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YWAM Publishing is the publishing ministry of Youth With A Mission (YWAM), an international missionary organization of Christians from many denominations dedi-cated to presenting Jesus Christ to this generation. To this end, YWAM has focused its efforts in three main areas: (1) training and equipping believers for their part in fulfill-ing the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19), (2) personal evangelism, and (3) mercy ministry (medical and relief work).

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WelcomeUsing Your Personal Prayer Diary and Daily Planner 4Weekly Prayer Plan 6

Principles for Life and PrayerGood News for the Whole World 7You Feed Them… 10Porsches and the Kingdom 12

Calendars2013–2015 Year-at-a-Glance Planners 142013 Month-at-a-Glance Planners 22, 36, 48, 60, 74, 86, 98, 112, 124, 136, 150, 1622013 Week-at-a-Glance Planners beginning on page 24

Monthly Guides to Intercession and ReflectionJanuary: Sudan, North and South 20February: Gendercide in China 34March: North Korea’s Prison Camps 46April: Turkey’s Religious Past and Future 58May: Economic Citizens of God’s Kingdom 72June: Opium Brides in Afghanistan 84July: Technology Addiction 96August: The Church in Cambodia 110September: Abortion in the Former USSR 122October: Healing Work in Rwanda 134November: Colombia’s Refugee Crisis 148December: Conflict Minerals in the Congo 160

Snapshots of the WorldWeekly Featured Nations beginning on page 24Maps of the World 178Countries of the World 188Time Zones 199

Scripture InfusionDaily Bible-Reading Plan beginning on page 24Weekly Meditation and Memorization beginning on page 24Bible-Reading Checklist 174

ResourcesContacts 200Notes/Prayer Journal 202Contributors 205Notes to Articles 205About Youth With A Mission 207

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to MoRe than a daILy PLanneRWELCOMEYou hold in your hands a unique prayer

and scheduling tool designed to help you live an intentional, integrated life con-

nected to God’s kingdom. This multifaceted re-source is far more than an effective organizer. For more than 30 years, believers like you have joined in God’s work in the world through vital interces-sion for the nations using the Personal Prayer Di-ary and Daily Planner.

The 2013 edition once again unites Christians around the globe in intercession for some of the world’s most vulnerable people. This year we will bring before God many areas of conflict, oppres-sion, and injustice that have been profiled in past editions of the diary. These include the continu-ing refugee crisis in Colombia, the harmful ef-fects of the opium trade in Afghanistan, persistent human-rights abuses in North Korea, the ongoing plight of women and girls around the world, and more. Such deep- seated tragedies draw us to pray again and again for God’s mercy and peace.

The prayer “Lord, have mercy” (Kyrie, eleison in Greek) dates back many centuries and is often spoken as a response to petitions during com-munal worship. It echoes ancient Hebrew prayers like Psalm 4:1, “Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer,” and Psalm 6:2, “Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint.”

In the New Testament, similar language is di-rected toward Jesus. Two blind men, ten men with leprosy, and a Canaanite woman whose daughter is suffering from demon-possession all call out to him, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” or, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” (Matt. 15:22; 20:30; Luke 17:13). Jesus hears each of these cries for mercy and responds compassionately, in keeping with his Father’s loving response in the

Old Testament. “The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer” (Ps. 6:9).

Summing up the vision of the Old Testament prophets, Ron Sider says, “Some time in the fu-ture, the Messiah will come. The messianic order will break in, and God will bring a new right re-lationship with himself. Our sins will be forgiven and the law will be written on our hearts, and there will be a new right relationship with neigh-bors. There will be transformation vertically and horizontally, and there will be shalom, justice, and wholeness in society.”1

Jesus the Messiah embodies this vision of God’s comprehensive peace. “You know the mes-sage God sent to the people of Israel, announc-ing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all” (Acts 10:36). And he calls us, his followers, to live in the new reality of his king-dom. As we reflect on immense needs around the world today, may we pray for mercy and shalom for all, confident that God hears our prayers.

