Pray for Thirdmill

Growth of the Church Worldwide

Meditate on Matthew 28:18-20; Ephesians 4:4-16; Luke 6:20-26.

Praise the Lord for ...

  • Those parts of the world where the church is growing rapidly.
  • The ways modern technology can strengthen believers.
  • Christian leaders who want to know his Word.
  • Christians everywhere who follow well-taught leaders.
  • The past and present success of Thirdmill.

Lament ...

  • That the church is stagnant some parts of the world.
  • That many parts of the church suffer persecution and poverty.
  • That the church in many parts of the world lacks biblically trained leadership.
  • That so many believers don't have access to responsible training in his Word.

Ask the Lord ...

  • For the church's growth to continue.
  • For godly leaders to be raised up and trained everywhere.
  • To bring spiritual vitality and growth to all parts of the world.
  • For the repentance of unfaithful Christian leaders.
  • To protect, comfort and preserve believers who suffer.
  • To strengthen the church against secularism and other religions.

Curriculum Department

Meditate on Acts 18:24-28; 1 Timothy 4:12-16; James 3:1.

Praise the Lord ...

  • For the professors who give their time to our ministry.
  • For the education and skills of our writing staff.
  • For the devotion and commitment of our leadership and staff.

Ask the Lord ...

  • For the Holy Spirit to illumine our professors and writers.
  • To help our professors communicate effectively.
  • To grant our writers plenty of creative energy.
  • To grant our leadership wisdom and stamina .

Production Department

Meditate on Exodus 31:2-6; 35:30-35.

Praise the Lord ...

  • The modern technology we use in our multimedia curriculum.
  • Our faithul translators who help bring biblical teaching to new lands and people.

Lament ...

  • The suffering of those who are persecuted for the sake of Christ.
  • That some of our translators and their families face hardships because they live in oppressive or underprivileged countries.

Ask the Lord ...

  • To gift the designers artistically as they create videos.
  • To give the designers wisdom to create imagery and audio that makes learning easier.
  • To help the production team maintain accuracy and quality.
  • To strenthen and encourage our translators in the face of adversity.
  • To help our translators translate accurately and communicate clearly.

Distribution and Use of Thirdmill's Curriculum

Meditate on Revelation 5:9-10; Hebrews 12:1-3; 2 Thessalonians 3:1-2.

  • Lament the lack of Christian advanced education materials in underprivileged and emerging nations.
  • Praise God that he has begun to distribute Thirdmill's seminary curriculum throughout the world.
  • Ask that God would continue to distribute the curriculum to everyone who needs it.
  • Ask that those who receive the curriculum would benefit from it.
  • Ask especially for the effectiveness of our resources in underprivileged and emerging countries.

Funding

Meditate on Romans 10:14-15; 16:25-27.

  • Praise God that through his church he is currently funding Thirdmill's work.
  • Ask that he would continue to fund this work.
  • Thank the Lord for the generosity of those who fund our work.

Our Partnerships

  • Praise God that Christians outside our office are converting our curriculum into additional languages, including: Amharic (Ethiopia), Farsi (Iran), French, Mongolian, Greek, Hindi (India) and Turkish.
  • Praise God that other organizations share the vision of training church leaders worldwide.
  • Ask for the successful translation, production, distribution and use of our curriculum in these languages.
  • Petition God to raise up other individuals and organizations to translate these materials into additional languages.