The Lost

And 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."Matthew 9:37-38

The latest data I could find on Christian missionaries was from 2002. The world population is approximately six billion people. There are now approximately 140,000 protestant missionaries. Approximately 64,000 of which are from the United States but only 6% of these missionaries to go Islamic countries. It is sad when we consider the greater than one billion Muslims in the world and the very few number of missionaries who are reaching out to them. I remember the story in Luke 16 of the rich man and Lazarus. The rich man went down to Hades and Lazarus ascended into the heavens. The rich man from Hades begged for Lazarus just to put his finger in the water and put a drop of water onto his tongue and to send a message to his brothers so they could avoid his fate. I remember reading somewhere the story, that if we could truly imagine what it would be like to be present when one lost soul is cast out from God's presence and has to descend into hell for an eternity, it would change out lives and cause us to want to reach out to others and share with them the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Lord, we as Christians and our churches, need to awaken from our apathy, to see that there is a lost and fallen world around us and that literally millions are dying without the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

Lord, we trust in you and your justice, in your mercy and your wisdom. Lord, we pray that you will help awaken us from our slumber, give us a passionate fire inside of us to reach out to those who do not know you.

Mike McMahon

"You can't go on heavenly missions without heavenly fire." - D. L. Moody

Prayer Power

Lord, we pray for all the people who do not know you. Lord, we pray that they may come to know you. Lord, help us to reach out to them in whatever way that we can to share your story with them. In Christ's name, Amen.