Thank you for joining us this month as we take up “The Invitation” and join together with thousands of YWAMers from around the world as we pray and hear from God. This month we will be praying for The Send’s Events.

Topic suggested by The Send team and written by Madison Smucker in USA. Photo of participants at The Send taking off their shoes as a commitment to mission.

The mission events called The Send are expanding to several new countries over the next year. Already thousands of young people have come to stadium gatherings throughout the world, resulting in tens of thousands of mission commitments from 2019 until now: 58,975 commitments to go to the nations, 24,466 commitments to reach high schools, and 24,957 commitments to minister to vulnerable children, to name a few. Please take a moment right now to pray for The Send as events are planned for New Zealand, Scotland, the Philippines, South Africa, and many other nations. Please also pray with us on November 14, 2024, the prayer day for YWAM’s prayer initiative called The Invitation.

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1. Pray for unity among the churches and organizations The Send works with. We can’t do what we do without churches and people working year after year in the cities we are going to. We want to see them grow together and become more unified under the vision of seeing their communities being changed for and by the gospel.
2. Pray for God to stir the hearts of people in these nations to be active in the missional call on their lives. We believe everyone is called to something, whether it is in their own neighborhood or across the world.
3. Pray for financial provision. All our teams across the world need a lot of funding to do what they do. Pray they have the funds and other resources to host events well.
4. Pray for the release of stadiums and for contracts with vendors. Because of the large number of people at these gatherings, we need sports stadiums to hold our events. This can be challenging at times, because few vendors are used to working with events of this kind. Pray for favour as we work through decisions and negotiate with organizations and companies.
5. Pray for The Send’s upcoming events: New Zealand (November 23), Scotland (March 29), Finland (June 6). Other events planned for 2025: Philippines, Armenia, South Africa, and Norway.

Take Action

Visit thesend.org and help promote an upcoming event.

Join The Invitation

Sign up for prayer emails and find translations in many languages at ywam.org/theinvitation. Please contact us at [email protected] to let us know how you prayed, to recommend a prayer topic, or to request an advance copy of the prayer guide.

Thank you for joining us this month as we take up “The Invitation” and join together with thousands of YWAMers from around the world as we pray and hear from God. This month we will be praying for University Students.

Topic suggested by a participant in The Invitation survey; written by John Henry in USA. Photo of YWAM university ministry in Toronto.

This month please join YWAM as we pray for every college student and professor in the world to have the chance to encounter Jesus. The future will be shaped by these students’ ideas and practices as well as by the events that occur on their campuses. Pray also for YWAM Campus Ministries International, which comprises hundreds of  YWAMers “reaching the nations by reaching the university.” Please pray for students and professors right now and please also pray with us on October 10, our prayer day for the YWAM prayer initiative called The Invitation.

