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Prayer requests on the website are updated every Monday-Friday at 9:30 a.m., EST December 3, 2013 “The Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.” (Isaiah 60:3, NKJV) WORLD LEADER - “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Please pray today for Lieutenant Governor Peter Walker of Guernsey (island in the English Channel). COASTAL SWAHILI PEOPLES OF EAST AFRICA (swah-HEE-lee) - “The truth is . . . life on the field isn’t as glamorous as one might imagine when first stepping off the plane. We aren’t camped under a mango tree every day, bringing the Gospel to masses who’ve never heard it before, or distributing food to starving people on a daily basis. There are plenty of mountaintop experiences like that when we just look at each other in awe because we get to do this for a living, but the truth is . . . life happens, and ministry sometimes takes a backseat when it does. Sometimes we find ourselves broken down on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. On our way to the capital to collect a volunteer team one month, the engine of our SUV exploded. Lottie Moon Christmas Offering dollars rebuilt our engine and provided a loaner car in the meantime. Sometimes we find ourselves scooping rainwater off the kitchen floor. Our recently renovated roof cracked in two during a rainstorm one night, flooding our house. LMCO dollars paid for our rent and for the necessary repairs. The truth is . . . we need you and ask you to pray that people will give sacrificially to LMCO this year so we can stay on the field, doing what we came to do--glamorous or not. And pray that the Coastal Swahili peoples will hear the Gospel before it’s too late.” NORTHERN AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN PEOPLES - The appeal hearing for the beaten and imprisoned national brother, scheduled for October 10, was quietly rescheduled for December 31. The local brothers have speculated that this was to keep the case low profile and out of the media. In the meantime, the brother is out of prison but is required to report to the authorities every three days, facing harassment and intimidation. Pray for the peace that passes understanding in the face of uncertainty. Pray for physical and emotional healing. Ask for trust in the Lord and wise, Truth-filled speech. Pray for forgiveness not only toward the unbelievers who beat him in prison, but also toward the brothers who judged him harshly. Continue to pray for his attorney to have God-ordained wisdom in this case, and ask that he himself will be saved. Pray that this brother will be declared innocent. Finally, pray for the believers who lack freedom to choose their own religion, possess materials about the Savior, or share about Him to be “as wise as serpents and innocent as doves” (Matthew 10:16) as they boldly live out their faith in the community. For additional prayer requests, click here: Today’s Prayer (If you have difficulty with this link, please go to www.imb.org and click on the “Pray” tab, and then click on the “Today’s Prayer” link in the left-hand column.)

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