A Call to Prayer

Always in sincerity, prayer brings us closer to our Creator and closer to our Christian brothers and sisters and opens our eyes to the needs of others. “Prayer does not bring God down to us, but brings us up to Him.” Steps to Christ, 93.

There is a field of labor worldwide. This is true. Yet, the Western world has had much light that the third world countries have not had. Take a look, for example, at Africa, China and India. In these countries there has been great darkness. These countries need the light of the Gospel, like we all do, and as does another much smaller country with a huge population—Bangladesh.

In this “Call to Prayer,” God would be pleased if we remember these people. There are 160 million people, in a country slightly smaller than the United States state of Iowa (55,598 square miles), living in abject poverty. Bangladesh, 90 percent Muslim and 9 percent Hindu, has been in relative darkness to the love of God and the infinite sacrifice of His beloved Son, but there is a glimmer of light appearing on the horizon as a few faithful missionaries labor diligently with skimp available resources and pitiable working and living conditions.

After spending a month in Bangladesh working with the faithful few, we realized that, humanly speaking, the work of spreading the Gospel is well nigh impossible … the language barrier alone being an almost insurmountable wall. Amazing though it sounds, in every village we attended, hundreds of thirsting souls came to the night time, open air meetings, to hear the message of salvation through Christ, many coming forward to receive the word of God in a simple way into their hearts—Muslim and Hindu alike. All thanks and praise to God!

We are excited to share with you these happenings so that we can all pray together in unity through the Spirit so that souls may be saved and Jesus can come to redeem His people.

“Oh, that the earnest prayer of faith may arise everywhere, Give me souls buried now in the rubbish of error, or I die! Bring them to the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus.” This Day With God, 171.

“Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause.” I Kings 8:49.

Amen.