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1. Pray for a gospel witness in universities near your community. There are at least 25,000 universities worldwide. Nearly 14,000 are officially recognized universities in Europe, and about 6,000 are in Asia (source: National Center for Education Statistics). Pray for the gospel to be made known in the top-20 ranked university cities: London, Tokyo, Seoul, Melbourne, Munich, Paris, Sydney, Berlin, Zurich, Boston, Toronto, Vienna, Montreal, Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe, Singapore, Edinburgh, New York, Vancouver, Lausanne, and San Francisco (Source: ICEF Monitor). Pray for revivals on university campuses, as happened at Kentucky’s Asbury University last year.
2. Pray for students to know God and make Him known. As of July 2024, UNESCO estimated that there are 254 million students enrolled in universities worldwide, more than double the number of students enrolled 20 years ago. In a 2023 poll of over 90,000 students on 133 college campuses in the USA, 44 percent of all students were experiencing symptoms of depression, 37 percent had anxiety, and 15 percent considered suicide, the highest rate in 15 years (source: The Healthy Minds National Data Report, 2022-2023). Pray for the “Who I Am Weekend Intensive,” a YWAM Campus Ministries retreat that helps students overcome emotional and behavioural obstacles to identity and purpose.
3. Pray for the nations by praying for international students. When students are away from home, they need friendship and prayer. There are one million international students in the USA, including approximately 300,000 Chinese and 300,000 Indian scholars. Pray for YWAMers reaching internationals, like YWAM San Francisco’s ministry to 500 Chinese PhD scholars and their families at UC Berkeley and for YWAM’s Alpha Course for Internationals in Boston, where there are about 26,000 internationals at Northeastern University and Boston University. Pray international students would be empowered to reach their home countries with the gospel.
4. Pray for a new wave of YWAM workers. To date, participants at The Send gatherings (thesend.org) have made 22,623 commitments to help reach universities. Pray that they join or start new YWAM campus ministries, such as YWAM Potchefstroom’s (South Africa) Transformational Prayer, YWAM Philadelphia’s Prayer Stations at Temple University, or YWAM Madison’s Phos House ministry, which is a refuge for 14 students from six nations who need Christian community. Also, pray for laborers to join YWAM Puerto La Cruz (Venezuela) in this challenging time to assist with their RAICES seminars. Also pray for laborers to follow YWAM Toronto’s example, leading student outreaches and retreats. Pray for many more University Discipleship Courses with outreaches, internships, or fellowships that prepare students as witnesses for Christ in their sphere of influence. And pray for the next YWAM Campus Ministries International gathering in Thailand in November 2024.
5. Pray for former YWAMers studying in universities. Pray for their continued spiritual formation and commitment to Christ’s mission and that they study abroad as ambassadors for Christ. Pray that stories of faith and courage on campus would encourage a new generation to join Jesus’ mission.

Take Action

• Keep a prayer list of former YWAMers and others currently in university.
• Give hospitality to international students by providing transport, sharing meals, or offering language practice.
• Host a Who I Am Weekend Intensive for students in your community (ywamconverge.org).
• Pray on campus and post a video or blog about the prayer time (#PraytheCampus).

How We Prayed

June 2024: Pakistan

A participant wrote: “We … have responded to YWAM Pakistan through The Invitation as they pray, facing a mountain to move by their faith.”

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Thank you for joining us this month as we take up “The Invitation” and join together with thousands of YWAMers from around the world as we pray and hear from God. This month we will be praying about Human Trafficking.

Topic suggested on The Invitation Survey by a former YWAM student; written by Hanna Wade, Shine Seminar leader at YWAM Amsterdam, and Last Machingura, Executive Director of S-Cape Safe Home in South Africa. Photo by Sonika Agarwal on Unsplash.

According to the International Labor Association, as many as 50 million people are victimized in slavery today, and 12 million are children. They are enslaved and trafficked for labor, sex, organ removal, or forced marriage. Human trafficking is the second most profitable organized crime in the world, generating around $236 billion annually. Many organizations, including YWAM, seek to rescue victims of trafficking, and to prevent their exploitation in the first place (Luke 4:18-21). Please take a moment to pray about human trafficking right now, and also pray with us on the September 12 prayer day for YWAM’s prayer initiative called The Invitation.

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1. Pray for more awareness of the realities of human trafficking and exploitation around the world. For example, buying a cheap tee-shirt may support a child-labor factory, and consuming pornography supports sexual exploitation. (See www.exoduscry.com to learn more.)
2. Pray for initiatives that inform and support people vulnerable to being trafficked. Awareness, education, resources, and support are needed in vulnerable communities.
3. Pray for effective outreach and intervention initiatives. For example, many YWAM teams have outreaches in red-light districts, at strip clubs, and farms. They also do online outreaches. Pray for their safety and discernment, and pray for those they encounter to find freedom.
4. Pray for the rehabilitation of those who have escaped exploitation and trafficking. Many trafficking survivors have mental health challenges such as depression, anxiety, bipolar, or borderline personality disorder. Also pray specifically for the YWAM-affiliated safe home, S-Cape, in Cape Town, South Africa.
5. Policy and research. Pray for brave and godly politicians to stand up for justice and say no to corruption and personal gain. A large policy initiative going on at the moment is regulating the porn industry in the United States and Europe. They are asking organizations addressing lawmakers and politicians to bring age-verification laws to porn websites in an attempt to protect children from porn exposure. Please pray for groundbreaking initiatives started by Christians to continue to flourish and make a radical impact on governments and media.

