Thank you for joining
us for this great time of seeking the face of God on behalf of millions who
have never heard the message of our Lord Jesus. Today is Day 24 of our Season
of Prayer.
Today I want to simply share some of our thoughts
with you about the way we worship here in this neck of the woods. God has
gifted us with a very unique style and flavor of worship that is a blend of
many different cultures and is what I would call very “uplifting” and
“welcoming” to those who do not know Jesus but are at the seeker level and want
to know more about our awesome Lord Jesus.
The term
worship as I am using it here is related to describing the time in our “church
service/meeting” where those who are musically talented serve together to call
on the whole church body to seek the Lord together and sing praises to His Holy
name. 
We are very
grateful that God sent us a very talented and godly young man to serve along
side of us and help fill several leadership roles related to working with our
young people and leading our whole worship ministry. This is a picture of Garn.
He is actually not from Northern Thailand but is what we would call a
“Bangkokian.” He is from the Central Thai people group. He has been serving
with us for a little over 2 years now and is a great blessing to the work of
NTIM, Baan Athitaan Church, and Grace Language School.
Like all of the other full time Thai staff folks,
Garn is a first generation believer. In his “former” life, he was the
singer/leader of a rock band and grew to love music and enjoy singing. Now God
has taken this love for music and given Garn the opportunity to use his gifts
and talents for the expansion of the kingdom of God and for the building up of
His body.
Today we want to ask you to join us in praying for Garn in a special
way. Like all of our Staff, God is one of our key disciplers and mentors for
new believers and God is bringing him into a new phase of life with marriage
right around the corner. Many of you know Kim Matthews who came out with us
many years ago and who currently serves with a ministry called Baan Eden. Well,
to make a long story short, God has drawn Garn and Kim’s hearts together and
they are planning to be married this coming January 10. Please pray for them as
they enter this new season of their lives and ministry.
Prayer
Example: “Lord, thank You for loving us enough to send
someone into our lives to tell us about the gospel. We thank You for loving Garn
enough to send someone into his life to tell him about the gospel. We thank You
for loving others enough to send people like Garn into the lives of others to
tell them about the gospel. We want to take this moment and ask You to bless Garn
in a very special way. Help him to be salt and light in all that he does. Help
him as he serves You faithfully at Grace Language School and at Baan Athitaan Church.
We ask that You would be pleased to use him to help reach his family, his
friends, his neighbors, and many others from many different people groups in
Northern Thailand. We also pray that you would bless he and Kim and they
prepare for marriage. May You always be number one in their lives. Thank You
for Gahn’s work with Baan Athitaan Church and with NTIM and how he faithfully
serves You each and every day. We pray that You would give him great love and
wisdom as he pours his life into discipling young people in Northern Thailand
and as he leads out in worship and helping others use their gifts to serve You.
We pray this in Jesus name.”
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