Pray4Yueyang

On average, a Chinese person takes his or her own life every two minutes.

With between 250,000 and 300,000 suicides a year, China accounts for about a quarter of the global total, according to medical sources.  China’s suicide rate is now among the highest in the world.

Even as China has moved to the spot of the world’s fourth-largest economy, filling many Chinese with pride, suicide has become the main cause of death in the age group between 15 and 34.

The Chinese are caught in the middle of the often conflicting demands of Communism, Confucianism and capitalism, and they do not know which one to turn to, experts say.

Please pray for the people of China and more specifically, the people of Yueyang.  Pray that people who are lost in a rapidly shifting society will find HOPE in the Good News of Jesus Christ!

The December Prayer Calendar for the people of Yueyang, China is available for viewing and download. Please take a minute to download this month’s calendar and to print it out and post somewhere where you will be reminded daily to pray for the people of Yueyang!

Your prayers play a vital role in bringing the good news to the people of Yueyang and there is no way for us to express our gratitude to those of you who faithfully ’stand in the gap’ for the people of Yueyang on a regular basis!

While the focus of this blog is to mobilize prayer, occasionally we will let you know about other ways you can be involved in bringing the Good News to those who need it desperately. One of those ways is by giving generously and obediently to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. (We encourage Southern Baptists to give through their local churches, however you can use the link above to give online right now.)

In addition to the prayer requests found on this blog and the prayer calendar, be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit as you spend a minute or two in prayer every day for the people of Yueyang.

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Prayer makes a difference. Will you be involved?

Please take a few minutes to pause what you are doing and spend a moment in prayer for the unregistered house churches in Yueyang.

It appears that community leaders across the city (and rural counties) are being asked to identify active Christians in their neighborhoods. That information is then being used to demand that house churches disband. When they don’t, the leadership face arrest and persecution.

This is just starting, no one knows how long this will last and how thorough an effort the authorities plan on investing in this ‘crack-down’. Please pray for safety, discernment and boldness.

Acts 4:29-30

Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

The November Prayer Calendar for the people of Yueyang China is available for viewing and download. Please take a minute to download this month’s calendar and to print it out and post somewhere where you will be reminded daily to pray for the people of Yueyang!

November in Yueyang is usually cold and wet as winter is just starting to set in. Unlike the northern part of China, homes, offices and classrooms in China are usually NOT heated. The chill that can set in will cut you to the bone.

As you remember the people of Yueyang, China throughout the month of November, will you faithfully intercede on behalf of the lost who do not know Christ and who have never had a chance to hear the Good News explained in a way that they can understand?

Pray that the Holy Spirit will light a fire, in the middle of a cold and wet month, in the hearts of the people of Yueyang and that there will be an awesome response to the hope of the Gospel!

In addition to the prayer requests found on this blog and the prayer calendar, be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit as you spend a minute or two in prayer every day for the people of Yueyang.

If keeping track of the Pray4Yueyang blog is not very convenient for you, and you’d prefer to receive prayer updates delivered to your Email inbox, you can subscribe by giving us your Email address (use the box on the right hand column of this blog’s main page.) If you have any questions, just ask.

Prayer makes a difference. Will you be involved?

The August calendar is available for viewing and download. Please take a minute to download this month’s calendar and to print it out and post somewhere where you will be reminded daily to pray for the people of Yueyang!

August is a HUGE month for China as the 2008 Summer Olympics get started on August 8th (at 8pm)! The number “8″ represents wealth for Chinese…

Please be in prayer over the Olympics and everything that is happening in this country as a result.

This month, as many people from all over the world focus attention on China, we challenge Christians everywhere to spend some time in thought and prayer for the people of Yueyang, China.

In addition to the prayer requests found on this blog and the prayer calendar, be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit as you spend a minute or two in prayer every day for the people of Yueyang.

Prayer makes a difference. Will you be involved?