Take Action

1. Research what’s happening with human trafficking in your community, and support local ministries, initiatives, and nonprofits.
2. Pray for and support YWAM intervention and aftercare ministries: Beloved1 in Wylie, Texas, USA; S-Cape in Cape Town, South Africa; Unstoppable Love in Bali, Indonesia.
3. For a deep-dive into this topic, join Shine Seminar, a six-week annual course focused on sexual exploitation which equips people to work with those in the sex industry. Email [email protected] with questions.
4. On October 19, the A-21 Campaign hosts Walk for Freedom in cities around the world and has multiple prayer initiatives. You can register here for a Walk for Freedom near you.

Join The Invitation.

Sign up for prayer emails and find translations in many languages at ywam.org/theinvitation. Please contact us at [email protected] to let us know how you prayed, to recommend a prayer topic, or to request an advance copy of the prayer guide.

Thank you for joining us this month as we take up “The Invitation” and join together with thousands of YWAMers from around the world as we pray and hear from God. This month we will be praying for YWAM’s Gathering in Manila.

Topic suggested and written by David Cole in Singapore and Garth Gustafson in Cambodia. Photo of the previous YWAM Together gathering in Thailand in 2018.

YWAM Together Manila 2024 will be an epic time as our global community gathers before Jesus as one family. Already by the end of June, 150 nationalities had registered for Manila 2024, speaking more than 70 languages and coming from more than 500 YWAM locations. There is great historical significance in this YWAM family gathering. YWAM’s founder, Loren Cunningham, “graduated” to glory last October, leaving a huge spiritual inheritance for us and the whole body of Christ. It has been a tender time for us in YWAM and a key moment in our journey. We are in a season of transition, similar to that in the book of Joshua. The coordinators of this event sense God emphasizing the book of Joshua for YWAMers to reflect on, and in particular this verse: “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you” (Joshua 3:5). Please take a moment to pray for YWAM Together Manila 2024 right now, and please also pray with us on the August 8 prayer day for YWAM’s prayer initiative called The Invitation.

1. Pray for each person and family coming, for release of provision, favour with visas, good health, safe travel, and protection.
2. Pray for our YWAM Philippines family and the wider Filipino body of Christ, that as hosts they would be deeply encouraged, strengthened and blessed through this global gathering in their nation.
3. Pray with us for a deep work of the Holy Spirit in our midst in Manila and consecration to the Lord, resulting in even greater depths of love and unity among us.
4. Pray for God to give a fresh revelation to each person attending, giving them refreshment, courage and understanding of the specific role and task that God has for them in seeing the fulfilment of the Great Commission.
5. Pray for the clear word of the Lord to come to us as the YWAM family as we move together into the future in deep unity and with clarity of vision together.

 Take Action

1. Register now and make plans to be there: https://www.yt2024.com.
2. Sponsor financially those who are coming or desire to come but do not have the resources (see website for details).
3. Send outreach teams to the Philippines to work with the body of Christ to reach the younger generation. Email [email protected].

Global Prayer Initiative

Please continue praying with us in preparation for the YWAM global gathering in September in the Philippines. Here is the prayer video for this month: Y Global Prayer Initiative #9.

Join The Invitation.

Sign up for prayer emails and find translations in many languages at ywam.org/theinvitation. Please contact us at [email protected] to let us know how you prayed, to recommend a prayer topic, or to request an advance copy of the prayer guide.

Thank you for joining us this month as we take up “The Invitation” and join together with thousands of YWAMers from around the world as we pray and hear from God. This month we will be praying for the Paris Olympic Outreach.

