Ramadan Prayer Emphasis
Begins March 10, 2024
Join us and pray for God to move among the Hui opening eyes and hearts to follow Jesus!
Why Pray during Ramadan?
For most Chinese Muslims, Ramadan is the most important time of the year. They make significant sacrifices and changes to their lives for 30 days as they seek to faithfully follow Islam. Most do not eat or drink anything during daylight hours during the month of Ramadan. Yet, they still go to work every day. Hui, Salar, and Dongxiang do not live in a country that follows Islam, so they are not able to stop working for an entire month to fast. They work while not eating or drinking. They go and pray five times a day. After sunset and prayers, they eat. Then they sleep for about 4 hours before waking up to eat breakfast at 3 am. Then they pray, sleep a couple more hours and go to work. Ramadan is a big deal. They believe it helps them get to heaven. For more information about Ramadan and fasting, read this post about fasting, this post about the night of power and this post about the night journey of Muhammad.
Muslims are seeking to follow what they believe is truth as best as they can during Ramadan. Muslims are praying for visions from God. What better time is there for Christ-followers to dedicate a month to praying for God’s Spirit to move in mighty ways among Muslims? This is a great time to pray for God to provide opportunities for Christ-followers to have spiritual conversations with Chinese Muslims that point them to Jesus and the salvation He alone provides. Ramadan is a great time to pray for God to give Chinese Muslims visions that point them to Jesus.
Past Years’ Ramadan Posts
Ramadan 2023 Week Four: Minds and Hearts
College campuses in China are highly controlled and monitored. It is more difficult than ever for a believer to be a witness for Christ on a Chinese university campus. Chinese Muslim students also face challenges to their religious freedom. Students are taught to...
Ramadan 2023 Week Three: Death and Resurrection
This week, Christians celebrate Easter. Jesus died on the cross for our sins, was buried, and rose from the grave on the third day. Because of Jesus’ death, we can receive God’s forgiveness through repentance. Because of His resurrection, we have hope. In Christ, we...
Ramadan 2023 Week Two: Hui Children
Generally, within seven days of a birth, the imam of a local mosque will give a Hui child an Islamic name from the Quran. Some names, such as Miriam, Mary, Jacob, or David, would sound quite appropriate to a Christian as well. This scriptural name is considered the...
Ramadan 2023 Week One: Love and Marriage
We invite you to take a peek inside a Hui wedding and learn about marriage in Hui culture. Would you ask God to put a prayer on your heart for Hui husbands and wives, so that they might know and experience the love of Christ? In the video below, the bride’s dress...
Peace That Surpasses Understanding
In Chapter 4 of Philippians, Paul encourages believers to rejoice in the Lord in every situation, even amid severe persecution. The brothers and sisters in China who have been called to the work of proclaiming the gospel among the Hui, often do so at great risk....
The Power of His Resurrection
The last time Easter coincided with Ramadan was 31 years ago. It happens this year, 2022, and we’ve been given a rare vantage point to look at the two holidays side by side and observe that in key points, they couldn’t be more opposite. Ramadan emphasizes good works,...
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The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
Matthew 9:37-38 ESV
