Responding to Ukraine
The deployment of British Forces to Eastern Europe and the preparation of others into a state of readiness to deploy provides SASRA Scripture Readers with an opportunity to speak into the lives of these troops as they prepare for an uncertain future.
Soldiers are experiencing a mixture of emotions: anxiety, anticipation, perplexity and fear.
Guys are apprehensive of what will happen, there is definitely dread over what situation we will end up in.
A deployment protecting the innocent would bring a new sense of purpose that a generation of soldiers feel they are desperately lacking.
I am concerned at the danger it will bring and the loss of life it will inevitably bring.
Soldiers on camp are fearful of the situation in Eastern Europe. As the seed is sown from week to week, often the basic gospel shared and understood, ask the Lord to open hearts and save souls.
I was able to share the gospel with a soldier who confessed his life was a mess and that he was searching for God.
Many British soldiers and airmen and women are currently facing the possibility of deployment.
At such a time as this a number of these young people do ask those big questions about life and death and ask our Scripture Readers for prayer.
Pray with us
Please do pray that our Scripture Readers will be given great wisdom and great opportunities and that the Lord will use these present troubled times to draw many to Himself.
Pray using our prayer points
- Pray the Lord would powerfully intervene in Ukraine and that all would see His hand at work.
- Praise the Lord for those willing to stand up for God in the midst of conflict.
- Give thanks for the unique opportunity that SASRA Scripture Readers have, to take the gospel to military personnel on behalf of the local church.
- With such uncertainty, pray that SASRA Scripture Readers would have opportunities to point new individuals to Christ, who offers security and peace.
- Pray that Christians in the region would fix their eyes on Jesus and find peace in the knowledge that He is seated in the heavenly places.
- Pray that the freedom that Ukrainian believers currently enjoy to share the gospel would be maintained, so that more people in Ukraine might turn to the Lord and find salvation in Christ.
- Give thanks for missionaries who have been distributing Bibles and Christian literature to Ukrainian troops, may the Lord bear fruit through their actions.
- Pray for God’s protection over British Army and RAF personnel who may be deployed across Eastern Europe and ask that the Lord’s name would be made known amongst them during this unsettling time.
- Pray the Lord would bless the families of military personnel in the British Armed Forces called to serve, and grant them much peace.
- Pray that government officials would lead with wisdom at this tense time.
- Uphold those serving in the British Army and Royal Air Force who are on standby to deploy in the event of any crisis. As they witness the situation in Ukraine unfolding, pray they would come to Jesus in the face of perplexity and fear.
- Pray for Ukrainian and Russian believers as they seek to be a light in the darkness.
- Praise God for opportunities that SASRA Scripture Readers have had to minister to Ukrainian troops and for professions of faith that they have witnessed.
- Pray there would be more openings for our Readers to witness Christ to British and Ukrainian troops.
The mission of SASRA
Our mission is to share the good news of Jesus with members of HM forces and their families, that they might follow Him.
Ultimately, this mission is the Lord’s work. In the words of Solomon, “Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labour in vain.” Psalm 127:1 (ESV)
The mission of SASRA needs prayer. We can show people Christ, but the seed that we sow needs much nurturing.
What can we do?
As our troops prepare to ‘be ready’, we stand alongside to give them a reason for our certain hope in Christ.
Our Scripture Readers have opportunities to share the gospel with young men and women, often from unchurched backgrounds, who may be called upon to face danger on behalf of the nation. The soldiers and aviators need the spiritual resources to cope with the danger and responsibilities of their duties, and the wonderful hope of the gospel of Jesus Christ whatever they are facing.
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