“Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.”
These verses were placed on the heart of Vasile Filat (Eurasian Director for Precept) as the current situation in Ukraine unfolds. Precept has many leaders in the country, as well as in Moldova, Romania, Poland, and Czech Republic.
Their response has been swift.
Daily contact is being made with Ukrainian leaders and as they walk through the study “Lord teach me to pray”, the words “Thy kingdom come” have taken on special significance.
There are many opportunities to share the gospel. One opportunity is through welcoming Ukrainian refugees into Romania, Moldova, Czech Republic, Poland and helping with their immediate needs, offering them accommodation in churches and Christian homes. They are also introducing them to Precept materials, such as How to have relationship with God, HOPE, Breaking free from fear, etc in both the Ukrainian and Russian languages.
Many women and children are being helped to leave Ukraine, but men aged 18-60 must stay.
What can we do?
1) PRAY
We can continue to pray specifically for the needs we are aware of and for God’s kingdom to be built in the midst of this darkness. A special online prayer time has been arranged for Wednesday 2nd March at 10am for 30 minutes to lift the needs of the Precept family to the Lord. On the day just click the ZOOM PRAYER button below to join us online via Zoom. If like many you are struggling to know what to pray for at this time, then there are also some prayer points below.
When it comes to praying for the crisis, and the witness of the Church in Ukraine, we can struggle to find the words. To help us in this we have detailed below some prayer points from a pastor and church planter in Ukraine, from an article published recently on the Gospel Coalition website, in which we are reminded of God’s sovereignty (Psalm 103:19) and of how essential it is that the Church, wherever we are, shine for Jesus in all circumstances so that people would find the only true hope in Him:
Pray:
For God’s supernatural protection over believers and for God to be glorified in crushing the pride and plans of evil men.
For many who are fearful and confused to find the only true hope in Christ in these days.
For strength and wisdom on how best to serve people, so that the church would shine brightly in this time.
For God’s provision for those in need.
To read the full article from the Gospel Coalition website click here.
In addition, click here for a prayer written by Pete Greig (founder of 24-7 Prayer), posted recently on our Facebook page, to help you pray for Ukraine.
Give:
If God lays on your heart the desire to support the work Precept are doing with refugees at this time, then simply contact the Precept Ireland office and we will give you details of how you can do that by direct transfer to Vasile Filat through Precept Moldova.
You are also very welcome to join us for our monthly prayer time via Zoom on Tuesday 8th March from 10am - 11 am. On the day just click the ZOOM PRAYER button above to join us online via Zoom.
For current prayer requests click here.