Using your Personal Prayer diary and daily PlannerThe Personal Prayer Diary and Daily Planner is de-signed to assist you in integrating three vital ar-eas of your daily life: (1) intercessory prayer; (2) Bible reading and meditation; and (3) planning your daily, weekly, monthly, and annual sched-ules. It provides many opportunities for you to live and pray intentionally throughout the year.

Mini-library of relevant Christian teaching. Be-ginning on page 7 is a series of short teachings to further inform your intercession and help you discover principles readily applicable to your dai-ly walk with God. These challenging, insightful teachings lay a strong foundation for prayer, mis-sion, and personal reflection and growth.

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Welcome

Monthly articles exploring places of brokenness and redemption around the world (A). Each month you’ll read about a people, nation, or issue in des-perate need of the church’s intercession and in-tervention. Each Sunday you’ll find a reminder to pray for the people or situation discussed in that month’s profile. Notes to the articles and a list of contributors can be found on page 205.

Daily thematic prayer guide (B). Each day a group or need related to that month’s prayer focus is targeted for prayer. Join thousands of other dia-ry users worldwide in praying for the same people or situation.

Bible meditation and memorization guide (C). Weekly meditation and memory verses are found at the beginning of each week. By meditating on and memorizing each selection, you will commit 53 portions of Scripture to memory in 2013.

Weekly guide to praying for the nations (D). A nation related to the monthly prayer focus is high-lighted each week. Important information and a flag are included in each listing to assist you in praying for that nation. On pages 197–98 you’ll find explanations of the symbols and categories used in the listings. Each nation may also be lo-cated geographically using the maps section be-ginning on page 178.

Two-track Bible-reading program (E). Option 1: Read through the Bible in a year by follow-ing the reading guide each day. Option 2: Use the checkoff system on pages 174–77 to read the Scriptures in your own order and at your own pace. By reading an average of 3.5 chapters each day, you will read the entire Bible in one year,

regardless of the order you choose to read each portion.

Calendars for planning your day, week, and year (F). A three-year long-range planner can be found starting on page 14. Each month opens with a month-at-a-glance planner to keep track of im-portant events, birthdays, and appointments. The daily calendar is designed in a handy week-at-a-glance format. This section can be used as a daily planning tool or as a daily journal and prayer diary should you desire to use the monthly planner for all your scheduling needs. (Note that some non-Christian religious holidays are included on the calendars as an aid to prayer.)

Personal notes and contacts. A personal notes/prayer journal page is included at the beginning of each month. Additional notes/journal pages begin on page 202. Also, a handy section for re-cording phone numbers and addresses begins on page 200.

Reference helps (G). The world maps, coun-tries of the world section, and time-zone chart are found on pages 178–87, 188–98, and 199, respectively.

The more you use your Personal Prayer Diary and Daily Planner, the more natural it will become to you, assisting you in connecting the whole of your life to God’s kingdom. As you learn about ar-eas of need and areas of hope in God’s world this year, both through this tool and in your daily life, be encouraged and emboldened in the knowledge that you are one of thousands of Christians us-ing this diary worldwide who are united in vital intercession.

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Fearful of the fighting between the newly formed country of South Sudan and its neighbor, Sudan,

Wani fled with a small group to a Kenyan refu-gee camp. It was a risky trek. One day, Wani found herself in the middle of an ambush by rebel groups. She hid in the bush, where she saw a woman from her group lying dead on the ground. The trauma still haunted her, along with many new ones. Wani and her 19-year-old daughter were separated for three days on the trek to the camp. She thought she had lost her only child, and it was too much to bear, especially after her husband had died one week before. As she approached the overpopulated refugee camp, Wani cried out for peace, but she could not find it.

a Fractured national IdentityOnce Africa’s largest nation, the formerly uni-fied country of Sudan has been at war with itself for most of its post-colonial history. Wracked by near-constant conflict between the north and the south, it has been a country in turmoil, devas-tated by civil war, beleaguered by roaming bands of rebel and government militia, and desperate for humanitarian aid. Following years of nego-tiations, a historic peace agreement was signed in 2005. That peace, however, was threatened by

a multitude of unresolved issues. Then on July 9, 2011, the country broke apart. The Republic of South Sudan became the world’s newest indepen-dent nation, though tensions remained high on both sides.