Topic suggested by YWAM Paris Connect, written by Steph Gomez in Paris. Photo of a YWAM outreach event in Paris.

As the 2024 Paris Olympic Games (July 26 – August 11) draw near, YWAM’s teams in Paris ask for your prayers. Many YWAM teams will come to Paris to share the message of Jesus with visitors from many nations. YWAM missionaries in Paris report seeing more openness, salvations, healings, and fruitfulness in their city than ever before. According to one YWAMer, “Paris seems ready for an incredible move of God.” A century ago, during the previous 1924 Olympics in Paris, Olympian Eric Liddell chose not to compete in the 100-meter run because the race was scheduled on a Sunday. Although it was his strongest event, he held to his conviction. Many have been inspired by his devotion. Please join us in prayer that people will remember moves of God at the 2024 Olympics, not just the medals. Please take a moment to pray right now and also join us on July 11 for our prayer day for YWAM’s prayer initiative called The Invitation.

1. Pray for gospel impact. Pray that we can share the message of Jesus with visitors from every nation represented in Paris during the Olympics and that the fruit may multiply in individuals’ home nations. Also pray that the Word bears fruit in many hearts and minds.
2. Pray for safety. Pray that no threats of terrorism would come to fruition and that no act of violence or destruction would take place. Also pray that every person would be safe during the games.
3. Pray for youth empowerment. Ask Jesus that during this time young people will boldly share the radical love of Jesus with others. Pray that youth would be on fire for the Lord and would have a growing passion for missions.
4. Pray for church unity and collaboration. Pray for greater unity among French and international churches, that they would work together in collaborative projects that serve the city of Paris and the nations with the love of Jesus.
5. Pray for city-wide impact. YWAM Paris Connect hopes to impact all areas of Parisian society strategically with the gospel of Jesus, promoting change and transformation through service and compassion.

Take Action

YWAM Paris Connect invites you to pray for the outreach every day of the Olympics. You can follow them on Instagram @jemparisconnect and @ywamparisconnect or visit their outreach website: www.ywamparisjetaime.com.

Global Prayer Initiative

Please continue praying with us in preparation for the YWAM global gathering in September in the Philippines. Here is the prayer video for this month: Y Global Prayer Initiative #8.

Join The Invitation.

Sign up for prayer emails and find translations in many languages at ywam.org/theinvitation. Please contact us at [email protected] to let us know how you prayed, to recommend a prayer topic, or to request an advance copy of the prayer guide.

Thank you for joining us this month as we take up “The Invitation” and join together with thousands of YWAMers from around the world as we pray and hear from God. This month we will be praying for Pakistan.

Topic suggested by N., and written by J., both in Pakistan. Photo of participants in YWAM Pakistan’s Discipleship Training School praying for the country. Photo by YWAM Pakistan.

YWAM in Pakistan, numbering more than 100 workers, brings discipleship to a persecuted church, and practical assistance to those struggling with poverty and natural disasters. They work in a country that is 96 percent Muslim, with the second highest population of Muslims in the world, after Indonesia. Please take a moment to pray for Pakistan right now, and also pray with us on June 13, the prayer day for YWAM’s prayer initiative called The Invitation.

1. Pray for the church in Pakistan. Pray for provision: many members are very poor, holding jobs such as street sweepers or workers in brick factories. Pray for protection: many face discrimination, persecution, and the threat of legal action against them. Pray for multiplication: pray for the Lord to raise up believers to share the gospel and influence society.
2. Pray for ministry among the unreached. Joshua Project says there are 236 million unreached people in Pakistan. Pray for Bible translation. Pray for fruitful partnerships among the unreached.
3. Pray for YWAM’s Discipleship Training School. Churches have been planted in different parts of the country through Discipleship Training School (DTS) graduates and YWAM staff. Through DTS, YWAM Pakistan hopes to train and equip 30 Pakistani young men and women from across the country each year. They also hope to add DTS programs with a special focus, such as the Tribal DTS.
4. Pray for YWAM’s training and mercy ministry. Currently YWAM Pakistan is involved in community development, sewing centers, elementary schools, women’s seminars, outreaches, sports ministry, and children’s ministry.They also currently run a School of Worship and hope to add the School of Biblical Studies, School of Frontier Mission, and other training programs. Prayer and financial support are needed.

