Pray4Turkey

Thank you for joining over 6,000 people in praying during this Ramadan!

As you pray today look back over the past month and continue praying what God has put on your heart.

Pray that God will continue working powerfully in this place.

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April 8 2024

Thank the Lord for the love He has given you for the people of Turkey as you prayed for them to encounter Christ this Ramadan. Pray for Him to complete the good work he has begun in Turkey. Take time to listen to next steps God would have you take on behalf of the people of Turkey.

April 7 2024

When Peter arrived at Cornelius’ home in Acts 10, he found that Cornelius had “called together his relatives and close friends” to hear the good news from Peter. That day an entire relational network of family and friends came to faith. The woman at the well brought her relational network to Jesus in John 4 and they too, all came to faith. Pray that in Turkey whole families would come to faith. Pray that God will raise up many like Cornelius who will invite their entire relational network to follow Christ together.

April 6 2024

Last night many Muslims celebrated the "Night of Power" hoping that God would show up miraculously to change their circumstances (health, financial, relational, etc.). We continue to pray that they would encounter Jesus who already miraculously "showed up" as the Word who became flesh to change their current realities and eternity through His life, death, and resurrection.

April 5 2024

On or around the 27th night of Ramadan, Muslims celebrate the "Night of Power" as a special time that their prayers and good deeds count for more. They believe their chance of getting their prayers answered and miracles done are increased on this night. Pray for multitudes of Muslims from Turkey to encounter Jesus tonight in a dream or vision.

April 4 2024

Gaziantep is a diverse city of over 2 million located in southeastern Turkey. It is home to various ethnic backgrounds: Turks, Kurds, Turkmen, Syrian Arab and Southern ZaZa. There are many different people groups in Turkey in need of the gospel. Pray that Gaziantep and the region could be the beginnings of kingdom movements among all of the various people groups in Turkey.

April 3 2024

The past few years have been full of economic challenges in Turkey. Unemployment recently reached 14% and inflation has skyrocketed. All of this on top of the devastating earthquake in the southeast are making life difficult for the average Turk. Pray for provision for the people of Turkey. Pray that God blesses the Turkish church and they demonstrate Christ’s love through their generosity in these difficult times.

April 2 2024

Kayseri is a small city in central Turkey. The small church there is prayerfully working to serve the community and plant more churches. Many of the new believers in the city are young adults from Gen Z. Like their peers around the country, they abandoned Islam and were searching for truth. A team of young adults is planning to go serve in the city this summer alongside these youth. Pray that God would encourage and equip the young adults in Kayseri for the ministry of the church. Pray also that the summer trip would be a great encouragement to them and be a part of planting many seeds among other young adults in the city.

April 1 2024

Muslims (and all people, really) care deeply about their outward appearance or reputation in the community. But Jesus cares about the person's heart. Religion can change outward behavior but can't change inward attitudes—only the Spirit of God can do that. Pray for the people of Turkey to be convicted about their need for a clean heart and to seek out Jesus' teachings on the topic.

March 31 2024

When Peter arrived at Cornelius’ home in Acts 10, he found that Cornelius had “called together his relatives and close friends” to hear the good news from Peter. That day an entire relational network of family and friends came to faith. The woman at the well brought her relational network to Jesus in John 4 and they too, all came to faith. Pray that in Turkey whole families would come to faith. Pray that God will raise up many like Cornelius who will invite their entire relational network to follow Christ together.

March 30 2024

Tomorrow is a national election in Turkey for local municipalities. These elections will focus on mayors and other office-holders in Turkey’s 81 provinces, including Istanbul and Turkey’s capital, Ankara. Pray that the Lord will put mayors and other officials in position who will create an atmosphere that will cause more people to hunger for the kingdom of heaven. Pray that the disappointment for those whose candidates lost will spur them to seek after Jesus the best ruler and authority. Pray that those elated in their candidates victory will not be blinded into thinking their needs for security, provision, hope, will be satisfied in human leaders.

March 29 2024

The month of Ramadan is known as ‘the month of repentance,’ and so as we pray for a gospel movement to transform this nation, let us cry out for God’s Kingdom to come, for a spirit of repentance to fall on the peoples living in Turkey, whether they are Sunnis, Shiite, Sufi, or Christians from a Muslim background; rich and poor, young and old, male and female.

March 28 2024

Islam teaches an emotional worldview that Muslims are superior to non-Muslims. Lord, help believers in Turkey shed the sins that so easily entangle them and instead put on their "new self" finding their value comes from You.

March 27 2024

Muslims pray prescribed prayers five times a day. Lord, as people from Turkey turn to Christ, teach them how to keep spiritual rhythms, turning it into an intimate time with you and not simply a ritual.

March 26 2024

Muslims acknowledge Jesus as a prophet from God. Let their curiosity be sparked in this season for them to learn all that Jesus says about Himself. Specifically, that He is “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6) so that they may acknowledge Him as Lord and Savior.

March 25 2024

In Luke 9, Jesus raises up and releases the twelve to do the kingdom work that he had been doing.  In Luke 10, he sends seventy two more out into the harvest. He is raising up leaders and releasing them into ministry, multiplying the efforts of the kingdom. Pray that within the Turkish church there would be a generous focus on raising up and releasing leaders into ministry.

