Let’s pray for workers who are experiencing loneliness.

Let’s pray through the season that Jesus approached the cross.

Let’s pray through the season that Jesus approached the cross.

Let’s pray with thoughtfulness over discerning when it’s time to leave.

Let’s pray together for the suffering and loss in Libya.

Let’s pray together for the workers as they make their Stateside visits.

This month, we’re praying for productive work on the field.

This month, we’re praying for workers who have just landed on the field.

This month, we’re praying for the important relationship between workers and the church who sends them.

Cross-cultural service is a uniquely challenging undertaking. Like most things truly worth doing, it requires a great deal of the one privileged to be involved in it. That’s why we put so much effort and attention into the formation of candidates who come to us for training.

Today, March 22, is the first day of the month of Ramadan in 2023. This is an extremely important month to Muslims, as they are called to fast, pray, and give with special devotion throughout the month.

It is also an important time for

Early in the morning of February 6, a series of earthquakes began in the country of Turkey. With entire cities destroyed in southern Turkey and northern Syria, the death toll currently stands at over 46,000 lives lost. Damaged roads, winter weather conditions, and political instability have all hampered response efforts. We do know that millions of people will be dealing with the consequences of these quakes for years to come. Let’s take this month to pray together for these people created in God’s image who are desperately in need.

This quote may give you a fresh perspective on praying for God to mobilize workers: Prayer is the link in the chain that connects God’s sovereignty to our responsibility.

For a lot of the Christian world, Christmas Day is the culmination of the season of Advent (a word that means the arrival of something or someone important). Advent is a yearly remembering; however, it is a uniquely Christian remembering.

God’s design for his kingdom is for leaders to serve and influence the body of Christ to fulfill its true purpose. We’re praying that God will continue to raise up workers to lead His people.

God has led MRN to take the Good News to the hundreds of millions of Asians who have never heard of Jesus. We are focused on the unreached people groups among the Buddhist and Hindu peoples that live in the regions around the large body of ocean known as the Bay of Bengal.

We often remind ourselves that the beauty of the MedRim is that it is not about the MedRim. “MedRim” is simply a name we have given to capture our small sliver in a much, much bigger story.

This month we are taking one of Jesus’ most famous parables to shape our prayers. Many of us have heard this so often that we can miss the scandal of the story. Slowing down to pray our way through it helps us rediscover the power in Jesus’ words.

This month we are taking one of Jesus’ most famous parables to shape our prayers. Many of us have heard this so often that we can miss the scandal of the story. Slowing down to pray our way through it helps us rediscover the power in Jesus’ words.

My heart is heavy when I consider the evil perpetrated around the world in the name of national or racial identity. I don’t know where to turn other than Jesus! He has cleansed hearts and lands before; let’s ask Him together to do it again in our days!

Undoubtedly, wealth is one of the resources with which the church in the west is blessed; how do we responsibly steward this gift in cross-cultural missions? I wish I could tell you we have all the answers – we don’t. I’m asking you to join in the wrestling by praying through the following parable with us this month.

We have been praying our way through the gospel of Luke in 2022, and I am grateful to you for starting the journey with us! However, as I asked the Lord what to pray this month over Ukraine, Psalm 31 kept coming to my heart. Friend, please join with me in praying this ancient song over the current situation in Ukraine.

As we pray this section of Luke 7, we are led right into the heart of Jesus. We are given glimpses into his understanding and compassion, especially for those who are drawn to his tenderness and mercy. How can we pray Jesus’ heart for everyone we encounter?!

Here at MRN, our team’s prayer life has been shaped by praying the scriptures. We take a story or a brief section of a book from the Bible and let it shape how and what we pray. We allow what God has already talked to us about to shape how we talk to him! It’s a simple exercise, but it has deepened and enriched our prayer life.