Take Action

If you would like to support YWAM Pakistan or get involved with them, you can reach them at [email protected].

Global Prayer Initiative

Please continue praying with us in preparation for the YWAM global gathering in September in the Philippines. Here is the prayer video for this month: Y Global Prayer Initiative #7.

How We Prayed

Sri Lanka (April, 2024)

YWAM in Madison, USA, formed small prayer groups to pray for Sri Lanka. They sensed that Christians would be reconcilers in that nation: “You will be known by your love for one another.”

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Sign up for prayer emails and find translations in many languages at ywam.org/theinvitation. Please contact us at [email protected] to let us know how you prayed, to recommend a prayer topic, or to request an advance copy of the prayer guide.

Thank you for joining us this month as we take up “The Invitation” and join together with thousands of YWAMers from around the world as we pray and hear from God. This month we will be praying for the Cunningham Legacy Tour.

Topic suggested by Garth Gustafson in Cambodia and written by Dawn Gauslin in Hawaii.

Thank you, YWAM Global Family, for your prayers for Darlene Cunningham and the first 2024 Cunningham Legacy Tour. Darlene and team (Giacomo Coghi, Garth Gustafson, David Hamilton and others) have completed the final leg of the Americas Tour, where several thousand YWAM leaders and staff gathered at the events in Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, USA and Brazil. Dar shares that these times with the YWAM family have far exceeded her hopes and expectations as each gathering celebrated Loren’s life and reflected on YWAM’s true leader, Jesus. There have been amazing moves of God’s Spirit among those who attended, and great excitement and anticipation for the bright future God has for YWAM. Please take a moment right now to pray for Darlene and the Legacy Tour, and please also pray with us on May 9, the prayer day for YWAM’s prayer initiative called The Invitation.

1. The first prayer point is praise and thanksgiving! As you may know, Darlene was quite ill for several months following Loren’s graduation. Barely out of the woods from pneumonia–the final ailment that threatened to keep her home–she set out on this Legacy Tour in faith that God would heal and energize her. Thanks to your prayers and His response, she has been wonderfully sustained “on the road,” as she seeks to do the things God asks her to do, and take the rest she needs, leaving some parts for other team members to do. Pray for continued strength and wisdom for Darlene.
2. Upcoming Cunningham Legacy events are posted on LorenCunningham.com in the “New” section. 2024 includes Central Asia, Norway, Mongolia, South Korea, South Africa, Nigeria and New Zealand. More events are shaping up for 2025. Please pray for each of these events, for fresh words of the Lord to emerge for the thriving future God has for YWAM and for new young leaders to be called and say “Yes.”
3. Continue to pray for those impacted by the Tanzania tragedy and the fatal car crash last year in Brazil. Honoring these fallen heroes has been a focus of each Legacy Event, sending out a “Macedonian Call” for others to rise up and fill the space their departures created. Pray that God will accomplish the victory He has in His heart to do, to redeem what the enemy intended for evil and defeat.

Global Prayer Initiative

Please continue praying with us in preparation for the YWAM global gathering in September in the Philippines. Here is the prayer video for this month: Y Global Prayer Initiative #6.

Join The Invitation

Sign up for prayer emails and find translations in many languages at ywam.org/theinvitation. Please contact us at [email protected] to let us know how you prayed, to recommend a prayer topic, or to request an advance copy of the prayer guide.

Thank you for joining us this month as we take up “The Invitation” and join together with thousands of YWAMers from around the world as we pray and hear from God. This month we will be praying for Sri Lanka.

