Ordinary Moments: Small Prayers That Can Change the World With Wycliffe Bible TranslatorsНамуна

Your Morning Commute

Commuting is one of the most mundane parts of the day.

You probably pass the same trees, the same stretch of highway and sit in the same frustrating traffic. Halfway to work, you realize your socks don’t match and your $5 coffee is actually more creamer than caffeine.

No matter how long your commute is, you can pass the time by covering the world in prayer as you drive, ride, bike or walk to your destination. Maybe there’s an area of the world that you saw on the news last night or one that you heard about recently through a friend. But even if you’re passionate about a certain area of the world, you might not know how to pray for it or the people living there. Where do you begin?

While you’re traveling to and from work, you can lift up issues affecting specific areas of the world. God does the impossible through prayer, and it’s through prayer that His work is accomplished on earth. Here are prayers for the five regions of the world to get you started:

• Pray for people in Africa, specifically for community development and educational needs.
• People in the Americas face ongoing disaster recovery efforts, conflict and poverty. Lift up their needs to God.
• Ask God for political and religious peace in Asia, and lift up the people impacted by natural disasters like tsunamis, earthquakes and typhoons.
• Lift up the immigrant communities living in Europe due to displacement caused by conflict, persecution and economic pressures in their home countries.
• In the vastly diverse Pacific region, pray for youth education and health in the midst of natural disasters and challenging living conditions.

Don't ever give up on prayer (Luke 18:1-8). You may never meet those you’re lifting up to God, but through prayer you’re creating a meaningful connection with people around the world. God hears you and can answer your prayers for them!

Things to Ponder:

• What current events happening around the world can you be in prayer for?
• What specific region or country are you interested in? How can you pray for them today?
• How can you use what’s happening in the news to be a light to the world around you?