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Friday November 7, 2014 To hear an mp3 recording of the PrayerLine, click here. http://media1.imbresources.org/files/216/21680/21680-116900.mp3 “All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord. All the families of the nations will bow down before You, for kingship belongs to the Lord; He rules over the nations.” (Psalm 22:27-28, HCSB) Hi, this is Eleanor Witcher of IMB’s prayer office, encouraging you to pray for those being baptized.  The new Swahili-speaking Arab believer of East Africa told her friend, “I have read about baptism, and I want to get baptized, but my husband will not allow me. He wants me to wait.” Immediately the friend understood the tug on this sweet sister’s heart--a desire to honor God and a desire to submit to her husband. “I will wait, because I believe that one day my husband will believe and we can be baptized together.”  Ahmed*, a gray-bearded man, grabbed the hand of a dripping-wet, new follower of Jesus. He said, “Start counting from this day forward; this is your new birthday.” Ahmed turned to John* and said that he had been baptized in this same place exactly two years ago. Rathi*, the new follower, was not alone in being baptized; several others in Algeria joined him the same day.  Perhaps a metal stock tank isn’t the place you imagine to find new followers of Jesus as they walk in obedience to the Son. However, more than a dozen new followers from a suburban Algerian town did just that: got baptized in a stock tank! These new followers were welcomed into the body with shouts from the veteran followers, and the rejoicing was accompanied by the soft guitar-led singing of the Arabic-language version of “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus.”  * Please pray that Rathi and other Algerian believers will be loved well by the body of Christ.  * Intercede for Swahili-speaking Arab families that they will follow the Lord together. * Give thanks to the Lord for the day of your baptism, recalling the salvation it represents. *names changed

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