Mark 12

I read Mark 12: 28-34 yesterday morning and was really gladdened by those words.  I hope you can take a look too and pray with us that the Lord will move Uyghurs like he moved that one scribe.   The passages says that this scribe could see that Jesus answered well (the discussion, debate between Jesus and other Sadducees) and then, at the end, Jesus said that he answered Jesus' question wisely and that he was "not far from the kingdom of God."

I wish this account didn't end there.  I wish verse 34 was followed by a verse 35 that shares about the wild welcome of this scribe and his whole family, his whole town coming to Christ.  It doesn't say it there in Mark, but we can pray that it would be written in the lives of Uyghurs in China-  that many would not be far, and that they would even enter into the kingdom of God through Christ and that there would be great rejoicing and widespread turning to Christ among the Uyghurs of China.

400- 1000

We've heard estimates that there are 400-1000 new Uyghurs students on a university campus nearby.  Would you please pray with us that the Lord will open doors to enter into this community of students?  Because they are minorities, and these students especially cannot speak Chinese or English- only Uyghur- they stick together very closely.  May the Lord make an inroad for his name!

There are very few foreigners who are serving the Uyghur people who can speak any Uyghur.  Would you once again ask for grace for us in language study (this semester will be the heaviest load I've yet taken in language- phew!) and will you pray that the Lord will open doors for relationships, opportunities to shine his light and share his love with these needy, new friends?

I hope to get some pictures soon so that you can join me on a virtual prayer walk on this campus!  Stay tuned...

Psalm 67

Make Your Face Shine upon Us

To the choirmaster: with vstringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.

67 May God wbe gracious to us and bless us

and make his face to xshine upon us, Selah

2 that yyour way may be known on earth,

your zsaving power among all nations.

3 aLet the peoples praise you, O God;

let all the peoples praise you!

4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,

for you bjudge the peoples with equity

and guide the nations upon earth. Selah

5 aLet the peoples praise you, O God;

let all the peoples praise you!

6 The earth has cyielded its increase;

God, our God, shall bless us.

7 God shall bless us;

let dall the ends of the earth fear him!

Fresh Fuel

The Finish the Mission conference is set to be held by Desiring God in Minneapolis this next weekend.

Might you find (make?) time to tuck away a bit and let yourself be challenged, refreshed by these messages?  We are eagerly looking forward to these words to be presented and praying boldly that the Lord will use this time to rise up many new workers for his harvest field!

Here's the link to watch the messages by live streaming:   http://desiringGod.org/live