The new nation of South Sudan is also one of the poorest. Hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese left their devastated homeland for the north and other neighboring countries during the war years. Sudan revoked the citizenship of all South Sudanese after independence was declared in 2011, forcing a mass migration of southern-ers back to their troubled land. In the wake of a fractured national identity, both North and South Sudan now face uncertain futures.

Persecution in the northIn the predominantly Muslim north, long-stand-ing acts of violence against Christians persist. A report titled “An Era of New Martyrdom” ex-plains: “The new authorities of the country have stated that ‘the Sharia and Islam will now become in Sudan the basis of a new constitution, with Is-lam as the official religion and Arabic as the of-ficial language.’ Reports are coming from North Sudan about numerous purposeful attacks on

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Sudan, north and SouthChristians who have had to flee to South Sudan.”1

The people of the Nuba Mountains, home to one of the region’s largest Christian communities, are one of the fleeing groups. The area has long endured daily air strikes and house-to-house raids from northern forces. There have been reports of northern soldiers shutting down roads, burning down churches, and firing at schools and resi-dents’ homes. With aid access to the region lim-ited, international relief has been hard to come by.

After hearing about life-threatening medicine shortages in the Nuba area, the Christian Broad-casting Networks’s Operation Blessing president Bill Horan organized an emergency medical mis-sion in 2011. “It was dangerous, but it was life sav-ing,” Horan said. “The National Congress Party of [northern] Khartoum have declared jihad, Islamic jihad on all the Nuba, whether you are Muslim, whether you are Christian. The people of the Nuba Mountains, no one can hear their voice. They’re suffering in silence. We need to be their voice.”2

Crisis in the SouthAs the world watches, thousands of South Sudan’s returning refugees are also in great need. More than 80% of the population relies on subsistence agriculture and lives on less than $2 a day. Ma-ternal mortality rates are among the worst in the world, and one in seven children dies before the age of five. There are few functioning schools and hospitals in South Sudan, and neither provides ad-equate access to services, especially in rural areas.

Rev. Lexson Maku, Head of Mission for the Afro-Canadian Evangelical Mission (ACEM), has worked in South Sudan for seven years with Padang Lutheran Christian Relief (PLCR). These groups have assisted over 500,000 South Suda-nese, serving communities devastated by war and disaster and helping them prepare for the future. With programs for education, health care, food aid, water, and sanitation, the progress is slow but steady. In addition to providing humanitar-ian relief and rebuilding communities, ACEM and PLCR train pastors and evangelists, build churches, and distribute Bibles and discipleship materials.

“The situation of Christians in Sudan is ter-rible because they are being persecuted for their religion,” Lexson said in an e-mail interview with YWAM Publishing. “These people are hoping to enter South Sudan to practice their freedom of re-ligion and be free from being persecuted.”

In the new South, the threat of violence—and daily fear—remains. Border demarcation had not yet transpired by the summer of 2012, per-petuating the insecurity affecting returnees, fami-lies, and communities bordering the North and South. “The Sudan air force is currently bombing the people of South Sudan both night and day,” Lexson said. “We are asking for your prayers and help from the international communities to help with this issue between the two countries.”3

What can be done to improve the plight of the Sudanese people? At a US Congressional hearing, Virginia Representative Frank Wolf emphasized the importance of the church rallying around per-secuted Christians. “I think the church in the West has to do a better job of advocating for the perse-cuted church,” Wolf said. “If anything, hopefully, this hearing can not only motivate the administra-tion, but also the church leaders of all the denomi-nations to come together to advocate for this.”4

Action and prayer go hand in hand. The path to peace in South Sudan is new and fragile, while the predominantly Arab north continues its au-thoritarian regime. There is hunger, uncertainty, and displacement. The power of prayer attests to a global effort that helped these nations break away from each other, and it must endure as Sudan and South Sudan now coexist as estranged neighbors. Could an era of great promise emerge from un-imaginable desolation? With God’s help, anything is possible.

