IFES Daily Prayer Guide OCT NOV 2017

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1 IFES Daily Prayer Guide OCT NOV 2017

2 FOR RESOURCES FOR YOU/YOUR CHURCH/YOUR GROUP TO USE ON WORLD STUDENT DAY, SIGN UP AT Every year, thousands of students, graduates, staff and supporters unite to pray on World Student Day. Will you join us on 20 October?

3 DEAR FRIENDS A Generous Life this year s World Student Day theme is a challenge to all of us to think about how we use the resources God gave us in his generosity. Our General Secretary Daniel Bourdanné has been encouraging all at IFES to question how we serve God. Serving your community, your church, your nation and other nations through your gifts, your finances, everything, it s about dedicating your life to Jesus and serving him. We are all called to use what God has given us, whether that is more health or energy to serve practically, more time to pray or more money to give. On World Student Day this year, whatever your distance from your student days, we ask you not just to take some time to pray for students, but to ask yourself these questions too. May God bless you in all of your service to him. Jill Bain IFES Supporter Relations

4 01 05 OCT South Pacific 01/10 AFES Australia students at Monash University are hosting a debate with the Islamic Society this semester. Pray that it would be an opportunity for Jesus to be declared and made known. 02/10 PSFC Fiji held their first Combined Christian Fellowship meeting with groups from three universities. Thank God for a successful event and pray for more opportunities to collaborate. that it would continue to disciple and reach students for Christ. 04/10 Praise God for the new board of Solomon Islands Universities Christian Fellowship and the Governance Training they had in August. Pray for God to guide them as they provide oversight for the developing movement. 05/10 Pray for AFES Australia students at Charles Sturt University taking part in a biblical theology course. Ask that it would equip students for a lifetime of service. 03/10 TSCF New Zealand s Auckland University Evangelical Union has recently celebrated its 90th anniversary. Give thanks for the many students who have been part of the group and pray

5 06 10 OCT Europe 06/10 EUS Bosnia & Herzegovina Sarajevo staff Vedrana asks us to pray for EUS to be fully funded, to have more workers, more Christian students and to see people converting. 07/10 STEP Croatia volunteer and theology student Antonija shares: I like the diversity of our group, we all have talents for different things. Please pray for our projects and students. Science, Law, Business, Sociology and Humanities graduates Nov. 09/10 BXCC Bulgaria marketing student Didi leads Bible studies in Varna. She asks us to pray for courage to share the Gospel and that we would have more leaders. Ask God to make us more open to serve others. 10/10 IFES Netherlands student leader Trijnie studies in Wageningen. She writes: please pray for the growth of the group we used to be 120 (10/20 years ago) and now we are only 50 students. 08/10 IFES Cross-Current brings together graduates in Europe and Eurasia to discuss how to apply their faith at work. Pray for the planning of conferences for

6 11 15 OCT Francophone Africa 11/10 GBG Gabon give thanks for students pioneering high school Bible study groups in the small mining town of Moanda. Pray for the four schools involved and for a room to be provided for meetings. 12/10 GBEEB Benin ask us to pray for newly converted Christians in local groups, that the Lord would sustain them against opponents and support them in the victorious Christian walk. ministry would take root and grow in this place. 14/10 GBU DR Congo students in the capital, Kinshasa, have reached 1000 students through evangelism initiatives. Praise God for 400 students coming to Christ. 15/10 To mark their 50th anniversary earlier this year, GBUCI Côte d Ivoire visited local churches to promote their work. Praise God that all the churches visited have committed to supporting them. 13/10 Give thanks for a recent visit to a pioneering country. Pray that student

7 16 20 OCT International 16/10 Regional secretaries and regional teams from IFES Europe, MENA and Africa are meeting together this week. Pray for good times of fellowship and planning. 17/10 Give thanks for IFES Scripture Engagement training helping IFES students and staff engage with God s Word. One participant from Guinea shared: I no longer see the Bible as a rule book but as a book that renews my relationship with God. 19/10 Pray for the work of IFES Global Advancement Team (GAT) in the US and UK, as they seek to raise financial and prayer support for the work of IFES. 20/ 10 IFES World Student Day takes place today. This year s theme is: A Generous Life. Join us in praying for IFES student groups worldwide as they consider how they can be generous to churches, communities and in their giving. 18/10 IFES Finance and Steering committees meet next month. Pray for fruitful discussions and wisdom in decision making.

8 21 25 OCT Caribbean 21/ 10 IS/IVCF Trinidad and Tobago staff ask us to pray for students who are new believers, that they will be adequately discipled. 22/10 Give thanks for JSSM Suriname s ongoing leaders training. Pray that the participants would be learning to be servant hearted leaders. 23/10 Pray for ongoing pioneering work in the Bahamas, St Kitts and St Martin. Ask that Christian students would catch the vision and be keen to start student groups. 24/10 I Love LA is a French-language Bible study guide on the books of Luke and Acts, developed by GBU France, and now adapted to the Caribbean context for use in Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti, French Guiana and St Martin. Pray for the I Love LA project distributing these guides and training students in how to use them. 25/10 The IFES Caribbean team would like prayer for the identification and development of resources for a graduates support network regionally and internationally.

