Wake Up Church: The Battle is Real

Hello, friends, and welcome back to Nations 4 Jesus.

Today, I need to have a sobering conversation with you. Things are changing rapidly—both in America and around the world. Many Christians are concerned, wondering what the future will hold for us and our children. Anxiety can quickly set in.

Or maybe you're one of my friends in South Korea right now, where something alarming is happening. Religious freedom—something they have long taken for granted—is being threatened in ways they never imagined.

Yes, we need to pray for our respective governments, for wisdom and for Godly guidance. But things may not change. In fact, they may get worse.

This shouldn't worry us when we remind ourselves that God is in complete control.

So what do we pray for?

I believe one of our overriding prayers, as Christians, in all the change around us should be that the Church in America, South Korea, and throughout the prosperous parts of the world will wake up to the spiritual warfare that is being waged around her.

We have been lulled to a peacetime mentality for too long by the prosperity of our countries. But Jesus and Paul and others said time and again that we are at war!

Listen to these verses:

• 2 Timothy 4:7 - "I have fought the good fight"
• 1 Timothy 6:12 - "Fight the good fight of faith"
• Ephesians 6:12 - "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness"
• 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 - "For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh

The Christian Church is in a global war much worse than World War II, and it stretches to every town, village, and home. Its casualties don't just lose an arm or leg but their very souls to eternal damnation!

May we wake up, out of our peacetime living, and wage this warfare on behalf of our Lord and Savior!

Let me tell you what's happening right now in South Korea—a country that was once called "the Jerusalem of the East," a country that sends the second-most missionaries out into the world, a country with six of the ten largest Christian churches in the world.

On September 8, 2025, Pastor Son Hyun-bo, the 63-year-old leader of Segero Church in Busan—one of South Korea's largest congregations with over 4,000 weekly attendees—was arrested and imprisoned by the South Korean government.

His crime? Preaching from the pulpit. Organizing prayer rallies. Daring to address moral issues like Biblical marriage in his sermons.

This is a man who transformed a dying church of 20 members into a thriving megachurch that baptizes over 1,000 new believers annually. A former Special Forces soldier who was beaten for his Christian faith but evangelized his entire platoon. A man who has served the same church for over 30 years.

The government claims he violated election laws by interviewing a political candidate and organizing "Save Korea" prayer rallies. They called him a "flight risk"—a man who has lived openly in Busan for three decades, cooperated with investigations, and left all his sermons publicly online!

Just two days before his arrest, Pastor Son had met with Charlie Kirk at a "Build Up Korea" event.

Friends, this isn't an isolated incident. Since June 2025, when Lee Jae-myung of the liberal Democratic Party was elected president, there has been a systematic campaign of persecution against Christian pastors and political opponents.

In October 2024, over one million Christians gathered for the "1027 United Korean Church Worship" rally, defending their values: freedom of worship, opposition to same-sex marriage, and protection against anti-discrimination bills that would muzzle preaching about Biblical sexuality.

The government is responding with raids on churches, arrests of pastors, and what many are calling a calculated assault on religious liberty cloaked in the language of "election law violations."

Now, you might be thinking, "That's terrible, but at least we have religious freedom here in America.” Right?

Wrong, I need to tell you—the same erosion is happening here, just in different ways.

In 2024 alone, according to the Family Research Council, 383 churches in America suffered 415 separate attacks—including vandalism, arson, shootings, and bomb threats. That's down slightly from 485 incidents in 2023, but compare that to 2021 when only 98 churches were targeted.

The attacks are most frequent in California (40 incidents), Pennsylvania (29), New York (25), Florida (25), and Texas (23).

And in our schools—the battleground is intensifying. Prayer in schools has long been restricted, but now there's growing debate about any religious expression at all. Christian students face pushback for sharing their faith. Christian teachers are told they cannot express their beliefs.

Just recently, intense controversy erupted over whether states can require public schools to display the Ten Commandments or teach Bible-based curriculum. The battle lines are being drawn over what role, if any, Christianity should have in American public life.

Back to our complacency - Christians used to be aware of and wholeheartedly join in the battle for men's souls. Look at the hymnals of old—"Onward Christian Soldiers," "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus." We sent missionaries by the boatful and lived lives of meeting basic needs rather than wanting more and more!

