MTS provides prayer points from apprentices, trainers, churches, and ministry partners around Australia, and around the world. Please support us in prayer as we seek to multiply gospel workers through ministry apprentices.
Thursday 19 December 2024
Dear Lord of the Harvest, We thank you for those completing their apprenticeship this month. Please lead them in finishing up responsibilities, handing over and transitioning to what is next. Please keep spurring them on in serving Jesus for a lifetime. Amen.
Friday 20 December 2024
Lord, Please ensure that final preparations, arrangements and fundraising for all the apprenticeships starting in January will go smoothly. Amen.
Saturday 21 December 2024
Lord, Thank you so much for the privilege it is to serve you. Thank you that Australia is a safe country where we can freely pray to you and safely go to church. We ask for safety and peace for international missionaries that may not be in a safe area or country. Thank you for their service Lord and please look after all of their needs. May many people come to know you through them. Amen.
Sunday 22 December 2024
Father, We praise and thank you for your sovereignty over MTS throughout 2024. May your favour continue to shine on us in 2025. Amen.
Monday 23 December 2024
Dear God, We praise and thank you for the donations currently raised during our Christmas Appeal. With a week to go, we pray for generous hearts to reflect the abundant generosity of God who gave us His son. Amen.
Tuesday 24 December 2024
Dear Lord, We think of those who find Christmas difficult – for the sick, the grieving, the lonely and the homeless. Lord, comfort them this Christmas. Amen.
Wednesday 25 December 2024
God Almighty, Thank you for sending your one and only Son into the world to live, die, and rise again. God, we pray that this Christmas many in our churches, universities, and communities would come to you, and see that Jesus is the BEST gift of all. Thank you for this good news of great joy. Amen.
Thursday 26 December 2024
Thank you Lord for the gift of Christmas. We pray that many saved and unsaved families enjoyed a church service yesterday. May they be encouraged, and convicted to attend church more often to hear more about your love and grace. We know that we can never repay you for the gift of salvation. Help us not be scared to evangelise. Amen.
Friday 27 December 2024
Father, We pray for SUFM Beach Missions that are happening around Australia, that they would be a great time to introduce and encourage holidaymakers with the good news of Jesus. Amen.
Saturday 28 December 2024
Dear God, We pray for Russell Smidt as he speaks at the PYNSW Summer Camp in December and January. Help him to proclaim Christ and equip young people to follow Jesus. Amen.
Sunday 29 December 2024
Dear Father, We thank you for the MTS Staff and ask for rest and refreshment over the Christmas break spending time with their church communities, family and friends. Amen.
Monday 30 December 2024
Father God, As we head into a new year, we pray that government officials and politicians would turn to you. We ask that they would see the light of Jesus. We pray that they will consider you when making decisions. Above all, we know that you are in control and thank you for that. Our future is in your very capable and loving hands. Amen.
Tuesday 31 December 2024
Dear Lord, Please use the New Years celebrations and the contemplation that goes with it to turn people’s hearts back to you. Please bring millions of people back to you Father in Australia in 2025. Amen.
Wednesday 1 January 2025
Dear Heavenly Father, Please use the New Years celebrations and the contemplation that goes with it to turn people’s hearts back to you. Please bring millions of people back to you in Australia in 2025. And please Father work all things together so that MTS might hit its target of raising up 233 MTS Trainers by 2026. We ask in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.
Thursday 2 January 2025
Lord, Thank you for the many Christmas Carol events held towards the end of last year. We pray that your message is not forgotten in the hearts of those who watched and attended. Help them not to see Christmas as just a holiday, but to come to understand the whole gospel message. Help those who loved the carols events to give “going to church” a go in 2025. Amen.
Friday 3 January 2025
Dear Lord, As many people return to work after a break, we are thankful for a time of rest. Help us now as we dive back into work – help us not to be overwhelmed or anxious. Help us to be productive and mindful of others. Thank you for what you’re going to do this year. Amen.
Saturday 4 January 2025
Father, We pray for CMS Summer School commencing in Katoomba today. We thank you for all those who are undertaking new Missions work in 2025, and for all those who have already gone out into the world. May they be greatly encouraged by meeting together, and please give your wisdom to all the speakers this year. Amen.
Sunday 5 January 2025
Thank you Father for the new Ministry Apprentices starting this year. We pray that they grow strongly in their faith these next 2 years. We ask that you would help them on each of their ministry journeys, to sustain them and to be challenged in a godly way. May you calm all anxieties and worries. Thank you that each Apprentice wants to serve you with their life. Amen.
Monday 6 January 2025
Our Lord, Please help new trainers to be wise, patient and generous as they start their first year of training an apprentice. Amen.
