June 19, 2025

Matt Crawford | June 19, 2025

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith,… Hebrews 12:1

Praise God for the CBS leaders in Lithuania as they finish the study with good spirits. Please pray that they will return for the new class year encouraged, recharged and excited to share God’s Word.

Praise the Lord for His faithfulness and for providing abundantly in every aspect, both for the new CBS groups and the established ones in Paraguay. Please pray for more leaders to answer the call to join the national team.

Praise God for encouraging words spoken to classes in the Southern California Zone when they presented Host Church gifts at the end of the class year.

Please pray for the provision of servant leadership needs for all classes in Canada. Father God, enable your children to hear and discern your call and to respond in faith. Lord, help us to “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him” (Psalm 37:7).

Please pray for the New York Metro Zone, that God will be more and provide more with more children, more students, more adults, more leaders, more hunger, more thirst, more desire, more knowledge and more revelation of Him.

Please pray for the groups exploring the option of becoming CBS classes in the Northern Plains Zone. May they trust God to provide the needed number of participants and leadership.

Please pray that a Subregion Director will have godly wisdom as he communicates with those interested in the CBS ministry in Samoa. Pray those whom the Lord is calling will respond.

Pray for the North American NextGen Writing Team as they work on teaching helps: for wisdom, insight, creativity and a God-glorifying result that will help the NextGen participants get to know God better.

Please continue to pray for the Spoken CBS training and launch this month in an undisclosed country in the Sub-Saharan Africa Region. Pray for much fruit to be realized from this method of oral learning.

Please pray that leaders in new roles in the Florida North Zone will find training helpful and encouraging and that they will trust God to equip them to serve Him with humility and excellence.

Please pray for freedom for CBS leaders and participants to be able to gather together to study God’s Word in countries that are hostile to Christianity.