This is a prayer for my friends who are serving, whether that be across the street, across the country, or across the world.

“I pray for you that you realize that your calling doesn’t start when you set foot on your mission field; it starts now. I pray you are just as faithful to be Jesus to the lost and hurting here as you will be there.

I pray protection and anointing and blessing over you. I pray that when opposition rises up, God will open your eyes like He died the eyes of Elisha’s servant so that you see a the host of the Lord’s army standing all around you, protecting you from all harm.

I pray that when the time arises, God will put His words in your mouth and fill you with the same boldness that He put in the apostles of old. I pray that you will shine with the very light of Christ everywhere you go.

I pray most of all that you realize that you don’t stop being called when your mission trip or time of service ends. Your call is for the rest of your life.

I rise up and call you blessed, as does everyone who calls God Father.

May you never ever stop being amazed at what God does with your little mustard seed faith and hesitant agreements. May you never ever stop being astounded at what God does in you, around you, and through you. May you find yourself blessed much more than you bless, and may you discover every day that as much as you give, you can never outgive the God you serve.

Lord. give this person singleness of purpose and vision. Break their heart for what breaks yours. Help them to see with Your eyes, feel with Your heart, go toward the broken and outcast and lame and desolate with Your feet, and touch them with Your hands.

Amen.”