Wycliffe World Day of Prayer 2024
Prayer flows from a life of dependence on God. The Lord Himself showed this through his fervent prayers for His disciples and His ministry on earth. And so it is with the Wycliffe family—we seek to entrust and dedicate our work to the Father corporately, one day every year, calling it the Wycliffe World Day of Prayer.
Wycliffe Singapore held the Day of Prayer on 16 November this year. We had the joy of seeing 33 people, including two young children, come together to learn more about the ministries of Wycliffe and to bring these concerns before God.
The morning kicked off with a time of thanksgiving by the Executive Director, Charles, who shared how the Lord led and blessed us in 2024. This was followed by a lively time of worship and a devotional sharing on 1 Corinthians 3:18-4:5. Then everyone formed into smaller groups, moving from station to station to pray. We covered a wide range of ministries such as a Sign Language Bible Translation and other Bible Translation projects, Multilingual Education projects, Storytelling projects, and the needs of other Wycliffe Alliance Organisations.
The Wycliffe team was encouraged to see new friends joining us. And the encouragement was mutual. One prayer participant said, “As a first time attender, I appreciated and enjoyed the worship, devotion, and prayer. Paul (a Board member) was very kind, and upon learning that two of us in the prayer group weren’t that familiar with Wycliffe's work, went out of his way to clearly explain to us the context of what we were praying for.” This was a common refrain from several others who came away saying they now understood Wycliffe’s ministries much better and they would like to know more so as to pray more.
That day was truly refreshing for the soul as each one went home with a deeper sense of dependence on God after the fellowship over the Word and prayer.
Left to right: Rev Lau Pak Soon, sharing a devotion; small group prayer; lunch
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