Only God
RREACH’s first operational value is “Only God.” One way we recognize and live our dependence on Him is by beginning, covering and ending every aspect of ministry in prayer, with thanksgiving.
Dr. Richard says, “Prayer precedes ministry,” and as the Lord continues to open doors for his ministry, we realize afresh the need for prayer.
Please take a moment to pray and praise over the updates on this page, featuring a daily prayer calendar at the beginning of each month. Also let us know how we can pray for you!
Prayer Calendar
Prayer Updates
Urgent request update and June daily prayer reminders | June 1, 2019
Urgent Prayer Request Update:
2019 Dallas Global Proclamation Academy housing
We asked your fervent prayer; now we wish to let you know what God has done.
With less than a week to go, RREACH received confirmation that Dallas Seminary has enough on-campus rooms to accommodate all of our Dallas GPA pastors!
Thank you for your prayer. Praise and glory be to God.
Dear praying friends,
This June, please pray with us for:
1 Ramesh Richard to be humble before God, sensitive to needs and have clear direction in all areas of life
2 iProMission: God’s Word to continue to work in hearts and minds where Dr. Richard has spoken
3 Dallas GPA: health, safety and smooth customs/immigration entry as the pastors arrive this week
4 GProCommission: wisdom and perseverance as GProCentral colleagues keep reaching out to encourage pastors and pastoral trainers
5 Media Outreach: many to engage with Dr. Richard’s LifeRocks short video messages about peace
6 Dallas GPA: spiritual and physical protection of the delegates and all RREACH and DTS staff involved
7 iProMission: blocks of time Dr. Richard can dedicate to writing and preparing messages
8 National GPA: clear vision, fresh energy and enduring connections for GPA Colombia graduates as they return home
9 Dallas GPA: day 1 – worship service, special lunch and orientation leading into an exciting week in the classroom
10 RR: teaching three sessions today as the first Master Coach of the GPA
11 Media Outreach: insight as RREACH staff plan and excellence as they execute plans
12 RREACH: special energy and encouragement for the staff throughout the Dallas GPA
13 GProCommission: preparations for regional gatherings of pastoral trainers
14 Dallas GPA: a great weekend for the pastors and their host families
15 RR: Ramesh to be humble before God, sensitive to needs and have clear direction in all areas of life
16 National GPA: funding so we can continue to make national GPAs possible
17 Dallas GPA: week 2 in the classroom – Master Coaches, deepening relationships, Scripture Sculpture homework
18 Media Outreach: people in unreachable areas to hear about the Lord Jesus through LifeRocks’ online presence
19 GProCommission: capacity to translate more materials into more languages
20 National GPA: GPA Belize pastors to be connected, united and strengthened as they meet 6/20–29
21 Dallas GPA: a great weekend for the pastors and their host families
22 iProMission: making Dr. Richard’s books, talks and other resources available for greatest effect
23 RR: God’s hand to be on Dr. Richard as he prepares the 2019 graduation charge
24 Dallas GPA: final week – sermon preparation, closer bonding, energy to finish well
25 Media Outreach: pre-Christians to have meaningful conversations with online counselors
26 GProCommission: pastoral trainers to benefit from the thousands of resources available on GProLearning.org
27 iProMission: discernment as Dr. Richard evaluates potential speaking engagements
28 National GPA: clear vision, fresh energy and enduring connections for GPA Belize graduates as they return home tomorrow
29 Dallas GPA: a powerful graduation celebration for the 2019 graduates
30 Dallas GPA: safety and strength as the pastors depart and go back to their everyday lives
Ramesh Richard proclaims God’s Word; RREACH maximizes the proclamation globally and multiplies the proclamation locally.
RR – Ramesh Richard
GPA – Global Proclamation Academy
GProCommission – Global Proclamation Commission
iProMission – Ramesh Richard’s personal proclamation
Received: April 29, 2021
In his words: Ramesh Richard May update | May 30, 2019
Dear praying friends,
We know/love/believe/follow a God who is personal, who did not sit in His heavens and merely prescribe (cf. the God of other monotheisms), but who personally entered the crux of the human situation.
It was this crucified (crux is Latin for cross) Savior whom we recognized through 14 stations of the Via Crucis at an evangelical Anglican congregation and through the 15th station, His Resurrection, at an evangelical Lutheran sunrise service. Indeed, this was the only personal message we could send to our Family lost in the Sri Lanka Easter Sunday terrorist devastation. Let me know if you wish to receive a copy of a letter I wrote to a distraught believer there.
Last month was great, for it had no travel, at least not international travel. On my day-visit to Savannah, Georgia, to minister to the 88-year-old, most influential pastor in my life, he ministered to me instead. His son was killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan earlier this year, and he himself fell, breaking the right side of his face. Still, he assured me that “old age is doable!” :-)
When I am in Dallas, numerous ministry and mentoring opportunities present themselves. Younger men drop in for guidance and older men say they were decisively influenced in the style and structure of their ministries—including Dr. Celestin Musekura of ALARM and Dr. Stuart Briscoe of Telling the Truth. God uses us in humanly unplanned ways for eternal effect.
Global Proclamation Academies (GProAcademies) in Panama and Indonesia were accomplished by colleagues. I also recorded five pre-evangelistic talks for LifeRocks, our short-format monthly videos, around the theme of “de-cluttering” life, mind, heart and soul through the One who is our Peace-mover and Peace-giver.
And best of all, I concluded a Dallas Seminary semester on Cross Cultural Apologetics and Worldview Evangelism with a fine set of eager students about the ages of my kids!
Please pray for the 28 pastoral leaders from 28 countries we currently anticipate coming to the June Dallas GProAcademy. Hope you can be our guest at their graduation dinner on June 29, or really at any of our open events. You will rejoice at what God through your personal prayer support does to maximize my proclamation globally and multiply their proclamation locally. Thank you as always.
