction

Prayer isn’t something that I just do before I relate to people. Prayer means carrying something with you all the time. Without it, nothing happens. I need someone to show me the way. How will I minister without the Holy Spirit showing me the way?

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Perspectives orientation evening

Call to Prayer: Joining God’s Heart for Mission

Prayer is a fundamental underpinning of how we partner with God to engage in our small part of the great gospel task. As followers of Jesus pray together, the Holy Spirit enables us to see the grand reality of God’s plan for the restoration for humanity, and to see the immediate needs of the people right in front of us.

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Praying for workers at the 2021 Worker Retreat

Call to Prayer: Lord, Teach Us to Pray!

“Luke’s gospel has been teaching us that multiplication is preceded by prayer,” Lizzette Hernandez writes. “So in response to the Spirit’s invitation, we have been meeting once a month for the last year to pray. As we’ve come together, God has done new things.”

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Cultivating a Life of Prayer Cohort

VMMissions to Host Fall Cohort on Cultivating a Life of Prayer

Prayer continues to emerge as a priority as VMMissions looks ahead at the next decade. One concrete opportunity is available this fall: Michael and Ruth Hershey will be leading a three-month exploration and discovery called “Cultivating a Life of Prayer.”

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Michael and Ruth Hershey family

VMMissions Hosts Prayer as Mission Seminar

VMMissions workers Michael and Ruthy Hershey led a seminar on October 17 and 18 focused on engaging prayer as the foremost tool given to us by which to engage in God’s mission and see God’s purposes unfold in our lives and in our world.

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Call to Prayer: Cherishing What God Speaks

“In our 14 years of our marriage, we have moved 14 times, not to mention all the transitions each time we came back to the US for home ministry assignments,” Ruthy H. writes. “God reminds me that we have not only survived all of this transition, but have been able to thrive.”

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Michael prays

Seeing the Harvest that Jesus Sees

With one sweep of my husband’s eye on our garden, he sees past investment, present challenges, and future promise. I learn a lot when I ask him to show me what he sees. This is what we do when we pray. Rather than feeling overwhelmed, we ask, “Lord, what do you see?”

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VMMissions Launches Regular Prayer Bulletin

In addition to the monthly Mission Prayer Calendar, VMMissions has launched a weekly email to engage partners more effectively, including through prayer for the people and ministries of VMMissions.

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