Lift Off! Task Unfinished - Day 09
The Destruction of Man: His Glory in Saving a Remnant (Gen 6:17-18, 7:17-8:5, 8:20-22)
Man’s sinfulness went from bad to worse. Therefore, God decided to flood the earth and “start over” with Noah and his family. The one thing God required of them was to obey and trust him. When the ground finally dried from forty days and nights of flooding, Noah and his family built an altar to honor and worship God for His faithfulness.
Pray for the Hui Diaspora
The Hui (Hway) people descended from Arab and Persian merchants and traders who traveled to China in the seventh century and intermarried with local Chinese and Mongolians.
The Hui people are spread out among many countries, including Taiwan, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. They have the reputation of being honest, hardworking and successful businessmen. Though the Hui culturally appear to be Chinese, they are set apart by their Islamic faith. The majority of Hui are Sunni Muslims. There is a saying – to be Hui is to be Muslim. Their ethnic identity is deeply blended with their religious practices. There are a few churches among the Hui but less than 1 percent have heard the good news of Jesus. Gospel inroads to this group are particularly challenging because they believe that if they follow Jesus they will no longer be Hui.
- Pray the Hui will find their true identities in Christ and not in their ethnicity.
- Pray the Hui people will have the opportunity to hear the gospel – despite how restrictive their host countries may be.
- Pray for similar-culture Christians to be burdened to reach the Hui in ways they can understand and accept.
Excerpted from https://www.imb.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/East-Asia-UUPG-Prayer-Guide.pdf
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