March 8

And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest. — Luke 10:2 BSB

Prayer is the powerful engine that drives missionary work. "Pray to the Lord of the harvest, that He will send laborers into His harvest."

Every day, we ask God to touch people’s hearts through the Holy Spirit, so they feel compelled to go and preach the Gospel. We pray that He will wake them in the night with a deep conviction that souls are perishing, and that their blood will be upon them if they do nothing. God is answering these prayers, sending us people daily who feel that the King’s business demands urgent action.

Beloved, pray, pray, pray; and as the incense of your prayers rises to heaven, there will be silence in heaven for a time, and then the coals of fire will be poured out on the earth, bringing the coming of the Lord ever closer. Pray until the Lord of the harvest sends forth laborers into His fields.

Send the coals of heavenly fire
From the altar of the skies;
Fill our hearts with strong desire
Till our prayers like incense rise.