But America, South Korea, and other prosperous nations have become like the third soil in Jesus' parable of the soils. Jesus sows His urgent seed—the Word of God. But instead of taking it up as our sword and bearing fruit, we "are those who hear the Word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the Word, and it proves unfruitful" (Mark 4:18-19).

I'm convicted as I look at just the wealth that Jeff and I have accumulated at the expense of sending more of the money God has blessed us with overseas, where souls are being won or lost for Christ. How many people's lives could have been touched for just the cost of the pretty things I have sitting on my shelves?

Yes, changes in our countries are starting to light some fires under Christians. But shouldn't fires have been lit already when we saw the atrocities Satan has undertaken in this world time and again over the past few decades?

AIDS orphans. The genocide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and most recently Nigeria. Persecution in China and Iran. The horrific October 7 slaughter of Jews at the hands of Hamas. North Korea, where Christians are the enemy of the state, where three South Korean missionaries are currently serving life sentences simply for sharing the gospel.

The list goes on and on. 3.2 billion unreached people. Muslims with less than 5 missionaries per million Muslims. Women and young girls sold into sexual slavery.

So, my number one prayer, more than anything else, is that God would use the rapid changes in this world to get Christians on their knees.

And I suspect that as Christians pray fervently, their prayers will change from:

"Lord, preserve the prosperity and richness of this nation and my lifestyle"

To:

"Lord, may Your will be done. Break my heart for what breaks Yours. May the Gospel be preached to the ends of the earth to glorify Your name and save people, just like me, from Hell."

Yes, I am concerned. But it's for the soul of the Church.

May we turn our hearts, minds, and pocketbooks over to the Lord. May we be willing to tithe—even fast—the "American Dream" for the thousands of unreached people groups in the 10/40 Window, for the persecuted church in South Korea and around the world, for the trafficked children, for those trapped in slavery.

May concern for the glory of Christ and love for His people change America and South Korea and any other home country of my listeners,  back to countries with God as our foundation—truly!

So what do we do?

Pray for South Korea: Pray for Pastor Son Hyun-bo and other imprisoned pastors. Pray for the one million Christians standing up for religious freedom. Pray that God would turn back this tide of persecution.

Pray for America: Pray for our churches under attack. Pray for Christian students and teachers facing increasing restrictions. Pray for a spiritual awakening that makes these battles worth fighting.

Wake up to the real war: We're not fighting a culture war or a political war. We're fighting for eternal souls. Every day, thousands slip into eternity without Christ. That's the real emergency.

Simplify your life: Ask God what you need to let go of—what comfortable thing you're clinging to—so you can invest more in His Kingdom.

Support the persecuted church: Organizations like Voice of the Martyrs, Remember Those and Open Doors provide ways to stand with our suffering brothers and sisters.

Support missions: Especially to the unreached. That's where Satan is fighting hardest to keep people in darkness.

Ephesians 6:10-18 tells us:

"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil... praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication."

The armor is for warfare. The prayer is for battle. This is not peacetime Christianity!

The Church in South Korea is under attack. The Church in America is under attack. But more than that—3 billion souls are still in darkness, unreached, unloved, untold about Jesus.

This is the battle. This is the war. And we cannot afford to sleep through it any longer.

Will you wake up? Will you join the fight? Will you pray as if souls depend on it—because they do?

You, my friends listening to this podcast—you are the prayer warriors whose prayers will help bring this to pass!

Heavenly Father, we admit that the prosperity of our nations has lulled us to sleep. But You are using these difficult times to shake us awake. Please help us not to waste this moment. May we not let anxiety or fear paralyze us. Instead, may it drive us to our knees. Let it break our hearts for what breaks Yours. You are worthy of it all! In Jesus’ name, amen, 

When the Church wakes up, when we remember we're in a war for souls, when we're willing to sacrifice our comfort for His glory—that's when revival comes. That's when nations are transformed. That's when the Gospel advances to the ends of the earth.

Thank you for joining me today. I know this was heavy, but it's truth we need to hear. May we remember that Jesus is coming back for us. The question is: how many will we bring with us? Until next time, keep your eyes on the nations, stand firm in the battle, and never forget—we win in the end.

News Sources Referenced:

• Bitter Winter (bitterwinter.org)
• The Daily Wire
• The Washington Stand
• CBN News
• International Christian Concern (persecution.com)
• Family Research Council
• ZENIT News
• Various religious liberty organizations

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A Fire is Burning: Gen Z Revival

Hello, friends, and welcome back to Nations 4 Jesus.

