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.