P.S. Please keep interceding for rooms for the GProAcademy pastors at Dallas Seminary—we need four more. I would also appreciate prayer as I prepare my graduation dinner talk.
Received: April 29, 2021
Dallas GPA praise and urgent prayer request | May 24, 2019
Answer to prayer: Praise be to God! RREACH now has 28 pastors with visas who plan to attend the Dallas GPA! This has been a major prayer concern and we thank all who have prayed. Having a visa does not guarantee entry into a country, though, so please continue to pray.
Urgent request: A critical aspect of the Dallas GPA is housing all the pastors on the Dallas Seminary campus. Not enough rooms are currently available and we must begin the move-in process in less than two weeks. We ask your fervent prayer that God will open up all the rooms needed.
Thank you!
Received: April 29, 2021
Action across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe | May 21, 2019
Dear praying friends,
In brief:
Praise God for opportunities to proclaim the Lord Jesus in Albania and Rwanda.
Praise God for the completion of national Global Proclamation Academies (GPA) in Panama and Indonesia (pastor's wives and women).
Praise God for 27 pastors with visas planning to attend the 2019 Dallas GPA.
Pray for the newest LifeRocks outreach video release.
Pray for the RREACH board of directors.
The bigger picture:
A GPA Indonesia attendee studies Dr. Ramesh Richard's seven-step method for preparing an expository sermon.
God granted Dr. Ramesh Richard many wonderful opportunities to proclaim the Lord Jesus on his recent trip to Albania and Rwanda. Albania was the first nation to declare atheism as its authorized religion, though it is now officially a secular state. Dr. Richard spoke to pastoral leaders there and at a private outreach event with about a 60 percent atheist and M*sl*m audience.
Rwanda is solemnly observing the anniversary of the horrific genocide there 25 years ago. Dr. Richard ministered multiple times to both national and church leaders. Please pray that God’s Word will reach widely and deeply in these countries as a result.
We’re thanking God for the completion of national GPAs in Panama and Indonesia (pastor's wives and women) this month. Pray for attendees to apply what they learned. Also pray for the funding to continue to make these GPAs possible.
God has blessed us with 27 pastors who have visas and wish to attend this year’s Dallas GPA. Praise Him! Please continue to pray for provision for them and us as well as for our preparation process. We all encounter practical challenges and spiritual opposition in a greater way during this time. Your prayer makes a difference.
We would also appreciate your prayer for the newest LifeRocks video, released last week. Pray that many pre-Christians will watch it and pursue learning more about the Lord Jesus.
Finally, please uphold the RREACH board of directors, which met recently. Pray that their every discussion and decision will strengthen Dr. Richard’s and RREACH’s proclamation of the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you!
Received: April 29, 2021
RREACH daily prayer reminder - May | May 1, 2019
Dear praying friends,
This month, please pray with us for:
1 Ramesh Richard to be humble before God, sensitive to needs, and have clear direction in all areas of life
2 iProMission: good attendance at pre-evangelistic events
3 Dallas GPA: thorough practical and spiritual preparation as the pastors get ready to come to Dallas
4 National GPA: Clear vision, fresh energy and enduring connections for GPA Panama and Indonesia (women’s) graduates as they return home
5 Media Outreach: effectively using technology and different media platforms to proclaim the Lord Jesus
6 GProCommission: team members to be encouraged in their service
7 iProMission: time Dr. Richard can dedicate to preparing messages and writing
8 Dallas GPA: direction and diligence as we pull final details together
9 RR: blessings and even greater fruitfulness in the Lord Jesus as Dr. Richard celebrates another birthday
10 National GPA: financial provision for the increased number of national GPAs we are holding each year and wisdom in administering it
11 Media Outreach: good conversations between seekers and online counselors
12 RREACH: God’s hand to be on the RREACH board of directors and internal and external staff
13 GProCommission: team members to be able to connect with and encourage hard-to-reach pastors and pastoral trainers
14 iProMission: people who have heard Dr. Richard speak to embrace the Lord Jesus
15 RR: Ramesh to be humble before God, sensitive to needs and have clear direction in all areas of life
16 Dallas GPA: safety, health and travel mercies for the pastors
17 RREACH: the board of directors meeting today
18 Media Outreach: excellence and perseverance in producing campaigns that engage pre-Christians
19 GProCommission: attention to detail in managing information and relationships
20 National GPA: organizers to walk with the Lord Jesus and faithfully manage details
21 iProMission: maximizing Dr. Richard’s health, energy and time to fulfill God’s gifting and calling on him
22 Dallas GPA: the 2019 GPA to be a life- and ministry-changing event
23 RR: safety, health and travel mercies
24 Media Outreach: to reach people who have never been exposed to the Lord Jesus Christ
25 National GPA: GPA Colombia pastors to be connected, united and strengthened as they meet 5/25 – 6/8
26 iProMission: making Dr. Richard’s books, talks and other resources available for greatest effect
27 GProCommission: accuracy, efficiency and speed in translating materials into multiple languages for eager pastors
28 RREACH: Good connections and bonding among team members, who are based all around the world
29 Dallas GPA: peace that passes understanding for pastors and organizers in the final days of preparation
30 RR: Ramesh to grow ever deeper in his relationship with the Lord Jesus
31 National GPA: physical and spiritual protection for pastors, organizers and their families
Ramesh Richard proclaims God’s Word; RREACH maximizes the proclamation globally and multiplies the proclamation locally.
RR – Ramesh Richard
GPA – Global Proclamation Academy
GProCommission – Global Proclamation Commission
iProMission – Ramesh Richard’s personal proclamation