Women

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• Womens Prayer Tea

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The reality

• One of every ten people in the world is a Muslim
  woman
• BUT
• Less than 10 of Muslim background believers
  (MBBs) are women

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Religion for Muslim Women

• Muslim women must fulfill the five pillars of
  Islam
• Confession of faithAllah and Mohammed
• Prayer five times a dayin Arabic
• Fasting during Ramadan
• Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)
• Alms for the poor
• Jihad- sometimes called the sixth pillar

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Few Muslim women ever pray in a Mosque. The
Quran, the holy book of Islam, forbids a woman
to pray when she is considered ritually unclean.
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Muslim Women up close and personal

• Pious and Committed
• Hospitable and Warm
• Devoted to their children and families
• Women of Prayer and Superstition
• Unique Individuals Loved by God

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The Realities for Muslim women in Afghanistan

• More than half of children are chronically
  malnourished
• One in three children die before their fifth
  birthday
• Most women have no access to medical care or
  education
• Almost all Afghan women are oral communicators

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Too hard for God?

• Ah Lord God! Behold You have made the heavens and
  the earth by Your great power and by Your
  outstretched arm!
• Nothing is too difficult for You.
• Jeremiah 32 17
• With God all things are possible!
• Matthew 19 26

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Loving Muslim women through prayer

• When he saw the people, He felt compassion for
  them, because they were distressed and dispirited
  like sheep without a shepherd.
• Then He said to His disciples,
• The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are
  few, Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to
  send out workers into His harvest.
• Matthew 936-38

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Why is it so hard to pray for Muslim women?

• DistanceWe feel like our worlds are so far apart
• Political differencesWe are living in a post
  9/11 worldShould we pray for our
  enemies?Matthew 5
• We dont know how to prayWe do not know how to
  pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself
  intercedes for us with groanings too deep for
  words He interceeds for the saints according to
  the will of God. Romans 826

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• Prayer positions

Come let us worship and bow down let us kneel
before the Lord our Maker. Psalm 956 But at
the evening offering I arose from my fastingand
I fell on my knees and stretched out my hands to
the Lord my God. Ezra 95 Kneeling and bowing
are prayer positions common in Scripture, but
they may be unfamiliar to some believers.
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Praying for Muslim Women

• That they would believe that Jesus is the Son of
  God and accept the doctrine of the TrinityGod is
  one in three persons
• That they God would use any means
  necessaryScripture, Oral Scripture, dreams,
  visions, healings, or Christian witness to draw
  them to Himself
• That entire families would come to faith together
• Pray ScriptureExample Psalm 146

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Praying for Muslim Background Believers

• That they would endure in the midst of
  persecution
• For unity within the body of Christ
• That they would be spiritual mothers and
  grandmothers, discipling their children and
  grandchildren

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Praying for workers among Muslim women

• For boldness and wisdom as they speak about
  salvation through Christ Jesus and for clarity as
  they speak in Central Asian languages
• For spiritual refreshment during Bible study and
  worship
• For health on the field and protection for their
  children

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What can you do?

• Intercede for Muslim womenAdvance His kingdom,
  by His power, for His glory
• Be kind and compassionate to the stranger Salam
  elekemShalomJohn 1427 Peace I leave with you
  My peace I give to you
• Practice biblical hospitality
• Give generously for the least reached
• Go to the ends of the earth and take the Light to
  darkness

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