PRAISE:
- Thank you for praying for 2024 holiday television and online outreaches. TV reports from the Middle East document 4.5 million watch broadcast of our films and 2.52 million direct interactions with online evangelists and counselors. Other broadcasts took place in Asia and Africa. For December, overall 118,747,600 watched on TV, and for the year the cumulative viewers were 208,418,600 in at least 127 nations.
- Partners, Global Gates leverage our tools and reported reaching 37,000 people in Bangladesh. A Cru sister ministry, used Jesus Film resources in Malaysia, worked with 127 churches to have 1,269 online gospel presentations with people, which lead to 129 direct conversations, and saw 149 people put their faith in Christ!
Pray for Easter ’25 plans which are now being formalized. - My niece’s baby came a week early, a boy! Pray for the adjustment for the family as they also have three girls, ages 2 ½ to 7.
PRAY:
- Having just returned from two weeks of meetings in Florida, I have follow-up and catch up to do at home and work. Pray for this to happen in the next week or so.
- Our team is testing a new approach to drawing first-time financial partners to the ministry. Pray for the tests, and for wisdom to determine if it is a valid way to grow our active support community.
- Our team is seeking to find ways to use ChatGPT and A.I. tools to help enhance our efficiency for content creation. Pray for insights to do this effectively.
I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love.
Psalms 130:5-7 (NIV)
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