Pray4Pashtuns Ramadan2024

Day 8-Pashtun Villages

• That Pashtun believers who are isolated in remote areas would be found faithful, just as he is faithful. That they would have oral bibles and grow in grace and knowledge of Jesus and be a witness to their families and clans. For the multiplication of believing men and women in their extended families.
• That the Pashtun apostolic/evangelist teams would come through their villages with the Gospel of the Kingdom(Mt. 4:23-24; 9:35) and the Lord would stretch forth His hand and do signs and wonders for preaching of the Gospel and the planting of His church. (Mt. 10:7-8; Lk 10:9; Acts 4:29-30).
• Fragrance of Jesus would fill every corner of the Pashtun lands, from major cities to remote mountain villages. That Jesus’ Kingdom would be manifest in the Pashtun cultural/religious context.

Mat 9:35  And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 

***Pray that God would make ways for isolated believers to connect with one another. Psa 133:1  Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! 

TRIBAL WATCH The Hotaki Dynasty was established in 1709 by Mirwais Hotak.The Hotaki Ghilzai are found predominantly in the southern Afghan provinces of Zabul & Uruzgan, Limited opportunities for development, mean that they are both religiously & culturally conservative. It is in Hotaki areas that the Taleban have some of their strongest support. Mullah Mohammad Omar Hotaki (Mullah Omar) is from the Hotaki line. Pray for many Hotaki to hear the good news and come the faith and lead many to faith.

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Every Pashtun is connected to a village in the ruggedly beautiful frontiers
of Pakistan or Afghanistan. Hidden in the lush Swat Valley or perched
on blossoming mountainsides in Kunar province, Pashtun villages can
be hard to access and harsh on anyone who chooses to follow Christ.
Despite this, the gospel is reaching some in the remotest corners of
Pashtun lands.
My Friend
“I waited for three days hoping that someone would give my son a
Christian burial. No one came… Finally, I buried him myself.” When I read
this, I knew I had to meet the man whose letter I held in my hands. In his
previous letters, he had sent me his picture and the name of his village.
His delight in meeting me was somewhat muted. He had just
completed rebuilding his hujra (a special room used for guests). It had
been burned down because he would meet with fellow villagers there
and show them the truth of the gospel. What was unpalatable for the
villagers was that until just a short while ago, he had been their leader at
the village mosque. Not only that, he was the sixth generation in the line
of religious leaders in that village. His wife was the daughter of a religious
leader from a neighboring village.
Since that first time I visited him, the villagers had kidnapped his
two younger sons. The Lord showed him in a dream where they had
been taken, and he went there and retrieved them. Next, they cut off his
access to the village well. They even forbade the local shop from selling
bread to his family.
It was at this point that he fled his ancestral village and became a part of
my family in the city. I will never forget the privilege of worshiping together
with him, his wife, and children in their home. He led his family beautifully
in the ways of the Lord. In the short, few years I was with him, he led
many others to Christ. In the process, he was beaten, robbed, and often
mistreated by angry, zealous men.
He was just an hour away from home when he was martyred…
Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous Judge, will award to me on that day–and not only to me, but also to
all who have longed for his appearing. 2 Timothy 4:8