Topic suggested and written by Eva Rasiah in Sri Lanka. Photo of a YWAM event in a marginalized tea harvester community. Photo by YWAM Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is a beautiful island nation just off the southern tip of India whose 22 million inhabitants have been through a lot: decades of ethnic tension and civil war, a devastating tsunami, Islamist terror attacks in 2020, and a major economic and political crisis in 2022. The people of Sri Lanka need your prayer and support! Please take a moment to pray for Sri Lanka right now, and please also join us on the April 11th prayer day for YWAM’s prayer initiative called The Invitation.

1. Pray for the many families, widows and orphans in Sri Lanka who suffer in severe poverty. They live in underserved neighborhoods and have only dirty well water to drink. Without sufficient schooling, thousands of children face a difficult future. Pray for YWAM workers and other Christians around the island to join hands to meet the physical, educational and spiritual needs of Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims.
2. Pray for more drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs and facilities, especially in the Tamil-speaking parts of the country. Among young Sri Lankans alcoholism and drug addiction are widespread, resulting in an increase of crime and suicide.
3. Pray for ministries to train counselors. Often Sri Lankans who suffer the affects of domestic violence or child abuse cannot get mental health services. Please pray for Christian ministries that will train believers and social workers to counsel effectively and to promote inner healing.
4. Pray for national reconciliation. Though the civil war ended 15 years ago, tensions and mistrust remain among the ethnic groups of Sri Lanka. Join us in prayer for deeper reconciliation, mutual understanding, justice and equality among the Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims in Sri Lanka.  
5. Please pray for YWAM in Sri Lanka to take root, grow and bear fruit that will give glory to our Father in heaven. Please pray for YWAM to launch training programs such as schools of counseling, School of Biblical Studies, and School of Worship. Pray for young people to bring light into every sphere of society. Also pray for the church of Jesus Christ to grow and shine in this nation.

Take Action

If you are passionate about drug rehabilitation, counseling or training, come and join the YWAM Sri Lanka team. If you would like to bring an outreach team, YWAM Sri Lanka will help you figure out the details. You can contact them at [email protected].

Global Prayer Initiative

In order to prepare for the YWAM Together meeting in September in the Philippines, please watch this video April’s Update and pray with us.

Join The Invitation.

Sign up for prayer emails and find translations in many languages at ywam.org/theinvitation. Please contact us at [email protected] to let us know how you prayed, to recommend a prayer topic, or to request an advance copy of the prayer guide.

Thank you for joining us this month as we take up “The Invitation” and join together with thousands of YWAMers from around the world as we pray and hear from God. This month we will be praying for YWAM’s Ministries to the Deaf.

Topic suggested by a participant in The Invitation in Liberia; written by Carole McClelland in Jamaica. Photo of a Nepali man signing the word “Jesus.” Photo from YWAM Deaf World.

According to YWAM’s Deaf World ministry, the 70 million Deaf individuals worldwide constitute one of the largest unreached people groups. They form unique cultures, which YWAM Deaf World recognizes by capitalizing the word “Deaf.” There are more than 300 sign languages worldwide, and only one of those has a complete video Bible translation. According to YWAM Deaf World, only an estimated two percent of the Deaf have embraced Christianity. Please take a moment right now to pray for the Deaf, and please also pray with us on March 14th, the prayer day for YWAM’s prayer initiative called The Invitation.

1. Pray for the ongoing work of Bible sign language translation. The American Sign Language Version is the only complete Bible available in video format. There are about 80 translation projects in different stages of development all over the world. More people passionate about the Bible and highly skilled in those sign languages are needed.
2. Pray for YWAM Deaf World, a new ministry and resource to expand YWAM Deaf ministries worldwide. The purpose is to raise up the Deaf and those fluent in sign language to become missionaries by equipping them for success to reach Deaf people groups worldwide. Pray for more staff and finances to provide training and support to those in YWAM locations working with the Deaf and those wanting to get started.
3. Pray for the multiplication of Deaf Discipleship Training School students and staff around the world. The most effective way to reach the Deaf world is by sending Deaf missionaries as passionate lovers of Jesus, but they first need to be ignited, discipled, and supported. We need more fluent signers to train more leaders.
4. Pray for unity and collaboration among Christian organizations working to reach the Deaf. The amount of collaboration is growing fast. The different approaches, styles, and strategies among organizations can make partnerships challenging, but the Holy Spirit is breaking down barriers and making a way.

