Prayer Points: We Need Prayer – Ethiopia Outreach

We’re excited to tell you that we’re headed to a new location in Ethiopia again. We’ve been to this region before, but not this specific community with many Jewish people. The local government actually invited us to come and serve here. This area has seen a lot of deep hardship that has impacted people in many ways. We’re asking the Lord for His help and power as we care for their bodies and souls through the wonderful, Good News of Yeshua (Jesus)!

We will need significant prayer covering as this area is a stronghold against the simplicity of that Good News. Please cover us in prayer for protection, wisdom, and effectiveness. Please join us in prayer:

• You can commit to a specific time slot to pray for us from home during the Outreach.  SIGN UP on our Prayer Schedule, referring to the dates below.
• Here are detailed DAY-BY-DAY Prayer Points so you can pray along with us for this Outreach in a new location in Ethiopia, May 15–25:

Before the Outreach

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert a highway for our God’” (Isaiah 40:3 NKJV).

Wednesday, May 7–Wednesday, May 14

• All preparations to come together and be fully in place, such as VISAS, medical supplies, Clinic readiness, team unity, and community relationships
• Protection, health, safety, and favor as our team and partners prepare and travel
• Spiritual forces of darkness to flee, making way for the King of Glory to come with salvation, healing and deliverance as the Lord prepares the spiritual atmosphere and the hearts to receive Him

Thursday, May 15

• Protection, health, safety, and favor as our team and partners prepare and travel
• Favor with all flights and that all passengers and luggage arrive on time and in good condition
• That all involved will prepare their hearts to serve during the Outreach and get a sense of the Lord’s desire for them in that

Friday, May 16

• All team members to arrive safely and easily settle into new lodgings, foods, and sleep schedules
• Team unity to begin to develop among the partners and team during the Erev Shabbat dinner and deepen throughout the week
• Each person to be personally prepared for the days ahead through a restful day, a good night’s sleep, along with spiritual preparation and insight

Saturday, May 17

• Safe travels by land and local air flight to the Outreach community
• The Lord to impart special wisdom and acute discernment for the Outreach leaders and our local partners throughout the week and beyond
• Local curiosity to produce a desire for care, comfort, and the Lord
• The Lord to surround us with angelic protection in every aspect

During the Outreach

“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free” (Luke 4:18).

Sunday, May 18–Thursday, May 22

Sunday, May 18

• As in every new location, pray with us that news about the Clinic would spread quickly so that many are drawn to receive not only medical care but also the Good News of Yeshua
• Favor from every leader and group in the community, including governmental, religious, and spiritual
• The Lord to move powerfully through the Gospel and the Holy Spirit
• Great effectiveness, order, and shalom as the Clinic opens today and continues throughout the week

Monday, May 19

• Effective medical and dental care and healing to take place, including supernaturally
• Everyone who attends the Clinic to receive and respond to spiritual care
• The Lord to give us wisdom, favor, discernment and protection regarding any unique factors regarding this new location, conditions, or timeframe
• Again, great favor with local authorities and the community: may they be abundantly blessed, seek the Lord, and extend blessing to their Jewish neighbors

Tuesday, May 20

• May many Jewish people and their neighbors continue coming to the Outreach throughout the week
• May the Lord use us, by His Spirit, to minister not only to physical needs, but to the spiritual and emotional needs in this community, which has experienced much hardship and trauma
• Spiritual resistance and strongholds to be broken here, so that the Good News of Yeshua can have a great impact this week and beyond

Wednesday, May 21

• Spiritual strength and stamina for our team, renewed by intimacy with the Lord and daily prayer and worship times together
• Salvation, healing, and deliverance as the Word of God and the ministry of the Holy Spirit go forth in great power
• Protection from the schemes of the enemy and openness to the Good News as we break new ground in this new community

Thursday, May 22

• A great last day for the Medical Clinic in which we can see as many as the Lord enables; may He minister to and heal the rest
• Safety taking down the Clinic, loading up, and transporting all the equipment, medical and otherwise
• The Lord’s protection as we pay the many local workers who help make the Outreach happen. May they be touched by the Lord’s love and salvation

After the Outreach

“In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of [Messiah] Jesus” (Philippians 1:4–6).

Friday, May 22

• Safe travels home
• A special outpouring of grace for everyone who served by honoring the Lord and loving this new community through this Outreach  
• The Lord to continue working in the region, bringing a great movement of His Holy Spirit among these dear people
• Effective and timely follow-up to all who want to hear more about Yeshua
• The Lord to continue establishing His Kingdom in Ethiopia and developing healthy congregations

Let’s Pray

Lord, once again, You are commissioning us to reach out to the precious Jewish people of Ethiopia and their neighbors. Will You open their spiritual senses to receive full revelation of Yeshua as Messiah, Savior, and Lord? And would You also bring salvation, deliverance, and healing among people who have experienced so much loss and trauma? You alone can bring Your shalom. Please use us to do Your will in this new location. In Yeshua’s Name, Amen.