Resources

World Day of Prayer for Bible Translation

11 November 2024

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The Alliance prayer team drew on the following Scriptures as we developed these resources

• John 15:1-17
• Romans 12:4-5
• Galatians 5:22-23
• Hebrews 12:1
• Ephesians 3:16-21, this is a wonderful prayer to pray for colleagues and partners if you don’t have detailed prayer items.

Other helpful resources

• This sermon on John 15 by Stewart Johnson - former director of Wycliffe France (in English and German)
• If you want to invest in becoming more like Jesus through Spiritual practices we recommend https://www.practicingtheway.org/ and their YouTube channel

Many prayer resources are available on wycliffe.net and can be shared and used during the Day of Prayer (and all year long!). These include prayer items, videos and prayer guides.

• https://www.wycliffe.net/the-latest/streams-of-prayer/ A weekly posting of seven current, strategic prayer requests in various languages.
• How to pray for teams working in Sign Language Bible translation
• How to pray for Oral Bible Storytelling
• How to pray for a translation consultant
• How to pray for an increase in Old Testament translation

Additional prayer resources can be found at the following websites

• Pray for Zero
• Finish Line
• Joshua Project
• Lausanne Movement
• Prayer Guide for TCKs (Third Culture Kids)
• Websites and the social media of many Alliance organisations give prayer information

Find more prayer videos

• Prayercast
• Unreached Bibleless People – Pray for Zero

Join virtually with others to pray both for the World Day of Prayer and throughout the year at Unceasing Prayer.

Pray for Alliance organisations

These prayer pages give informative ideas as you pray for organisations involved in the Bible translation movement.

• How to pray for Alliance organisations

World Day of Prayer 2024

Meditations