PRay• for a successful demarcation of borders be-

tween South Sudan and Sudan• for resources enabling ACEM and PLCR to

provide relief in South Sudan• for the northern people of the Nuba Mountains

to get the help they need during difficulty• for freedom of speech in both South and North

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month at a glance

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Fr iday Saturday

Notes: 1

New Year’s Day

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Epiphany

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13 14 15 16 17 18 19

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M. L. King Jr. Day

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27 28 29 30 31 Notes:

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notes & Prayer Journal

DecemberS M T W T F S

12 3 4 5 6 7 89 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 2223 24 25 26 27 28 2930 31

Febr uar yS M T W T F S

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10 11 12 13 14 15 1617 18 19 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28

Januar yS M T W T F S

1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 1920 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 29 30 31

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Goals and projects for the week:

South Sudan — Cent. AfricaPopulation: 8,260,490 Christian: 60.5%Ethnoreligionist: 32.9%Muslim: 6.2%Nonreligious: 0.4%See pages 197–98 for an explanation of symbols and categories used in the weekly nation listings.

1 KiNgS 8:28 Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day.

Pray for resources to build hospitals, clinics, and schools in South Sudan (see pages 20–21)SUNDAY Zech. 10–14;

Prov. 30; Rom. 1530

Pray for resources to build hospitals, clinics, and schools in South AfricaMONDAY Mal.; Prov. 31;

Rom. 1631New Year’s Eve

Pray for resources to build hospitals, clinics, and schools in the GambiaTUESDAY Gen. 1–2; Ps. 1;

Matt. 11New Year’s Day

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SATURDAYPray for resources to build hospitals, clinics, and schools in Senegal

Pray for resources to build hospitals, clinics, and schools in Eritrea

Pray for resources to build hospitals, clinics, and schools in Lesotho

Pray for resources to build hospitals, clinics, and schools in Côte d’Ivoire

Gen. 3–4; Ps. 2; Matt. 2

Gen. 5–7; Ps. 3;Matt. 3

Gen. 8–9; Ps. 4;Matt. 4

Gen. 10–11; Ps. 5;Matt. 5 5

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Goals and projects for the week:

Sudan — Northern AfricaPopulation: 34,206,710Muslim: 61.38%Christian: 26.11%Ethnoreligionist: 11.10%Nonreligious: 1.40%Other: 0.01%Literacy Rate: Male 72% Female 51%Life Expectancy: Male 61 Female 65infant Mortality: 56gDP per capita: $3,000

PSALM 67:4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth.

Pray for the unity of all Christian denominations in JamaicaTUESDAY Gen. 16–17; Ps. 8;

Matt. 88

Pray for the unity of all Christian denominations in NicaraguaMONDAY Gen. 14–15; Ps. 7;

Matt. 77

Pray for the unity of all Christian denominations in South Sudan (see pages 20–21)SUNDAY Gen. 12–13; Ps. 6;

Matt. 66Epiphany

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WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAYPray for the unity of all Christian denominations in Honduras

Pray for the unity of all Christian denominations in North America

Pray for the unity of all Christian denominations in Costa Rica

Pray for the unity of all Christian denominations in Malawi

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Gen. 24; Ps. 12;Matt. 12

Gen. 22–23; Ps. 11;Matt. 11

Gen. 20–21; Ps. 10;Matt. 10

Gen. 18–19; Ps. 9;Matt. 9

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