Pray With Us

Please join with us in praying for all the many opportunities we have to Open The Bible together around Australia. In this edition of Sower, you’ll read Kanytjupai’s story. In an interview before she passed away, Kanytjupai prayed for Bible Society staff and supporters:

“Almighty Lord, you are watching over your servants, and I praise you that you have brought our spirits together as one. Bless us, that through listening to your word we may be filled with joy and confidently obey you. Thank you, Lord Jesus. These things I ask in your name. Amen.” Let us pray together for BSA’s work.

Indigenous Bible Engagement

• Pray for BSA’s Bible Engagement work in Indigenous and remote communities and thank God for all the Bible resources which are being developed and published to help people engage with the Bible.

• Pray that these resources will breathe new life into Indigenous communities across Australia.

Bible Translation

• Thank God for the work of Bible translation happening around our country; for the way it is drawing together communities, Bible agencies, and individuals as they labour at a common task.

• Please pray that this work would be well supported, so that as opportunities arise, Bible Society can support people in their efforts to translate God’s word into their heart languages.

Publishing Scripture

• Please pray for all the work which goes into publishing translated Scriptures and other resources for remote and Indigenous communities, so they may have God’s words accessible in whatever format suits them best.

• Pray for the logistics of the publishing work and thank God for the joy and blessing received when people hold a copy of God’s word in their language for the very first time.

Scripture for ADF Chaplains

• Pray for continued opportunities to Open The Bible with Australians in the Defence Force.

• Pray that these ADF members would receive God’s word with open hearts.

• Pray that chaplains are encouraged and strengthened in their work.

Disaster Recovery Grant

• Thank God for opportunities to Open The Bible to Australians in crisis situations, such as floods, COVID and other natural disasters.

• Pray that God would raise up emergency workers with the desire and ability to share God’s word with those facing immense troubles.

Training Indigenous Bible Translators

• Thank God for BSA’s partnership with Nungalinya College, and the training available there for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander brothers and sisters who want to serve as Bible Translators.

• Pray that God will bless this work, and for principal Ben Van Gelderen and other staff who work there.

AUSLAN Bible Translation

• Pray for momentum as the committee want to relaunch translation work after a pause.

• Pray for wisdom as the team chart the way forward.

• Praise God for the spiritual growth and sharing made possible by the Auslan Scriptures.

Equipping Chaplains

• Pray for lives to be changed as chaplains are equipped with Bibles in many translations to open with those they serve.

• Pray that many would come to Jesus, especially those in prisons, detention centres and others enduring great suffering.

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Open The Bible

You can take part in helping translate the Bible into Australian Indigenous languages by empowering Indigenous Bible translation projects. This important work will help our Indigenous brothers and sisters revitalise their heart languages.

Will you join us in OPENING THE BIBLE TOGETHER?

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In 2022, the third consecutive year marked by the COVID-19 global disruption, Bible Societies around the world completed Scripture translations in 81 languages used by 723 million people.¹