Prayer Journal

Please pray for unity among Afghan believers, particularly those in ministry, so we may stand as one for the sake of Gospel among the unreached peoples of Afghanistan. May our hearts be aligned, our mission clear, and our love for one another be a testament of Christ’s grace. Pray that unity may be the mark of the Afghan Christians and the Afghan church. Pray that, together, we can reach those who have yet to hear the Good News.

Please pray for some of our team members who are traveling to a closed country. Pray for their safety and protection. Pray that their journey may be fruitful as they are teaching in a conference on discipleship. They are also producing some short videos, sharing the message of hope of the Gospel.

Please pray for our ministry among Afghan refugees. This week, a colleague will join our partners in a refugee camp, leading worship, meeting with Afghan families, praying for their needs, and sharing Christ’s love. Pray for God’s protection, guidance, and the Holy Spirit’s presence, that hearts may be touched and lives transformed by God’s love.

Praise the Lord since the launch of our afghanschool.org website less than two weeks ago, it has been seen by over 800 Afghans and 12 of them have reached out to us to either begin a conversation or join a small group to learn more about Jesus! Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord, we were able to launch our Afghan School of Theology website. You will be able to find our teachings, preachings, Gospel-centred short responses, Afghan worship songs, Old and New Testament stories for children, and the Afghan Journal of Theology.

Please pray that the Lord uses this website to reach many Afghans with the Gospel!

While most of the content is not English, you can find a lot of descriptions of what each video is about to help you share it better with your Afghan friends! You can check our website at: https://www.afghanschool.org. Thank you for your continued prayers for us and for our ministry!

https://www.afghanschool.org

On this day, when the whole world celebrates International Women's Day, please pray for Afghan women, who continue to be more and more marginalized and pushed out of society into their homes by the Taliban. Please pray that in the midst of all the oppression, pain, and poverty that the women of Afghanistan experience, that they would come to know true freedom in Jesus. Please also pray for the tens of thousands of Afghan women are leaving Afghanistan. Pray for their safety and that the Lord would be their provider.

Here is an article to read a little bit more on the situation: https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2024/3/8/why-afghan-women-are-leaving-afghanistan

On behalf of the whole Lumens of Truth team, we want to say happy International Women's Day to all the women who read this. We value you and you have infinite dignity, being made in the image of the God of the universe. May the Lord bless today and may you feel loved and cherished.

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2024/3/8/why-afghan-women-are-leaving-afghanistan

As we are compiling all the data for 2023, we are so grateful and are celebrating the fact that our videos on TikTok have been watch over a quarter millions times. It is incredible to see that more and more Afghans are getting access to the Gospel through our ministry! Please pray that the Lord meets the Afghans, who do not know him yet, through these videos!

Please pray for Samir as he has restarted a Live Show, where he teaches through the different books of the Bible and has live conversations with Muslims who have questions about the Christian faith. This show used to be watched by 200-300 Afghans simultaneously on TikTok, and so many Afghans heard and engaged with the Gospel through it! Pray that the Lord would use these teachings and these conversations for his glory!

Please pray that 2024 would be year where the most number of Afghans come to know Jesus and their lives are transformed by the message of the Gospel! Please pray that His light would shine brighter through Lumens of Truth and other ministries serving the Lord among Afghans. Finally, please pray for more workers among the unreached peoples of Afghanistan.

Please take a moment on this Christmas Day more Afghans would come to know the love of God through Jesus! Pray that He would make our ministry a means for the many unreached peoples of Afghanistan to come to know Him!

We are really excited to begin publishing a video series we filmed called: "Why am I a Christian?". We have a group of Afghans, who share why they are followers of Jesus. This is very important because Afghan Christians are accused by others of changing their faith because of money or getting a visa to come to the West. In this series, they will have a chance to give their own reason for their faith! Please pray that this series would be effective and would touch the heart of Afghans watching these videos!

Please pray for us as we are in the process of producing a series of videos responding to Zakir Naik, who is a Muslim apologist that is watched by millions of Afghans. Zakir Naik misguides many Muslims regarding the message of the Gospel and the identity of Jesus. Please pray that God would open the eyes of many Afghans as they watch these videos!

These videos are in Dari and you can share it with your Afghan friends. Here is the link:

https://youtu.be/u_0w-99VgMk?si=4qOP3cVb_R0Fciw1

https://youtu.be/u_0w-99VgMk?si=4qOP3cVb_R0Fciw1