Prayer Power as We Go to Gutu
We are headed to Gutu, Zimbabwe! This will be our last scheduled Outreach for 2025, and our first for the Hebrew year 5786. We have been to Gutu before, but for one of our key Global Outreach team members, it will be a new experience – it will be his first time serving as Event Director for an Outreach. He will have great support from our local leaders and the U.S. Global Outreach team staff, but we want to be sure that he – and the whole Outreach to the Lemba Jewish people and their neighbors in Gutu – are also fully supported in prayer.
Ways to Pray
- You can commit to a specific time slot to pray for us from home during the Outreach. SIGN UP on our Prayer Schedule, referring to the dates below
- Below are the detailed day-by-day Prayer Points you can pray with us before, during and after this Outreach in Gutu, Zimbabwe, taking place October 16–27
Before the Outreach
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert a highway for our God’” (Isaiah 40:3 NKJV).
Wednesday, October 8–Wednesday, October 15
- All preparations come together and be fully in place in good time, including visas, medical supplies, site readiness, team unity, and community relationships
- Protection, health, safety and favor as our team and partners prepare and travel
- Spiritual forces of darkness to flee, making way for the King of Glory to come with salvation, healing, and deliverance as the Lord prepares the spiritual atmosphere and hearts to receive Him
Thursday, October 16
- All Outreach team members, partners, and their luggage to arrive on time
- Safety for workers, participants, vehicles, and supplies, traveling to the Outreach site on very rugged roads
- All the supplies we need, as access to resources will be very difficult there
- Each participant to lay aside their own thoughts of what the week will look like, and seek the Lord for how He plans to use them
- Quick adjustment to the new surroundings, food, culture, and time zone
- Efficient Clinic set-up, which will extend the utility of the small clinic building by using tents
Friday, October 17
- Unity and fellowship to be established and grow as the team and partners enjoy a wonderful Erev Shabbat meal together
- A clear and inspiring welcome meeting
- a fantastic night’s sleep in preparation for an active week
- Deep, lasting trust and favor from local officials and the community
Saturday, October 18
- Good weather and good health all week
- A meaningful Shabbat Service that will bring shalom and orient everyone’s hearts for ministry and service
- Successful, clear and anointed orientations for the Clinic and Prayer & Counseling ministries
- God’s angel armies to push back the forces of darkness, enabling the seeds of the Good News to go deep into good soil and bear lasting fruit throughout the week and beyond
During the Outreach
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free” (Luke 4:18).
Sunday, October 19
- The Lord to hand-pick the local workers who will work alongside us in unity; may they also be touched by the Lord themselves
- A sense of anticipation, hope, and trust in the Lord as the Clinic opens today
- May the community not only hear about the Outreach but come in large numbers, starting today and continuing through the week
- Profound care and wisdom regarding any local factors that we may need to navigate
Monday, October 20
- Each of our international Outreach Partners – may the Lord use them powerfully and draw more people to join us next time
- All Outreach areas run smoothly and, more importantly, be effective in treating bodies and transforming lives through the Good News of Yeshua
- The Zehra Kids Program, under indigenous leadership, to be ideally situated, fully staffed, and wonderfully productive in drawing children and teens to God
Tuesday, October 21
- May the Counseling and Prayer tent be busy throughout the week with healings, deliverances, and salvations as the Lord moves in power through His Word and the Holy Spirit
- Spiritual anointing and physical stamina for those who are ministering in that area
- The Living Waters program to effectively deliver clean water and also news of Yeshua, the Living Water
Wednesday, October 22
- Medical and dental volunteers to give effective care and for the Lord to provide healing, including supernaturally, as a testimony of His power and love
- Worship times, led by the Lemba, and the prayer times to permeate the spiritual atmosphere with light and life, bringing great joy and refreshment
- Breakthrough among people who are captive to witchcraft and false ideologies
Thursday, October 23
- As the Outreach winds down, may those in greatest need of medical or spiritual care either be seen or spontaneously healed
- Safety as the Outreach tents and equipment are taken down and packed up
- Calm to prevail as our staff pays the local workers. May these workers leave not only with financial benefit, but more importantly, with great spiritual blessings because of being exposed to the Good News and the ministry of the Holy Spirit
After the Outreach
“In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of [Messiah] Jesus” (Philippians 1:4–6).
Friday, October 24
- A sacred and welcome Shabbat at the end of a week of ministering out of love
- Joyous and inspiring testimonies as each participant reflects on and shares all that the Lord has done during the week
- May each one sense the Lord saying to them, “Well done, good and faithful servant!”
Saturday, October 25
- The Jewish people of this community to be profoundly blessed because of the Outreach and see it as evidence that the Lord sees and values them
- May they also have an enlarged sense of the significance of their Jewish identity and live it out with intention
- An ongoing strong and positive relationship between Jewish Voice Ministries and the local authorities and community
Sunday, October 26 and beyond
- Safe travels home, including on the rough roads, and a special outpouring of grace for everyone who honored the Lord by serving and loving the community through this Outreach
- Productive and timely follow-up to all who want to hear more about Yeshua
- The Lord to continue establishing and developing healthy congregations here and throughout the region
Let’s Pray
Lord, we are grateful to be returning to Gutu, and we ask that it be a time of fresh, new beginnings. May the people there be overcome by Your goodness and open to receive the Good News of salvation in Yeshua. May Your hand of blessing be upon every member of our teams. We pray a particular prayer that You will touch the local workers with Your love and grace, and that they may be saved. May Your goodness and Your kingdom come to Gutu! In Yeshua’s name, Amen.
