Prayer Requests

Acts 4:29-30:

²⁹ And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, ³⁰ while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

Dear Friends, Family, and Random Supporters,

            In less then 24 hours I depart on the next grand adventure in my life.  I fly from Nashville to Atlanta to Tokyo (such a long flight!!) to my final destination of Taiwan, where I will be living and serving for roughly two months.  Because this adventure is about to occur, I have had many close friends and family ask me what they can be praying for while I am gone.  So I figured writing a blog would be easiest and the best possible way to present those prayer requests, and a great way to start my official blog in Taiwan. So here we go:

            Please pray for safe travels as I am doing this great expedition on my own. One thing that Dave Clayton, from Ethos, has really pressed in on me lately is that whenever Jesus was around people, their lives got better.  The same should be said about his followers, and so pray that in my interactions with people throughout the trip, the workers, flight attendants, other passengers, that people’s lives would get better because they are in the vicinity of someone who loves Jesus.  Pray Jesus is glorified in every interaction and conversation.  While I may be traveling alone, I am never alone with Jesus.  Also, I wouldn’t mind if you prayed for some sleep and rest on the long flight from Atlanta to Tokyo.

            Once there, pray for the students that are coming to learn, whether it’s English or Jesus.  Pray that God touches their lives and draws them closer to him during their time at SYME, even if they don’t realize it.  Pray he will speak through me and that he will constantly be teaching through me, because it is clear that my East Tennessee accent severely handicaps my ability to teach proper English. But ministry is not ministry if we can do it alone.  Pray against any attacks of the enemy.  Whether or not you believe in spiritual warfare, it is very real, and very evident in Taiwan.  Pray in the name of Jesus that all attacks of the enemy are crushed now in advance, because there is no doubt that Jesus is above all.

Lastly, pray Acts 4:29-30 over the entire trip.  Pray against the threats of the enemy.  Pray for the team to be able to constantly speak the Word.  Pray that we will have boldness pouring out of our lives for Jesus.  And pray that God will do what only he can do, the supernatural.  We can present Jesus and the cross with words, but it takes the Holy Spirit to lead anyone into the empty tomb of resurrection.

I am so excited for the adventure.  I go to seek a Great Perhaps.  I am thankful for all of your prayers, and I truly believe that God is going to do life-altering things in Taiwan.  I love all of you very much.

In Him,

Isaac Jones

Isaiah 26:8