Today, I have some incredibly exciting news to share with you—news that should make every believer's heart leap with joy! After our last episode about prayer and moving the hand of God, I want to show you what God is doing right now, in this moment, in response to the prayers of His people.

Something remarkable is happening in America. A fire is burning. And it's burning brightest among the generation many had written off as the "least religious generation"—Gen Z.

Let me share some stunning statistics with you that came out just this year.

According to the Barna Group's 2025 State of the Church project, which surveyed over 130,000 adults over twenty-five years, we're witnessing what may be a turning point for American Christianity.

Since 2019, the proportion of Gen Z men who say they have made a personal commitment to follow Jesus has risen by 15 percent. Millennial men? Up by 19 percent!

And here's what's absolutely remarkable: As of 2025, 43 percent of men report attending church weekly, compared with 36 percent of women. This completely reverses the long-standing pattern of female leadership in religious participation.

Young men—the very demographic that culture told us were "toxic" and hopeless—are flooding back to Christ!

But that's not all. Listen to this:

Bible sales in the United States surged 22 percent in 2024 compared to 2023! That's 13.7 million Bibles sold in just the first ten months of 2024, up from 9.7 million in all of 2019. And while total print book sales only increased by less than 1 percent, Bibles are flying off the shelves!

And friends, here's what's most exciting: Many of these buyers are first-time purchasers. People who've never owned a Bible before are walking into bookstores and saying, "I need one."

The American Bible Society reports that 44 percent of Gen Z adults say they are curious about Jesus and the Bible, and 21 percent say they've increased their use of Scripture in the last year.

This generation is hungry—desperately hungry—for truth, for meaning, for something solid to stand on.

And now, let me tell you what's happening on college campuses across America.

Picture this: 8,000 college students packed into an arena. Not to watch basketball. Not for a concert. But for baptisms.

Hundreds stepped into portable baptismal tanks while their friends cheered. Five hundred professed faith in Christ that night alone. This happened at the University of Tennessee just weeks ago.

The Unite US revival movement, which began at Auburn University two years ago, has now spread to more than 20 college campuses nationwide.

But here's a story that really captures what's happening. Just this past week, CBN News reported on something extraordinary at East Carolina University—one of the country's top party schools.

At the Kappa Sigma fraternity house—not exactly where you'd expect a prayer meeting—they held what they called a "Night of Hope."

Instead of the typical Friday night party, scores of young students gathered to listen to the Gospel. Evangelist Doug Elks shared John 3:16 and Romans 5:8 with them: “But God demonstrates His own love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.”

The night featured testimonies from Christian athletes, including ECU baseball player Parker Byrd, who lost his leg in a boating accident and went on to play Division 1 baseball. He told the crowd, "I had a total of 22 surgeries in 45 days. Obviously, I had my right leg amputated below the knee... honestly, a lot of you guys are probably like, 'man that's awful,' but it's the best thing that's ever happened to me."

He explained that before losing his leg, he lived as a lukewarm Christian. "It took till the accident to open my eyes to see what God could do with my life," he said. 

At least 10 young men went forward during the altar call, and another 50 or so prayed with the evangelist. Former ECU baseball player Carter Cunningham prayed, "Oh Lord, I do believe there's a revival going on in our generation, that can be led right here through ECU, through the students... Lord, I just pray You can give them the boldness to proclaim Your name."

And at least two other fraternities have already reached out about holding a Night of Hope at their frat houses as well!

If this can happen in a frat house, it can happen anywhere!

So what's happening? Why is this generation—after decades of decline—suddenly turning back to Christ?

I believe several things are converging:

First, they're exhausted. For decades, secular culture has told young men their masculinity is toxic. They've told young women that marriage and motherhood is a trap. They've flooded schools with confusion about the most basic truths of biology and identity. They've characterized parents who object as domestic terrorists.

Gen Z has grown up to be the most anxious, depressed, and lonely generation in history. They've been told they can be anything they want, but deep down, they're searching for something or someone to tell them who they actually are.

Second, they're hungry for truth. In a world of relativism where everything is fluid and nothing is certain, this generation is discovering that the Bible offers something their culture can't—absolute truth that has stood for thousands of years.

As C.S. Lewis wrote, we need to let the "breezes of the centuries" blow through our minds. Truths that have endured for millennia are more reliable than the trendy philosophies invented five minutes ago.

