GOSPEL MELA 2016 24-Hour Chain Prayer (May 29 midnight to May 30 midnight) 15 Specific Prayer Points For a 30-Minute Intercession
Praying with one accord for 2,234 people groups spread across 1.2 billion people in 29 states and 7 UTs in one nation. Every nation, every tribe, every people and every tongue shall say: “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (Revelation 7:10). “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Redemption of our souls is possible only through Jesus, there’s no other way. Gospel is nothing but proclaiming that Jesus is the only way to be saved from our sins, to be delivered out of the bondage of our curses and to come out of darkness into His magnificent light. We are doing this in a concerted manner by targeting one State in the country every month for the next 12 months. We are reaching out to 100,000 people in each state with the Gospel message through tracts, other booklets and personal evangelism wherever possible. We are not working on this in isolation but have involved several local churches and missions organizations in each state. We have christened this effort as ‘Gospel Mela 2016’. We need your prayerful support to make this a success. We lean on to the One who said: ‘…for without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). God expects us to intensify our prayers and give freely to the Lord’s work so hundreds of thousands of Indians will come to know that Jesus is the only way to salvation in the next one year. Besides using these prayer points to pray for 30 minutes during the 24-hour chain prayer time, will you also set apart five minutes a day or an hour on any day of the week to join us in prayer? If you do, God will do wonders in this nation. Amen. Glory to God.
1 Our prayers so far under the aegis of Gospel Mela have borne fruit. Our prayer walk and Gospel work in and around a Hindu pilgrimage site resulted in a work of God that was totally unexpected and unprecedented. Psalm 16:4 says, ‘Their sorrows shall be multiplied those who hasten after another god.’ God instils fear in the hearts of people by using His armoury He has reserved in nature’s reserves. We now need to pray for the disillusioned people to turn to the Only Living God, Jesus Christ. 2 There are hundreds of thousands of people in our country who are under the yoke of various bondages and held by the vice-like grip of ignorance and superstition. Who will tell them of the salvation freely available in and through Jesus? Shall we pray for those who are in the forefront of the evangelistic efforts? “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’ ” (Isaiah 52:7). 3 Pray for the Sindhis. The Sindhi community members number about 96,000 people across the world. Although Islam is predominantly their religion, there are also those who follow Hinduism. Professing Christians among them is a mere 1.5 percent only. Of that, evangelical Christians amount to 0.3 percent. Will you pray that God will minister to the Sindhis in a powerful way? 4 Rangaswami is a people group that speaks Marwari. Estimated to be 2,600 in numbers, the community members practice Hinduism. They are an indigenous group and among the least reached people groups in India. They are also known as Kabirpanthi and Vir Hanuman. Pray for them. 5 The Ambattan people group speaks Tamil, Malayalam and Tulu. They are also known as Panditan, Navidan, Kshaurakan and Izhavathi among other names. The indigenous group’s population is estimated to be around 182,000. Predominantly present in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, they also live in Pondicherry, Maharashtra and Delhi. Christians among them are estimated to be around 2.33 percent. Pray that in the coming days, the number of Christians among them will increase.
6 A huge amount of money is required to buy Bibles, New Testaments and Gospel Tracts in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Rajasthani, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Odiya among other languages month after month. Pray that these needs are met by God through Christians who come forward to store treasures for themselves in heaven (Matthew 6:20). 7 Pray for the Arundhatiyar community. They are also known as Madiga, Pagadi and Madari. Their literacy percent is only 15 percent. Pray for the salvation of the people of the Arundhatiyar people. Pray that the Arundhatiyar people’s life will become better through development programmes of the government and NGOs. Pray that God may grant grace and strength to the missionaries who work among them. 8 Pray for the Bhandaris. Hinduism is interwoven in all of Bhandari life. Any attempt to share a different religious view will probably be viewed with suspicion or hostility. Focused prayer and sustained effort will be needed to reach this community with the Gospel. Although there are no known believers today, pray for those the Lord will draw to himself. Population: 615,000. Languages: Odiya, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and others. 9 Pray for the deaf people in India. It is estimated that there are around 15 million deaf in India. There are 478 schools that receive government funding and another 372 private schools for the deaf in India. Pray that benefits of government welfare programmes reach them. Percentage of Christians among them 5.84. Pray that they hear the still, small voice of the Lord that beckons them towards El Shaddai, the Almighty God. Pray that the prophecy about the deaf, found in Isaiah 29:18 is fulfilled in our lifetime. 10 If every Christian family comes forward to send a person to missions or give generously for the needs of the missions, we can reach the unreached people of our nation (India) sooner than we think. Let ‘Go, send or give’ be the slogan and the heart’s cry of every redeemed believer. 11 Pray for a mighty revival in the mission fields administered by Messenger Missions and other mission organizations. If God’s work has to progress on war footing, Gospel outreach efforts have to be accompanied by signs and wonders on ground. Remember our mission fields in Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. 12 Do we trust God enough to save India? Half-hearted prayers won’t do. If you are wrestling with unbelief, read Isaiah 50:2. It says: ‘Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver?’ Lord, we pray that Your hand will still do mighty things in our nation. With that hope, we pray: ‘Lord, save India.’ 13 Pray for the Kurmi people group. The Kurmis are found throughout India, from Punjab to Bengal in the east as well as southern India. Although Kurmis are Hindus, Buddhists and Jains can be found amongst them, too. The Kurmi need the salvation offered by God. They need Jesus Christ. The word ‘kurmi’ literally means ‘I can’ or the ‘I am able’. Pray that Kurmis meet with the God who goes by the Name, I AM THAT I AM. Let them realize the significance of what Jesus Christ said in John 15:5, ‘I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me.’ 14 We’re all set to reach out to a particular district in Madhya Pradesh with the good news under the Gospel Mela prayer umbrella. Tracts, New Testaments and other Gospel literature have been either bought or printed in huge numbers. Pray for the campaign. Pray for the protection of the workers. Pray that the vision of Gospel Mela spreads across India like wildfire. 15 In the second leg of Gospel Mela, we are reaching out to Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. Large number of Gospel tracts and New Testaments are required in Punjabi and Hindi. Pray that Gospel workers who speak Hindi, Punjabi, Kinauri, Dogri, Kangri and Pahari will be equipped with literature, strategies and the vision to reach the people of the two states. The next 24-hour chain prayer will be from midnight of June 29, 2016 to midnight of June 30, 2016. You will receive a new set of prayer points for the same. For any other assistance, call 044-65145334 or email: contact@christianmessenger.in