Proverbs 19:2 "It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way."

Zeal is a good thing, but it is not enough. We have all seen people go on short-term mission trips, and based on zeal alone, they want to follow what they believe the Lord is telling them to do. Then they find out that they have made the wrong choices. Yet, they have access to plenty of information to give them the knowledge they need to make informed decisions about where the needs are the greatest. One of the best tools for aspiring missionaries is the Perspectives class, which takes you through the biblical, historical, cultural, and strategic issues for cross-cultural ministry. (perspectives.org)

Pray for young missionaries to add knowledge to their zeal, so they can be effective for His Kingdom.

Today's People Group

Drops of perspiration brought on by fever drenched Chinar’s shirt, but he had to walk on until he could find the magic grave. The malaria was getting worse, and Chinar feared that evil spirits would take his life if he didn’t act soon. His heart beat faster as he approached the grove of tall trees where the grave sometimes appeared; but sometimes it didn’t show itself at all. If he only could find it, gather a stone or a stick to carve out an amulet of protection, perhaps he would live.

Chinar is of the Kluet people who live in a remote area 50 miles from a road. Malaria and dengue fever ravish the population, and education is not valued among these poorly fed people. Although Islam is their claimed religion, fear of evil spirits and the use of magic charms are prevalent in their communities.

Illness, poverty, violence, and fear are the results of the evil that oppresses the Kluet. Spiritual darkness wreaks havoc and destruction upon these people who have no beam of heavenly light at all. There is no Bible. There are no followers of Christ to tell them the good news that they can be free to know the wonderful God who loves them. There is no JESUS Film or radio program. There is nothing to point them to Christ.

Pray that God will call workers to show them the love of Christ and tell them the good news. Pray for an emerging Kluet Church.

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