Third, they're rebelling. And isn't that beautiful? They're rebelling against the establishment that told them God was irrelevant. They're rebelling against the emptiness of secularism. They're rebelling by turning to Jesus Christ!

And this isn't just happening in America. In Britain, the share of people between 18 to 24 who attend church at least monthly jumped from 4 percent in 2018 to 16 percent today—including a 21 percent gain among young men!

In France, the Church baptized more than 17,000 people in 2024, the highest yearly number in over 20 years.

This is a global movement of the Holy Spirit!

Do you remember our last episode about prayer? About how prayer moves the hand of God? About petitionary prayer being rebellion against the status quo?

Well, this is what happens when God's people pray! For years—decades—faithful believers have been crying out to God for revival, for awakening, for this generation. And God is answering!

Now, I want to be careful here. Not every young person buying a Bible is actively reading it. Not every student attending a campus revival event is truly surrendering their life to Christ. We must continue to pray for genuine, lasting transformation.

As Greg Stier, founder of Dare 2 Share, wisely notes: Until believers have an upward concentration on Christ, an inward consecration of heart, and an outward activation with the Gospel, we're not quite at full revival yet.

The pattern in Acts is clear: The power of prayer shakes the building. Then the power of the Spirit shakes the believers. Then the power of the Gospel shakes the city.

We're seeing the first two. Now we need to pray that these young believers take the Gospel to the streets, to their friends, to their classmates, to the nations!

So here's my question for you today: What role will you play in this movement?

Will you pray for these young believers? Will you join them, if you are Gen Z, or mentor them if you are older? Will you support campus ministries? Will you encourage the young people in your church who are on fire for Jesus?

Will you stop writing off Gen Z and instead see them as God sees them—as a generation hungry for truth, ready to be mobilized, eager to make their lives count for something eternal?

I think about my own children and the children in our churches. I think about how we've been praying for them, teaching them about the Great Commission, showing them God's heart for the nations.

And now I'm seeing God raise up an entire generation who doesn't want the shallow Christianity of comfort and convenience. They want the radical, world-changing faith of the early church. They want to count the cost. They want to make a difference.

This is exactly what we need for the Great Commission! Remember when we talked about the 3.2 billion unreached people? About how only 3.4 percent of missionaries serve in the 10/40 Window?

God is raising up a generation of young men and women who won't be satisfied with business as usual. Who will say, "Here am I, send me!" These are the ones who will take the Gospel to the hardest, darkest places on earth.

This isn't just about revival in America—though praise God for that! This is about God preparing an army of young warriors to take the Gospel to every nation, tribe, people, and language.

Listen to what the prophet Joel said in Joel 2:28:

"And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions."

Praise God! I believe we're watching this unfold before our eyes!

So what can we do?

Pray! Pray for these young believers. Pray for protection from the enemy who will try to snuff out this fire. Pray for discipleship and spiritual maturity.

Support! Support campus ministries like Youth With a Mission, Turning Point USA, Cru, InterVarsity, BCM, FCA, and others who are on the front lines of this movement.

Encourage! When you see young people passionate about Jesus, encourage them! Don't dismiss their zeal. Fan the flames!

Equip! Help them understand the Great Commission. Introduce them to unreached people groups. Show them how they can pray, give, and go.

Get out of the way! Sometimes the best thing older generations can do is step back and let the Holy Spirit work through young people in fresh ways.

I am more encouraged about the future of the church than I have been in years. Not because of programs or strategies, but because God is moving.

When young men in a fraternity house are praying for revival instead of planning the next party, God is moving.

When Bible sales are exploding among first-time buyers searching for truth, God is moving.

When thousands of college students are getting baptized in football stadiums, God is moving.

The question is: Will we move with Him?

This generation doesn't need our judgment or our cynicism. They need our prayers, our support, and our example of what it looks like to follow Jesus with everything we have.

So let's link arms with them. Let's fan the flames of revival. Let's watch what God will do when a generation decides that Jesus is worth everything!

Lord Jesus, You re simply amazing! You are working in our world, in this generation, and all to bring as many of the lost to know You as possible. Holy Spirit, please keep moving in hearts and lives. Please keep spreading truth that tears down the lies of the enemy. Please keep empowering Your Church to share Your love with the nations. We stand in awe of what you are doing in our time! In Your name, amen. 

