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10/40 Window

https://joshuaproject.net/resources/articles/10_40_window

The 10/40 Window is the rectangular area of North Africa, the Middle East and Asia approximately between 10 degrees north and 40 degrees north latitude.

The 10/40 Window is often called "The Resistant Belt" and includes the majority of the world's Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists.

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How to be apart of Global Missions

Attend GIC

Our Global Impact Conference is in February every year

Meet missionaries and hear their stories

Learn of the different strategies used to bring forth the Gospel

Pray

Use Sharon Gravely as an example of a true prayer warrior for others.

1. Pray that they would be confident in God’s Word()

Missionaries are sent not just to learn culture or do humanitarian relief but to confidently proclaim the Word of God.

2. Pray that they would be filled with God’s Spirit ()

Believers already have the Holy Spirit in them, but at times the Spirit fills someone in a special way to enable him or her to proclaim God’s Word.

3. Pray for their victory in spiritual warfare ()

When our brothers and sisters take the gospel into the nations, they are going into a war.

The devil is dead set on destroying souls and diverting mission.

4. Pray for their success in gospel witness () 

Pray that many would come to know Christ in all walks of life from the faithful witness of our missionaries.

5. Pray for peace with other believers ()

Satan attacks from all angles, both inside and outside.

Pray for peace within families, in marriages, with children, and with companions and ministry partners.

6. Pray for favor with unbelievers ()

Nonbelievers are blind to the gospel, and many are violently opposed to its message.

Pray that missionaries would find favorable opportunities to share the gospel with them.

7. Pray that the gospel will be clear through them ()

Although cross-cultural communication is difficult, pray that missionaries, by grace, would clearly communicate the character of God, the sinfulness of man, the sufficiency of Christ, the necessity of faith, and the urgency of eternity.

8. Pray that God will open hearts around them ()

God alone draws people to himself.

Pray that he will open hearts and minds to believe and be drawn to eternal life with Christ.

9. Pray for their joy in the midst of suffering ()

Missionaries often face various forms and levels of suffering in their work.

Pray that they would experience the joy of intimacy with Christ in the midst of it.

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Pray for their kindness in the midst of slander ()

Though missionaries face suffering and difficulty, pray that the character of Christ and the power of his Spirit enable them to respond with grace.

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Pray for supernatural power to accompany them ()

Pray that missionaries would speak the Word with boldness and that supernatural power would accompany its proclamation.

12. Pray for Christlike humility to characterize them ()

Pray that missionaries would overcome the temptation to be prideful in their work by the power of the Spirit.

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Pray for their patience ()

Missionaries face ups and downs and wins and losses in their work.

Pray that they might respond with longsuffering.

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Pray for their perseverance ()

In Paul wrote, “We are . . .

struck down but not destroyed.”

Pray for missionaries to persevere through setback after setback, beatdown after beatdown, and struggle after struggle.

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Pray that God would use them to make disciples ()

Pray that missionaries would see fruit in their ministries as they seek to make disciples among the nations.

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Pray that God would use them to multiply churches ()

Pray for the multiplication of churches filled with people who know the Word led by pastors who teach the Word.

We know this: joining God on his mission will not be easy, but it will absolutely worth it.

Let’s send out all those whom God has called with faithful support in prayer.

Give

Time & Talent

Use time for mobilization here stateside.

Use talent for helping missionaries fund raise, create material, consult, etc.

Talk about using talents while missionaries are here on furlough.

Dental health, mechanics, graphic designers, etc.

Financially

Give to Global Impact Fund

Support a mission project

globalleadershipinternational.org

bangkokcityteam.com

Support a short-term mission trip

Support a long-term missionary

Go

Support

Sign up for a short-term mission trip

Bangkok

Czech

Spain

Tunisia

Read

Read Scripture

Read books

Read confessions

When you see the grace of Christ that has been shown to you as revealed within the pages of Scripture, you won’t have a choice but weep for those who have not heard.

Story of William Wilberforce

Lived between 1759-1833

Close friends with William Pitt who was the Prime Minister

Won election in Parliament in 1780

In 1784, he read the book A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life by William Law.

Cause him to doubt his unbelief

'Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament?'

He wondered whether the two goals might be mutually exclusive.

'Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament?'

He wondered whether the two goals might be mutually exclusive.

He discussed the problem with John Newton, the hymn writer who wrote Amazing Grace and a former slave ship captain.

He discussed the problem with John Newton, the hymn writer who wrote Amazing Grace and a former slave ship captain.

Newton’s response to Wilberforce

‘God has raised you up for the good of the church and the good of the nation, maintain your friendship with Pitt, continue in Parliament, who knows that but for such a time as this God has brought you into public life and has a purpose for you.’

Labored in Parliament for 20 years until the Slave Trade Act of 1807

Seek the Lord in prayer to find your ro

Seek the Lord in prayer to find your role within Global missions.

Global missions is not an “if” or an “or”.

We all must play a role but that role may be different for each participant.