How to Pray for your Missionary

Jay Ballou
  • 5.0 (7)
  • Christianity
  • Updated Weekly

Thoughts, Ideas, and Interviews to help churches and church members have a clear understanding of every aspect of cross-cultural gospel ministry. Framed from the context of a local church in SE Asia that is building disciples and training leaders for the Glory of God and the future of His church.

  1. 12/13/2024

    Church First

    I would love to hear your feedback on this episode exploring the end result of various efforts that broadly fit the category of missions!

  2. 08/16/2024

    Social Media for a Missionary

    Posting the wrong thing, or even liking the wrong post on a social media platform can have major negative implications for a missionary. Today's episode is a brief exploration of the filters that a missionary has to go through before interacting with anything social media. The request is that you pray for wisdom, authenticity, and overall spiritual health in the use of social media.

  3. 08/09/2024

    What Does it Take to Reach Someone?

    Jesus told Peter that he would become a fisher of men. Peter, we find in other places in the gospels, was accustomed to net fishing. There were times when Peter caught so many fish he needed other boats to help bring them in. Later, Peter was sent to reach a single person, a Roman Centurian. What does it take to reach someone in the context of your local community? In today's episode I share a perspective of reaching people who come from zero knowledge of the one true God.

  4. 06/19/2024

    Furlough Part 2 (Season 2, Episode 2)

    The experience of furlough comes with so many blessings, along with challenges. A missionary can set their expectations, and some things will go as planned, while other experiences will require them to adjust and adapt. There is no singular plot line, but these are a few common threads.

  5. 05/31/2024

    Furlough (season 2, Episode 1)

    How much time does a missionary spend visiting their home country and how often? This varies widely. There are similarities though, as all mission workers seek to refresh, report, and refit. Here are a few ways to pray for missionaries: Pray for your missionary to make it to furlough. (also, maintain healthy rhythms) Pray for furlough to be really awesome! (time with family, Etc.) Pray for reporting not to be discouraging. (another podcast for this, but reporting and be really hard for most missionaries) Pray for missionaries to return to the field ready for a great new season of ministry.

  6. 05/24/2024

    Cultural Context

    When I put on a pair of shoes, what does that mean? I mean, what does it really mean? The task of navigating cultural meaning and letting communication fall within the right context is a huge challenge for missionaries. Here is how you can pray for balanced contextualization: Pray for missionaries to understand what they don’t understand (so they can ask the right questions) Pray for missionaries to be understood, even when they miscommunicate. Pray for missionaries to slow down and take in the setting Pray for missionaries to courageously engage error with truth, knowing that some will mistake this for cultural ignorance or insensitivity.

  7. 05/17/2024

    Spiritual Warfare

    How does spiritual warfare look different in regions of the world not like your own? What would the pressure feel like for a new believer to end a multi-generational line of Praying for a missionary as they encounter spiritual warfare is one of the greatest ways you could join into laboring with them. Here are three ways to pray: Pray for the strength and sanity of the missionary Pray for the lost to have the courage to stand in truth Pray - as in the Lord’s prayer - "deliver us from evil"

  8. 05/10/2024

    Miracles Multiplied

    After rupturing my achilles in 2021, we saw God work through the prayers and generosity of a faithful church member in Los Angeles to provide a miraculous path for my rehab and recovery. Often you pray for your missionary without knowing exactly what they are going through, but God will hear and answer your prayer! Here are 4 ways to stay faithful in intercession: 1. Create a monthly calendar of missionaries to pray for on each day. 2. Use a reminders list on your phone. 3. Collect photos or prayer cards to keep in a place you will regularly see them. 4. Use a prayer app on your phone with notifications to pray for specific missionaries.

See All (13)

5
out of 5
7 Ratings

About

Thoughts, Ideas, and Interviews to help churches and church members have a clear understanding of every aspect of cross-cultural gospel ministry. Framed from the context of a local church in SE Asia that is building disciples and training leaders for the Glory of God and the future of His church.

Information