As my friend Dana said to me…how privileged we are to be able to dip our oar into the river of the movement of God, right here, right now! 

Thank you for joining me today. I pray this has filled your heart with hope and stirred you to prayer. The best is yet to come, friends. Keep your eyes on the nations... and watch what God will do through this generation!

News Sources Referenced:

• Barna Group - State of the Church 2025 Report
• CBN News - ECU Fraternity Revival Story
• American Bible Society - State of the Bible 2024
• Christianity Today
• Wall Street Journal
• Axios
• Various Christian news outlets covering campus revivals

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Prayer: The Most Important Thing You Can Do

Hello, friends, and welcome back to Nations 4 Jesus.

Today, I want to talk about what I believe is the most important thing you can do right now in obeying the Great Commission. It's not complicated. You don't have to leave your home. You don't have to spend money. You don't have to make any huge sacrifices—except some time.

The answer? Prayer.

Just pray!

The Bible is very clear that prayer changes things. Jesus—God in the flesh—prayed. Think about that for a moment. If Jesus, who had only three years on earth to accomplish everything He came to do, took time out of His incredibly busy schedule to pray, then He obviously wants us to pray frequently.

Listen to these examples: Luke 6:12 tells us Jesus spent the whole night praying to God before choosing His disciples. 

Matthew 14:23 says He went up on a mountainside by Himself to pray. 

Luke 3:21 and 9:28-29 describe Him praying at His baptism and on the mountain of transfiguration. 

And Matthew 26:36-45 shows us Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane before His crucifixion.

If Jesus prayed that much, how much more should we?

So here's my question: Why is prayer so often seen as the last resort rather than the first response? Why would we rather take some sort of action to fix a problem rather than go to God first?

I believe one of the main reasons is that we often don't truly believe that prayer will make any difference.

That fatalistic view of prayer often comes from our ultimate view of God. Let me ask you some questions:

Do we truly believe the words of the Bible? 

Do we believe that He is concerned and involved in every aspect of our own lives and the lives of the lost? 

Do we believe He has a plan for this world? 

Do we believe He is still in control, despite the things we see around us that would tell us otherwise?

Friends, it really comes down to one essential decision that Adam and Eve were asked to make in the Garden, and that we are asked to make every day in our own lives: Do we believe the truth of God, as shown to us in the Bible, or the lies of Satan?

Because for every truth of God, Satan counterfeits that with his own lie.

Many people, including many Christians, look at the world around them—even at their own lives—and take on a fatalistic view. They think nothing can change. The lies of Satan seem too powerful, too persuasive. They quietly accept the way things are, the status quo.

Yet, the status quo in our world today is not how God first created our earth or how He desires it to be functioning today. God's perfect way does not include war, killing, divorce, abortion, abuse, or slavery. Although He allows it, in His sovereignty, to ultimately accomplish His good purposes…while He was on earth, and today through the Holy Spirit, He battles evil and asks us to join Him.

Jesus shares a powerful story in Luke 18:1-8 about a widow who was seeking justice. She continued to persistently ask the judge for justice, until finally he gave her what she asked.

Jesus shared this story to show that we, as His disciples, "should always pray and not give up" (Luke 18:1). This type of praying is called petitionary prayer.

Let me share with you one of my favorite descriptions of petitionary prayer. Theologian David Wells wrote:

"Petitionary prayer is rebellion—rebellion against the status quo, the state of the world in its sin and fallenness. It is the absolute and undying refusal to accept as normal what is completely abnormal. It is the rejection of every agenda, every scheme, every opinion that clashes with God... a declaration that Evil is not a variation on Good but its very opposite."

Did you hear that? Prayer is rebellion! It's refusing to accept evil as normal!

Petitionary prayer is prayer that:

1. Believes that God does not want the current evil status quo to continue on earth
2. Believes that God can change things for the better through His power
3. Believes God will change things in response to the prayers of His people

Now, let me be clear: Prayer is not magic. It doesn't always work the way we expect. It's not something we do in our own strength, but a response to what God is already doing within us and in the world.

As Walter Wink wrote, "Our prayers are the necessary opening that allows God to act without violating our freedom. Prayer is the ultimate act of partnership with God."

It's recognizing that God is in control, He is acting, He will be faithful to our prayers, and He is asking us to join Him through prayer.

