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Dear Friend, the very fact that you
have this simple brochure in your
hands shows that you have some
interest or desire in learning more
about prayer and its importance in
world evangelism. Do you know that
God desires this for you also? He
does, and so do we. You see, as just
about any evangelist will tell you,
prayer is vital to them, their family,
and their ministry and is desired even
more than financial support. So, if
you will take a few minutes to read
this and keep it for future reference, I
pray that it will bless you as well as
show you a few principles in the
Bible that will be of help. The Bible
has much to say about prayer, more
so than we can deal with in this small
space, but we want to focus on prayer
and it's relationship to world
evangelism. At the end of this, you
will notice a weekly program
designed to guide you in your prayer
for evangelists, their families and
their ministry.
First of all, we see in the Bible that
prayer is directed by God. "And he
spake a parable unto them to this end,
that men ought always to pray, and
not to faint;" Luke 18:1. Again, we
see in 1 Thessalonians 5:17, "Pray
without ceasing". These are but two
of many references showing us the
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fact that God wants us to pray.
Simply put, He desires to hear from
you. There are several types of
prayer, but the type that we are
discussing is termed intercessory
prayer; in other words, prayer aimed
at interceding for someone else.
Now, as far as evangelism is
concerned, Jesus Christ Himself
directed us to pray this way as
recorded in Matthew 9:38, "Pray ye
therefore the Lord of the harvest, that
he will send forth labourers into his
harvest". This is repeated in Luke
10:2. This is the utmost need as far as
world evangelism is concerned, that
is the need for laborers (evangelists,
missionaries, soul-winners). Based
on this, let me suggest that you pray
for evangelists to be sent, be
sustained, and be successful.
Secondly, prayer is desired by
evangelists. As I said, most any
evangelist will tell you this himself,
but we also see in the Bible that even
the Apostle Paul often requested
prayer for himself and his ministry.
We see in 1 Thessalonians 5:25 the
following request made by Paul,
"Brethren, pray for us". And again in
2 Thessalonians 3:1, "Finally,
brethren, pray for us, that the word of
the Lord may have free course, and
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