All Days
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One of the primary ways God is drawing Muslims to Himself is through simple Bible studies that highlight passages of scripture from Creation through the Resurrection. The Waha app (https://waha.app/) contains many story sets that have been translated into dozens of languages. Throughout the 30 days we will pray through these story sets that reveal Jesus, the Word made flesh.
As you read these familiar passages, prayerfully imagine what it would be like to read them for the first time – to see the wisdom, power, beauty, and authority of God and to be drawn to trust in Christ and yield your allegiance to Him.
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
God intentionally sent John to prepare the way for the public ministry of Jesus. John’s call to repentance awakened hearts to their need for forgiveness and readied people to receive the Messiah.
It was also the Father’s will that Jesus submit to baptism, not because He needed repentance, but to reveal His humility and model His obedience. At that moment, God made Jesus’ identity clear to John: He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world and the Son of God sent from heaven.
John exemplifies a person called by God for a specific purpose. He submits to God’s direction and is used to proclaim repentance and obedience through baptism.
This passage also reveals the universal problem of sin; a problem that no person can resolve on their own. Many in the surrounding region responded by recognizing their need for repentance and taking action, submitting themselves to the call of God.
One of the Qur’anic verses that many Muslims memorize and often quote says, “He [God] neither begets nor is born.” From their earliest education they are taught to deny that Jesus is the Son of God.
Miriam, an elderly lady, put her faith in Jesus and simple step by simple step began to follow Him. She had no idea what He had in store for the day of her baptism. She had read about Jesus’ baptism and His promise to baptize with the Holy Spirit. She didn’t know that she would go into the water legally blind and that she would emerge from the water with her eyesight fully restored. Even better, this miraculous healing emboldened her to share her faith with her children and grandchildren.
Pray for God to move miraculously in the lives of Muslim people. Pray that the stories of His provision would reach the ears of those ready to come to Him.
Isaiah 40:3-5 is the Old Testament passage echoed in Mark 1. It describes a wilderness responding to God’s call, making way for the Lord to move. We pray for the reality of these promises in this place:
In the spiritual wilderness of this place, O God, prepare the way for your Messiah.
We ask you to make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Provide clear paths for people to come to know You. We pray for copies of Scripture to be accessible and distributable in this place.
We pray for every valley of fear, despair, doubt, and hopelessness that hinders people from seeking Christ to be lifted up.
We pray for every mountain and hill of false religion, persecution, spiritual pacts and bonds, and work of the enemy to be made low.
May the glory of the Lord be revealed and all flesh of this land see it together.
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