Calling And Commissioning

Bible reading: Acts 13:2-4

The early Church discerned God’s calling through worship, prayer and fasting. The Holy Spirit spoke clearly, setting apart Barnabas and Saul for the work He had prepared. When we seek God together with willing hearts, He reveals His purposes and sends His people - often to places and peoples they would never have chosen themselves.

Testimony: Called from the Sahel Bush

Tambaya Ibrahim was born in 1974, during a devastating famine that swept Niger. He grew up in the Sahel bush, knowing nothing except cattle herding. As a child he never visited a town. Women and children stayed in the bush while the men occasionally went to market. The Fulani world was his whole world.

At his birth, his father was visited by Malaam T — a Christian friend — who came to offer customary greetings and asked to pray for the newborn. He prayed that God would have His hand on this child’s life. Tambaya’s father later came to Christ through that same friendship.

But Tambaya’s own early years were troubled. Demonic nightmares plagued him. It was only when he encountered Jesus — and experienced both salvation and deliverance — that the darkness lifted. He learned to read and write. A pastor noticed his passion and encouraged him to go to Bible school. He spent four years at a Fulani Bible school in Benin.

Today Tambaya travels across Niger preaching the Gospel to his own people — a people among whom fewer than 1% follow Christ. He directs the only Fulani Bible school in Niger and helps translate the Old Testament into Fulfulde, the language of the Fulani. His life is a living answer to the prayer spoken over him the day he was born.

“God has called me,” he says, “to reach Fulani who had never heard the habaru beldum — the sweet news.”

“How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” (Romans 10:15)

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Let us pray

• Pray for attentive listening to the Holy Spirit for Kingdom strategies and action.
• Pray for spiritual confirmation through prayer and fasting.
• Pray for young people to answer God’s call to ministry and mission.
• Pray for believers to serve in Bible translation so every language receives Scripture.

Step Out

Ask God to confirm one specific step of mission obedience today.