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.
Monday 24 November 2025
Dear Father, We thank you for the women (unnamed here, but known to you) who have been raised up through an Apprenticeship to now serve as faithful Christians in countries where gospel workers are unwelcome. Please provide for them and protect them. Please help them to evangelise, disciple and love the diverse communities you have placed them in. Amen.
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Dear Father, We thank you for saving Pete Hughes and raising him up through an Apprenticeship to now serve in coaching of church planters and consultancy with Reach Australia (based in Sydney, NSW). Please help him to mentor and coach ministry church planters for faithful service and perseverance in reaching out to unbelievers in local communities across Australia. Amen.
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Dear Father, We thank you for saving Matt Harding and raising him as a Pastor and Trainer at Kallaroo Anglican Church (Perth, WA). Please help him to evangelise, disciple, lead and pastorally care for the community you have placed him in. Please give him great joy in training apprentices. Amen.
Thursday 27 November 2025
Father God, Thank you for the great work of Cornhill Sydney in developing the preaching skills of many of our MTS Apprentices, we pray for the growth of Cornhill in the coming years. Please continue to bless the MTS partnership with Cornhill. Amen.
Friday 28 November 2025
Heavenly Father, We ask you to bless the MTS Christmas Appeal launching today. May you raise up Gospel Workers through the money donated to MTS – our target is $200,000. Amen.
Saturday 29 November 2025
Dear Father, We thank you for saving Dave Chiswell and raising him up through an Apprenticeship to now serve as a City on a Hill pastor in Geelong, VIC. Please help him to train his apprentices and equip others in his church for faith, godliness and service of Jesus. Amen.
Sunday 30 November 2025
Father God, Please continue to bless the work of AFES in proclaiming Jesus Christ at University campuses across Australia. Please give the AFES team great energy and wisdom as they prepare for the National Training Event (NTE) this year in Canberra, ACT. Amen.
Monday 1 December 2025
Father God, We ask you to bless the MTS Christmas Appeal this month. May you raise up Healthy Gospel Ministry Trainers (HGMTs) through the money donated to MTS. Amen.
Tuesday 2 December 2025
Heavenly Father, Please bless the gathering of AFES NTE. We pray for Richard Chin and Pete Sorrenson as they give Bible talks, and we pray for the strands that will stretch and equip students to better handle your word. May people grow in their faith and service of you. Amen.
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Dear God, We give thanks for all the new churches starting apprenticeships in 2026. Please be with the MTS staff as they process the applications and support the churches. Amen.
Thursday 4 December 2025
Father, Please help the MTS team as they finalise 2026 plans. Go before them as they seek to grow 500 Healthy Gospel Ministry Trainers (HGMTs). Be guiding their decisions and shaping their paths. Amen.
Friday 5 December 2025
Lord God, We pray that as Churches approach Christmas, they would be awestruck again at Emmanuel, God with us. Please bless and bring much fruit from Christmas festivities such as Carols events. May there be lots of engagement with the community and may many people hear the gospel message. Amen.
Saturday 6 December 2025
Heavenly Father, We thank you for AFES National Training Event, and as some campuses head towards mission, we pray that you would give them energy and enthusiasm to run their various events. Help the mission teams be clear in communicating the gospel message, and may people put their trust in you from these missions. Amen.
Sunday 7 December 2025
Father God, We pray that the number of apprentices will increase and that many will offer to go into full-time Gospel service, to not just fill the gaps. Please send many more workers into your harvest field across denominations and in missionary service. Amen.
Monday 8 December 2025
Lord, Thank you for Week 1 of the MTS Christmas Appeal that has passed. Thank you for the hearts you have opened to provide for MTS in the near future. Amen.
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Our Father, We thank you for the gift of new life in this world and new babies in Apprentice families this year. Please give patience, wisdom, and courageous perseverance to these new parents in raising their children to know, love, and serve Jesus. Amen.