Let me share something beautiful I experienced while we were living in Seoul, South Korea. We attended Jubilee Church, and Pastor David did something I had never seen in a church before or since.

After he finished his sermon each Sunday, he would ask that we pray as a congregation about what we had just heard. He would pick out four or five main points from the sermon. For each point, he would first pray about it, and then he would have us—out loud—pray and talk to God about how we would have Him work in our lives and in the lives of others.

This would go on for about 15 to 20 minutes.

Friends, I cannot tell you how thrilling it was to stand amongst my brothers and sisters in Christ as we were all verbally, and at the same time, pouring out our hearts to the Lord! I believe it pleased the Lord greatly. And His blessings and use of Jubilee Church are very evident.

Pastor David ensured that prayer was not just something done quickly at the beginning and end of the service, as a sort of duty, but that it was an essential part of our time together. And I could almost see the smile on the face of God when He heard our times of prayer.

Prayer is especially significant for missions because in mission work, we come up against so much of the evil status quo and the fatalistic views of so many cultures.

Satan desires that Christians—whether in missions or in mission support—will doubt God's power to change. He doesn't want us to beseech the God of the Universe to bring unreached people groups to Himself because Satan will continue to lose ground.

Satan wants us to think that the situation is hopeless, that the people are a lost cause, that God doesn't care about them.

But friends, this is a battle for every soul! We must engage in petitionary prayer on behalf of the lost and in our own lives.

We must ask ourselves this question: "Do we really think God would fail to bring about justice for His chosen ones who cry to Him night and day? Will He keep putting them off?"

Jesus answered it for us in Luke 18:7-8: "I tell you, He will see that they get justice, and quickly."

So, what do we do? How do we go beyond a quick "bless the people in China and bring all the lost to You" into true spiritual warfare on behalf of the lost?

Well, God has provided a wealth of resources! Let me share some of my favorites with you.

Here are websites that I highly recommend for your daily prayer time:

Operation World (operationworld.org) - This incredible resource leads you in prayer for a different country every day. Not only will you pray very specific prayers for that country, but you'll also learn a lot about different nations in the process. They also have a mobile app and you can sign up for daily emails.

Unreached of the Day (unreachedoftheday.org) - Through Joshua Project, this resource helps you pray for a different unreached people group each day. They have a mobile app, daily podcast, and email subscription. It's a fantastic way to keep unreached peoples in front of you every single day.

Voice of the Martyrs (persecution.com) - This ministry focuses on the persecuted church. They have a Global Prayer Guide covering 68 countries where Christians face persecution, and they send out prayer updates to help you pray for and fellowship with persecuted Christians around the world. You can also sign up for their free 2026 Prayer Calendar and monthly magazine.

Open Doors (https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/) - This ministry also focuses on the persecuted church. They come out with the World Watch List which shows the 50 most persecuted nations in the world each year and provides numerous resources to pray for them.

If you look at the description of this podcast, you will see that I have listed each of these resources. 

Friends, prayer is effective and so very necessary. It moves the hand of God!

Listen to what Paul says in Colossians 4:3-4: "And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should."

And Jesus Himself said in Matthew 9:36-38: "When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.'"

So here's my challenge to you: Pick just one or two of these resources. Start small. Commit to praying for the nations for just 5-10 minutes a day.

Use Operation World to pray for a different country each day. Use Unreached of the Day to pray for a specific people group. Use Voice of the Martyrs or Open Doors to pray for the persecuted church.

As you pray, watch what God does in your heart. Watch how He breaks your heart for what breaks His. Watch how He grows your passion for the lost. Watch how He uses your prayers to move mountains you can't even see.

Because prayer is rebellion against the status quo. Prayer is partnership with God. Prayer is the most important thing you can do right now to obey the Great Commission.

Heavenly Father, You are sovereign and good! We don’t accept the lie that prayer doesn't work. We don't believe that nothing can change. We won't surrender to fatalism. Instead, Lord, we join Jesus in the battle through prayer. We cry out toYou for the lost. We intercede for the unreached. We will stand in the gap for the persecuted. Thank you for showing us through Your Word and Your Holy Spirit that our prayers matter. They change things. They move Your hand oh God. In Jesus’ name, Amen. 

Thank you for joining me today. I pray this has inspired you to become a warrior in prayer for the nations. Until next time, keep your eyes on the nations... and never stop praying.

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