C.J. Mahaney writes: Christmas provides a wonderful opportunity to give gifts to those I love. I enjoy doing all I can to surprise them with a particular gift. I am sure you do as well. But here’s what I’ve come to realize: too often I can put more thought into the gifts I buy them…

Pray For…Zimbabwe Stats •Population – 12,549,000 •Percentage of Evangelicals – 30.9 % •Total Number of People Groups – 44 •Number of Unreached People Groups – 3 •Language Spoken – English •Major Religion – Christianity •Human Development Rank – 169 The UK annexed Southern Rhodesia from the [British] South Africa Company in 1923. UN sanctions and…

Pray For…The Arab of The United Arab Emirates Stats •Population – 538,000 •Percentage of Evangelicals – < 2.0% •Language Spoken – Arabic •Major Religion – Islam •Persecution Index – 33 The Levant Arabs originally settled all over the Arabian Peninsula and later migrated to North Africa. Today, several hundred thousand Levant Arabs live along the…

Pray For…The Navajo Indians Stats •Population – 277,000 •Percentage of Evangelicals – N/A •Language Spoken – Navajo •Major Religion – Christianity The Navajos are the second largest tribe in the United States. Most of the Navajos live on or near their main reservation of some 24,000 square miles —the largest in the country—in Arizona, New…

Pray For…Uzbekistan Stats •Population – 27,595,000 •Percentage of Evangelicals – 0.3% •Total Number of People Groups – 67 •Number of Unreached People Groups – 37 •Language Spoken – Uzbek •Major Religion – Islam •Human Development Index – 102 In the 19th century, Russia conquered the territory of present-day Uzbekistan. After resistance and the Boshevik Revolution,…

“Underneath are the everlasting arms.” – Deut. 33:27 God—the eternal God—is himself our support at all times, and especially when we are sinking in deep trouble. There are seasons when the Christian sinks very low in humiliation. Under a deep sense of his great sinfulness, he is humbled before God till he scarcely knows how…

Come and be a part of Orphan Sunday and Adoption and Orphan Awareness Month at Springs of Grace. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13335104&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0 Orphan Sunday from Greg Buzek on Vimeo.

Pray For…Turkey Stats •Population – 74,565,000 •Percentage of Evangelicals – 0.0% •Total Number of People Groups – 61 •Number of Unreached People Groups – 39 •Language Spoken – Turkish •Major Religion – Islam •Human Development Rank – 79 The Turkish Ottoman Empire once stretched across North Africa, Arabia, Western Asia and Southeast Europe. World War…