March 24 2024

Zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam, requires Muslims to donate a set percentage of their wealth each year to Muslim charities. The New Testament teaches Christians to give generously from the heart as opposed to a set percentage. Pray for the people of Turkey to be challenged by the contrast between a religious rule and a heart posture and to want to understand more about the "new heart" that the Bible teaches about (Ezekiel 36:26).

March 23 2024

Muslims and Christians use the same Arabic word for "fasting". And similar to what we learned yesterday about prayer, the meanings are fundamentally different. Muslim fasting is rigidly defined as no food, water, sex, or smoking from dawn to dusk. Christian fasting takes on many more forms. Muslim fasting is enforced (or broadly promoted) in Muslim countries during Ramadan. Jesus taught, "But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret...." (Matthew 6:16-18). Today we pray for Muslims in Turkey to come across Jesus' teaching about fasting in the Sermon on the Mount and be challenged to continue to investigate His teachings.

March 22 2024

At the founding of the Turkish Republic in 1923, Ankara was made the capital of Turkey. Located in north central Turkey, it also is a center of commerce and industry. There are a handful of churches in Ankara including five house churches. Pray that the body of Christ in Ankara will shine their light brightly, be unified and that many will come to faith and join one of these fellowships.

March 21 2024

The church in Turkey has made great strides in the past thirty years. Discipleship, as it is everywhere, is needed to grow young believers into Christlikeness. Pray that the Turkish church would develop a deeper culture of discipleship, raising up new believers to be disciple makers who make disciple makers. Pray for a discipleship training school that will be running this spring and pray for many more opportunities for training and equipping.

March 20 2024

The Islamic doctrine of abrogation means that some verses in the Quran can be "canceled out" by later verses. This is contrary to the unchanging nature of God in the Bible. "Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure…" (Hebrews 6:17–19) Today we pray for people in Turkey to see the unchanging nature of God, that it is impossible for him to lie, and to make him the anchor for their souls.

March 19 2024

Islam pursues political, societal, and top-down power structures. Christianity teaches bottom-up servant leadership. Christ calls all Christians to unity in the Body of Christ. Pray for Turkey to be transformed as Christians model Christian leadership principles, reject worldly power structures and contend for unity within the body, in both individual relationships and between churches.

March 18 2024

At over 14 million people within the city, Istanbul is the 9th largest city in the world. It holds an important place in history being the former capital of the Byzantine empire and the Ottoman Empire. It is in many ways one of the great gateway cities in the world as well, bridging Europe and Asia. Pray that God would raise up strong churches in Istanbul as a light to all of Turkey.

March 17 2024

The primary way Islam is growing globally is through birth rate. The primary way Christianity is growing globally is through movements of the Gospel. Pray for these movements to flow through Turkey and all Muslim lands.

March 16 2024

When the earthquake hit, the Turkish church quickly mobilized and came to the aid of the region. They reached out in love, offering food and clothing distribution, mobile clinics and the construction of shelters. They also sat and listened to the hearts of those who had experienced great loss, offering hope and love. The efforts continue today. Pray that the church would continue to love well and that Christ would use this disaster to draw many to himself.

March 15 2024

Many Muslims when faced with difficult questions about their religion fall back on the claim that God is unknowable. In Christianity, though we cannot fathom the fullness of who God is, we do believe that God revealed Himself to us in Christ and wants to be known by us. Today we pray for Muslims in Turkey to encounter God by knowing Christ.

March 14 2024

On February 6, 2023 a series of devastating earthquakes struck southeastern Turkey. The official estimates put the death toll at over 50,000. Thousands have moved into container homes, businesses struggle to re-open, rebuilding commences but at a slow rate. All are working through the trauma of the loss.  Pray for those in the region to experience the love and provision of Christ.

March 13 2024

Islam teaches that women cannot fast or pray when they are menstruating. We thank God that this is not a reality for us in Christ. Pray for women in Turkey today who cannot fast because they are menstruating and will have to make up this day of fasting later in the year by themselves. Pray for their hearts to be softened to a God who welcomes them into His presence any day of the year because of Christ's blood on the cross.

March 12 2024

Islam teaches that Muslims are born into Islam, inheriting the religion of their parents. Christianity teaches the opposite, each person must make a personal decision to follow Christ and His teachings. Today we pray into this issue and ask for God to give grace to Muslims in Turkey to question this teaching that they inherited their religion from their parents.

March 11 2024

In Islam, it is a sin to doubt. It leaves many Muslims with fear of eternal damnation if they question anything they have been taught about religion. Gen Z is the first generation of Turks with access to any information at any time through the smartphones in their hands and they are filled with doubt more than any other generation. A recent survey found that over 25% of 18 - 28 year olds in Turkey identify as atheists or agnostics. Pray that Gen Z would find the truth of Christ as they surf the Internet on their phones.

March 10 2024

In Islam God has 99 names–such as All-Merciful, The Beneficent, The Source of Peace–but none of those names is Love. Father God, who reveals yourself as the God of Love throughout the Bible, please reveal yourself to Muslims in Turkey with your true nature.