Fathers Who are Serious about Their God-Ordained Responsibility - Part IV

Calling All Dads!!!!

Another way dads can fulfill their responsibility to obey Ephesians 6:4 is to visit this web-site and share with their kids a different unreached people group and pray for God to work in that area.

Global Prayer Digest is a web-site designed to have the church pray for a different unreached people group every day of the year.

Here is an example from today's prayer topic:

Lematang People
by GC

“Aanjay, there are jobs in the city!” Matius announced. “This could be a chance to build our own future.” When they married, the Lematang custom required Matius (his name meaning “gift of God”) to move into his wife’s home. That would have been okay except that Aanjay’s older sister already had precedence. So Matius and Aanjay discussed how they could build their own future together. Matius had learned of a company exploring for oil and natural gas in an area within the traditional Lematang lands of southern Sumatra. “This could be our chance,” Aanjay agreed. The young couple began to make plans to get jobs with the company.
Generally, the Lematangs live as a community. Their houses face the roadway, which encourages people to visit with each other. Agriculture serves as their primary income and employment. Leaving the home village is rare, but acceptable. Even in another location they remain part of the group. When Matius and Aanjay move to the city, the people of their village will expect them to return for community activities and group decisions. Even if they leave Sunni Islam to follow Christ, they could still visit their home, but they would no longer be members of the community.

Pray that Christ-followers would heed God’s call to give out His Word to people working in the new industries coming to Sumatra. Pray that God would reveal His ultimate gift to the Lematang people.

Also, with each day's prayer topic, GPD offers a daily devotional you might want to share with your children as well.

Dads, this is just another easy and simple way to help your children know of the needs around the world and get them on God's agenda in praying for the world to turn to Christ and give Him the glory that is due His awesome name!

For your own personal devotion, dads, I encourage you to read Luke 10:2 and think about how God may use you (as you fulfill your God-given obligation) to pray with and for your children to go into the harvest field.