Take Action

To get involved in working with the Deaf through YWAM, visit ywamdeafworld.org. For information on sign-language Bible translation, go to deafbiblesociety.com.

Global Prayer Initiative

In order to prepare for the YWAM Together meeting in September in the Philippines, we are called to a three-day fast, March 26-28. Please watch these videos: Y Global Prayer Initiative #3 (Garth, Paul D & Rachel D), and  Y Global Prayer Initiative #4 (Sun Awh & Josh Cole).

How We Prayer

January, 2024: Oral Bible Translation

“Greetings from Zambia. I would like to join as a Bible translator in Zambia. I have a passion for translation. I hope to hear from you soon” (L.M.).

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Sign up for prayer emails and find translations in many languages at ywam.org/theinvitation. Please contact us at [email protected] to let us know how you prayed, to recommend a prayer topic, or to request an advance copy of the prayer guide.

Thank you for joining us this month as we take up “The Invitation” and join together with thousands of YWAMers from around the world as we pray and hear from God. This month we will be praying for YWAM’s Global Prayer Initiative.

Topic suggested by David Cole in New Zealand, written by Garth Gustafson in Cambodia. Photo by YWAM Battambang, Cambodia.

The global YWAM family will gather in Manila from September 3-6, and the organizing team invites every YWAMer, across all ministries, communities, locations, and campuses, to prepare. Please set aside the third week of each month from February to September for corporate prayer and fasting. We acknowledge the significance of this time in history. Our founder and spiritual father, Loren Cunningham, has transitioned to glory. At the same time, YWAM is strategically positioned to catalyze a historic move of God. In support of this global YWAM family prayer initiative, we will share a brief video every month to inspire unified, corporate prayer for the nations, the mission, and the body of Christ. The first video comes from Andy Byrd of YWAM Kona. Please join us on February 8, the prayer day for YWAM’s prayer initiative called The Invitation, and please pray with us during the third week of each month.

1. Pray for YWAM Together Manila 2024. From September 3-6, the whole YWAM Global family will be gathering as staff and students for the first time since 2018. Please pray that as many staff and students as possible would join us and that it would be a catalytic time for our mission.
2. Pray for YWAM in this season. As you listen to the launch video from Andy Byrd and hear about the importance of the tender season that we are in with Loren’s passing, please pray that we would not miss out on anything God has for YWAM as we go forward.
3. The global body of Christ. As we are living in such a critical time, please pray in YWAM we would be key catalyzers and unifiers in the whole body of Christ to see this generation turn to God in a new and world-changing way.
4. A fresh youth movement. As God birthed YWAM through the vision of the waves of young people going from every nation to every nation, please pray for a fresh release of a new wave of workers in this generation, starting with Gen Z and beyond.

Take Action:

1. Contact your supporters and friends and ask them to intercede and fast during the third week of every month, January through September. Start by watching the launch video through this link: Y Global Prayer Initiative, later on watch this video Darlene talks about Y Global Prayer Initiative. Below there are short summaries for both videos but we recommend you watch them.

• First video: Andy Byrd of YWAM Kona speaks of a tender season of reflection he senses in YWAM after the passing of our founder, Loren Cunningham. Andy says this is a window of opportunity for God to test our thoughts (Psalm 139), for us to make things right with each other (Matt 5:24), for a spirit of revelation to land in our hearts (Eph 1:17-18), and for us to gain fresh vision and clarity, so we can run into fruitfulness (Hab 2:2). Andy also has been reminded of Joy Dawson’s words to him over the phone right before her passing in 2022. She was concerned that YWAM’s leaders not lose the passion for intercession, and she wanted Andy to pass this message on to as many leaders as possible. Andy said he and other leaders don’t want the place of intercession to grow weak in YWAM. Maybe we are not as covered as we should be. Maybe we are more vulnerable than we realize. Andy challenged YWAMers to be like Bartimaeus who cried out to God for the breakthrough he knew Jesus could give him. Andy urged YWAMers to be the presence-centered people God has always called us to be, for leaders to not grow so busy that they don’t close the door and cry out to the Father, for locations and families to re-prioritize and rekindle a hunger for a worship and prayer lifestyle. He encouraged every location to set aside the third week of each month leading up to September for united prayer. He said “I’m excited for these months ahead of us and excited to be together in Manila.”

