Day 13

Ask that He will use the Seeds planted during this season to bear His fruit in the fullness of time. Praise Him that His Word never returns void.

Day 12

Lift up believers asking they would hold firm and true to I AM in the face of opposition and pressure they face in this season and all year long.

Day 11

Ask for new believers to see how they can remain in their culture, being salt and light and obedient to the commands of Christ.

Day 10

Ask that believers would be bold and take every opportunity to share His Story. The season provides wonderful occasions for believers to visit in the homes of friends and break the fast with them.

Day 9

Ask that believers would respond with passion and compassion, demonstrating the love of Christ in very tangible, life changing ways. Ask that in addition to helping meet physical needs they would also work to meet spiritual needs.

Some Praises

This morning I looked at my online bank statement and noticed that over $800 was missing from my account. What happened? I remembered that I had used an ATM last week and tried to withdraw money twice, but the machine gave me an error message both times...well, the ATM debited the funds from my account for money which I never received. Panic.

After realizing what happened, I immediately left what I was doing and headed to the bank where I used that ATM. After sitting down with the manager and explaining what had happened several times he finally told me there was nothing he could do. I would have to contact my bank that issued my debit card and then they would have to settle this problem with the bank here in India. Of course, after breaking the bad news he asked me the usual, "What country are you from?" "What are you doing here?" "I'm a student," I said. "I'm a poor student and I've just lost over $800. I will never see that money again. Gone. Forever." "Oh, no. You'll get it back," he assured me, but something in his eyes told me he wasn't so sure. I know I definitely wasn't sure at all about ever seeing that money again anytime soon, but somehow I was filled with a peace about it. Why worry about these things and stress out about something that's pretty much out of my control anyway?

I went home. I had a chocolate chip cookie. I wrote my bank an email explaining everything that just happened. I decided that I would never see that money again, but if I did see it, it would be in like three years after all was said and done. Fine. No problemo. It's out of my hands.

Fast forward five hours. I'm back in my wonderful apartment checking my email and this is what I find in my inbox:

Ms. D, The ATM caught the errors and issued two credits. Our Accounting Department will post the credits to your checking account in the next day or two. Thank you for inquiring about this. Not all ATMs issue credit for such malfunctions. You are a valued member of your credit union. It is a pleasure to serve you. If I may be of further assistance, please let me know.


Man, does He look out for us or what? Praise God is all I can say. Praise God.

Here are some other praises from today:

-Just found out there are 100 NT in Urdu that one lady was storing in her home and she wants to donate them to my project. This is what you were praying for :)

-My auto driver went for a fair price and one nice shop keeper on the side of the road gave me ten 10 rupee notes in exchange for a 100 rupee note when the auto didn't have any change. Ok, this probably doesn't seem that great to you, but let me tell ya, this does not happen everyday. I mean, maybe once in a blue moon do both of these things happen, let alone within five minutes of each other. Amazing. Plus I have so much change now. Change is quite the commodity here.

-I had drank some Starbucks coffee that a friend brought into the office. Pretty amazing.


Thanks for your prayers. Rejoice with me today in how good He is and how He always looks out for us!

Day 8

Ask that they eyes and hearts of believers would be opened and they will diligently and faithfully pursue the seekers encouraging them along the path to Him. Ask that the spirit of fear and apathy in their lives and hearts would be defeated.