9 26-31 OCT East Asia 26/10 Pray for security for a movement in a sensitive country following the introduction of a new religious law. 27/10 IVCF South Korea s Board Chair, Prof Ju, will finish his three-year term at the end of the year. Pray for the movement as they seek to appoint a new chair. 28/10 Pray for FCS Mongolia s strategic project to disciple education students, to produce teachers who can have a godly influence on their students. Thank God for 10 students already joining the Bible studies. 29/10 IVCF Philippines are piloting a new intensive leadership development program. Please pray for the right students to be chosen and for enough mentors to work with them. 30/10 FES Hong Kong celebrate their 60th anniversary next week. Thank God for his faithfulness to the movement and pray that it will continue to strengthen. 31/10 IFES pioneering staff in Timor Leste are teaching students basic communication and public speaking skills in English. Pray this would provide opportunities to share the gospel.

10 01 05 NOV English and Portuguese- Speaking Africa 01/11 FES Gambia ask us to pray for students to have more boldness and be more deliberate in reaching out to Muslims. 02/11 Historically, universities have been places where people think and debate big questions and issues. Give thanks for IFES EPSA s regional consultation on the IFES Big Issues Project, bringing together staff and students to discuss ways to bring a Christian perspective to such topics in the university context. 03/11 Pray for the incoming National Director of FOCUS South Sudan that God will give her wisdom in the leadership of FOCUS ministry. 04/11 LIFES Liberia praise God for a new Graduate Fellowship. Pray that members would support the movement with their time, resources and expertise. 05/11 Give thanks for the FOCUS Kenya Hesabika (Be counted) initiative in May, challenging Associates (Graduates) to translate concerns about social transformation into action.

11 06 10 NOV Latin America 06/11 For an IFES Innovation Evangelism project, CEC Panama invited students to write prayer requests in exchange for gifts containing a Bible verse. Pray that God would answer the prayers and for fruitful follow up conversations. 07/11 ABU Puerto Rico student Claudia asks us to pray against prejudice facing Christians from other students and professors, which makes sharing the gospel difficult. 08/11 Pray for leadership development training taking place 8-15 Nov for IFES Latin America national movement general secretaries and senior staff. 09/11 COMPA Mexico student leader at Tec de Monterrey Daniel shares: my group is a place where faith is challenged and I can learn more about the Bible and the church... Help us by praying for the school authorities that God gives them wisdom and they let us have activities to tell friends about Jesus. 10/11 Give thanks for recent opportunities for students in the Technology Cell in CCU Cochabamba, Bolivia to fellowship and share with those from other groups.

12 11 15 NOV Eurasia 11/11 A movement in a closed country thanks God for growth in relationships with churches. Please pray that this would lead to more work with believing students and more prayer groups on campus. 12/11 SKSK Georgia student Giorgi shares: my country is not too open for protestant Christians, but not too closed either. God is touching Christians in our group. Pray for us to have more thirst for God, more of the Holy Spirit! 13/11 A movement in a sensitive country gives thanks for a student leader who has led a prayer group for three years and recently led two friends to Christ. 14/11 CCX Belarus praise God for 1,200 people hearing about Christ, 30 students accepting Christ and 40 joining small groups over the last academic year. Pray that the next academic year would be just as fruitful. 15/11 Pray for IFES and national movement staff and graduates pioneering student ministry in Eurasia - in new universities, cities or countries. Ask God to bless and strengthen their ministry.

13 16 20 NOV Middle East and North Africa 16/11 IFES MENA Emerging Leaders is an internship and leadership training program. Please pray for the Kick Off conference running Nov and for the new interns who will attend to be equipped to serve students in their own specific, often challenging contexts. 17/11 A movement in a sensitive location asks us to pray for recent graduates to stay firm in their faith and be a blessing to their churches, family, community, and workplaces. 18/11 FCSI Israel rejoice to see active student groups in 10 universities across the country, with some having more than one group. Please pray that student ministry will continue to grow across Israel. 19/11 Pray for new believers living in sensitive countries, ask that God would give them wisdom to know how and when to share about their new-found faith with friends and family. 20/11 Pray with LIVF Lebanon for their students to genuinely encounter the Lord and be transformed in their walk with him.

14 21 25 NOV North America 21/11 GBUC Canada staff share: pray for student leaders, that God would strengthen and renew those he has called and would be preparing new students to join the team. 22/11 In the midst of ongoing racial tension in the USA, InterVarsity/USA invite us to join them in prayer for the power of God s love and reconciliation to permeate the campus. and a team of students from Canada recently visited the movement in Haiti. 24/11 InterVarsity/USA ask us to pray for 84 new staff who have recently joined their team. Pray that God would be using them for his glory on campus. 25/11 IVCF Canada graduate student Amy shares: it s difficult to watch nonbelievers hopelessly attempt to get a hold of happiness through very uneven paths. Pray for perseverance in our faith and a strong and fearless heart to share our experiences with others. 23/11 Give thanks for partnership between GBUC Canada, IVCF Canada and GBEUH Haiti. The national directors

15 26 30 NOV South Asia 26/11 NBCBS Nepal give thanks for 23 students enrolled in Student Leadership Development Training, which will take place over 3 years. A previous student who attended the training started a student group in his home town. 27/11 Pray that in a region with such a mix of beliefs and hardships, the gospel of Jesus would bring hope to South Asian students. Please pray that these new believers would stay strong in their faith. 29/11 Praise God for UESI in India and ask that the unity of Christian students there would be a powerful testimony to the gospel. 30/11 Pray for the South Asia Regional Missions conference in Nov for graduates from across the region with the theme Impact the Nations. Ask that these graduates would use what they learn to help support local student groups. 28/11 BSFB Bangladesh give thanks for three regional conferences earlier this year. In Chittagong 72 students accepted Christ, In Rajshasi 67 and in Khulna 17.

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