Wednesday 10 December 2025
Our Loving Lord, Please uphold Apprentices who have faced disappointment, loss, prolonged illness (physical and mental), and fatigue this year. Please steady their hope, deepen their faith, and grow their godliness for the glory of Jesus. Amen.
Thursday 11 December 2025
Father, May you make the hearts of your people generous to help MTS to continue working to raise up Healthy Gospel Ministry Trainers (HGMTs) who can bring good news of great joy to all people. Amen.
Friday 12 December 2025
Heavenly Father, We bring before you the various Christmas Carols events that are running around the Nation and beyond. Thank you for the churches, particularly who are hosting Carols. We ask that those who don’t yet know you would have open ears and soft hearts towards you. We ask that you be glorified in all of the planning and running of the events. We pray that people would be convicted by the gospel, leading them to fully understand Jesus’ love and salvation gift. We pray too for smooth processes and logistics. Amen.
Saturday 13 December 2025
Lord God, We ask that more Trainers and Apprentices would register for G8 2026 to be equipped, trained and encouraged for the next year of ministry. Amen.
Sunday 14 December 2025
Lord, Thank you for all those who partner with MTS, financially or otherwise. The wonderful ministry of MTS is only possible through your mighty hand. We thank you for the MTS community who understand the value of training faithful men and women to bring good news of great joy to all people. Amen.
Monday 15 December 2025
Our Father, We thank you for Phillip and Lauren Castelijn, former MTS Apprentices, now in Africa working with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF). Thank you that they have hearts for ministry and mission, and we ask that you would immensely bless them through this – keep them well physically and emotionally. We pray that many who don’t know you yet would come to know your love and salvation. Amen.
Tuesday 16 December 2025
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.
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Dear God, Thank you for those generous supporters who enable the MTS donation matching fund. We are so grateful they are able to use their resources in this special way. May you continue to bless them. Amen.
Thursday 18 December 2025
Father God, We praise and thank you for being adopted into your family through Jesus atoning sacrificial death and resurrection. Thank you that we have the amazing privilege of being involved in your mission of building your kingdom. Please enable us to keep this gospel mission as our utmost priority. Amen.
Friday 19 December 2025
Dear Lord, Please give members of the G8 Committee energy, wisdom and faithfulness as they make final plans for the 2026 G8 National Conference for Apprentices and Trainers, starting on 12th January. Please bless this Conference Lord, and help it to be a great time of encouragement, training and fellowship for all who attend. Amen.
Saturday 20 December 2025
Lord, Please ensure that final preparations, arrangements and fundraising for all the apprenticeships starting in January will go smoothly. Amen.
Sunday 21 December 2025
Father God, 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.
Monday 22 December 2025
Father, We praise and thank you for your sovereignty over MTS throughout 2025. May your favour continue to shine on us in 2026. Amen.
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Lord God, We praise and thank you for being adopted into your family through Jesus’ atoning sacrificial death and resurrection. Thank you that we have the amazing privilege of being involved in your mission of building your kingdom. Please enable us to keep this gospel mission as our utmost priority. Amen.
Wednesday 24 December 2025
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 and provide abundantly for their needs. Amen.
Thursday 25 December 2025
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.
Friday 26 December 2025
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.
Saturday 27 December 2025
As we celebrate Christ’s birth, we pray that hearts will be stirred to give generously. May every gift help raise up gospel workers and grow His kingdom. Amen.
Sunday 28 December 2025
Dear God, We pray for the Youth Summer Camps running over the summer and ask for you to sustain speaker Steve White (Young Presbyterian Church) and others to proclaim Christ and equip young people to follow Jesus. Amen.
Monday 29 December 2025
Dear Father, Thank you for all the new and not-so-new churches who have partnered with MTS in 2025. Thank you for their willingness to train the next generation of gospel workers. Amen.
Tuesday 30 December 2025
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.
Wednesday 31 December 2025
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 2026. Amen.