• Second video: Darlene began by thanking everyone for all the care she has received. She said she misses Loren, chatting with him. In the decisions, they went to Jesus together, which she can still do. She wants that for all of us in YWAM too. In his video, Andy said this is a time of tenderness. Darlene reflected on that word. She said we were formed in YWAM on the word of the Lord. That’s what Loren’s book, Is That Really You God, focused on. What is in our DTS curriculum: how to hear the voice of the Lord. Darlene recalled the early days in YWAM. They prayed for the nations every day. She asked, “What was the word of the Lord that brought you to the place where you are?” We must always depend on the voice of the Lord. In those first years, they would wait on the Lord, and they would go to each other and make things right. God wants to speak to us. Jesus said, I don’t do anything on my own, I hear from my Father. How much more ourselves? Resist the enemy. Seek a clean heart. Darlene said, as we prepare our hearts to go together to the Philippines, this will be our first gathering in six years. Ask if God wants you to go to the Philippines. I believe God wants to speak to us when we are all gathered. I look forward to seeing you in person. Pray, intercede, walk in unity together, and just see what remarkable things God is going to do in the future.

1. Sign up your team for YWAM Together 2024 in Manilla. Click the link www.yt2024.com before April 30 to get the early-bird price.

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Sign up for prayer emails and find translations in many languages at ywam.org/theinvitation. Please contact us at [email protected] to let us know how you prayed, to recommend a prayer topic, or to request an advance copy of the prayer guide.

Thank you for joining us this month as we take up “The Invitation” and join together with thousands of YWAMers from around the world as we pray and hear from God. This month we will be praying for Oral Bible Translation.

Topic suggested by Chong Ho Won in Hawaii, written by J.C. in Nepal. Photo of an Oral Mother Tongue translation session in Nigeria, by YWAM OMT

Please pray for Bible translation this month, the passion of YWAM’s founder Loren Cunningham, who died in October of 2023. Thousands of languages, spoken by hundreds of millions of people, still do not have a Bible. The goal of the Oral Mother Tongue (OMT) approach is that the Bible be accurately and clearly translated by mother-tongue speakers into their languages. This can be accomplished in as little as two years. Since launching OMT in May 2023, YWAM Nigeria alone has finished 30 translations that have been received with joy by churches, who testify to their accuracy. Please pray for oral Bible translations by taking a few minutes right now, and please also pray with us on January 11, our prayer day for YWAM’s prayer initiative called The Invitation.

1. Pray for the launching of a global prayer movement in YWAM that would birth a global translation movement.
2. Pray for more bright examples of OMT around the world, like the work Paul Dangtoumda is doing in YWAM Nigeria to equip and strengthen YWAMers with testimonies and with methods that can be replicated.
3. Pray for grassroots funding to accompany the prayer movement. For OMT to remain a movement, it must remain modular and decentralized in its finances.
4. Pray for renewed pioneering grit and grace to sweep the global YWAM family as we embrace the OMT vision that every mother tongue in the world would have the full Bible.

Take Action

• Register at prayomt.com to pray for a Bibleless language. While there, get familiar with a wide range of OMT documents.
• Start a weekly prayer group and adopt a Bibleless people group to pray for and fund.

Join The Invitation

Sign up for prayer emails and find translations in many languages at ywam.org/theinvitation. Please contact us at [email protected] to let us know how you prayed, to recommend a prayer topic, or to request an advance copy of the prayer guide.