In his words: Ramesh Richard April update | April 24, 2019

Dear praying friends,

“There by the grace of God, go I” well captures my sentiment, more so than the also true “there but for the grace of God, go I!” I never want to overlook the grace that carries and covers me all over the world and brings me back each time.

By God’s grace, I was carried on airlines you’ve likely not heard of: Spicejet, Druk Air,  Malindo Air and Qatar Airlines on a recent five-country, 15-day trip. It started with about 200 church leaders in a remote South Asia area, the gateway to the next two countries.

In the next country, I secretly visited our Lord’s family of 75 on a Sunday morning and with 10 thoroughly committed pastors at night. In Nepal, I publicly shared God’s Word with over 1,000 greatly enthusiastic leaders. They currently have the highest church growth rate in the world.

Then it was on to Malaysia for executive ministry meetings as a follow up to a “SWOT” exercise where our global staff had to each identify about 100 strengths, 50 weaknesses, 25 opportunities and 10 weaknesses of RREACH! A ministry directorate will oversee and implement what we discern as priorities for programs, funding, timing.  A day-long pastoral visit to nearby Singapore with weakening old(er) friends finished out the grace-filled trip.

At home, the month began with a group of about 50 grace-filled friends over a day of spiritual and strategic deliberation. What do the final two years of our decade-long human capital campaign (RREACHABLE 2010 – 2020) look like? And what about the next decade, too? 2022 and 2028 seem to be key marker moments according to … you guessed it … grace, grace, God’s grace, grace that is greater than all our sins—and plans.

Dallas Theological Seminary, too, is a grace-filled institution. In teaching the spiritual life course, I emphasize that DTS’ unique contribution to the subject is grace. I was recognized for 35 years of faculty service. I used to be the youngest ever on the faculty, once, long ago!

You, too, are a marker of God’s grace in my life. Your grace-based prayer carries and covers this servant’s ministry. Thank you for exhibiting the grace of praying, even as I continue in the grace of serving the One who died and rose again for us to ground grace into daily living.

Received: April 29, 2021

RREACH Daily Prayer Reminder - April | April 12, 2019

Dear praying friends,

Many have told us they use the daily prayer calendar from our RR Crossing newsletter, so we are expanding it to more accessible and updateable formats. We hope this will accelerate how you can find out what God is doing through RREACH and pray.

Each month we will post a set of daily requests here on the prayer blog, in addition to our weekly updates. Utilize them in whatever way works best for you.

Thank you for joining us in praying. It means more than you can know and helps explain the impact God grants this ministry. The following reminders cover the next half of April.

15     Ramesh Richard: to be humble before God, sensitive to needs and have clear direction in all areas of life

16     Dallas GPA: God's provision of the right 25 pastors to attend the 2019 Dallas GPA; 16 currently have visas to come

17     Media Outreach: smooth production process for LifeRocks videos—writing, filming, editing, curating content, promoting and distributing

18    GProCommission: growing collaboration with pastoral training individuals and organizations

19     RREACH: funds needed to support Dr. Richard’s itinerant proclamation ministry

20     National GPA: graduates to apply what they have learned and to remain connected

21     Rejoice in the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, who died to atone for our sins and lives to draw all to Himself!

22     Media Outreach: the filming of Dr. Richard’s next set of LifeRocks videos

23     RR: safety, health and travel mercies

24     Dallas GPA: God to make the 2019 GPA a life- and ministry-changing event for this cohort of pastors

25     National GPA: GPA Panama and wGPA Indonesia (women’s) attendees to be connected, united and strengthened as they meet 4/25–5/4

26     iProMission: wisdom in making Dr. Richard’s books, talks and other resources available to those who most need them

27     GProCommission: accuracy, efficiency and speed in getting materials translated into different languages for eager pastors

28     RREACH: Effective communication among team members, who are based all around the world

29     Dallas GPA: pastors to be supernaturally connected, united and strengthened to think, live and preach biblically

30     iProMission: Richard’s trip to Albania and Rwanda to strengthen pastors and speak to pre-Christian opinion leaders

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

Faithful in doing | March 8, 2019

Dear praying friends,

In brief:

Praise God for a wonderful weekend of vision-casting with long-time and new RREACH friends.

Pray for Dr. Richard’s 15-day, five-country trip to sensitive areas in Asia.

Praise for continuing visa approvals for Dallas GPA candidates; please continue to pray!

Praise for the recently completed national GPA in Madagascar and pray for upcoming ones in Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Panama and Indonesia (women’s).

Uphold Bonnie Richard’s mother, Joyce, who had a serious fall.

The bigger picture:

Four Dallas Global Proclamation Academy graduates now studying at Dallas Seminary joined RREACH's vision-casting weekend. They prayed over the ministry in their primary languages: Tagalog (Pastor N, Philippines), English (Pastor G, Cameroon), Mongolian (Pastor C, Mongolia) and French (Pastor D, Haiti).

We’re grateful for the 70+ long-time and new friends who joined Dr. Richard last weekend for an overview of RREACH’s next decade of ministry. Praise God for how He has used Dr. Richard and RREACH to change how large numbers of individuals think and hear about the Lord Jesus Christ. Pray that we will be faithful in doing what He has laid before us. Pray for creativity, clarity, perseverance, provision in all ways, and fruit beyond expectation.

Dr. Richard has just left for Asia, where God has opened doors for proclamation and encouraging leaders in some spiritually needy areas. We are unable to disclose locations ahead of time due to local situations. Please ask for His guidance and protection, for the good news of the Lord Jesus to penetrate the neediest places, and for productive meetings with RREACH's international team members.

Although we received word of three visa denials this week, God has granted 15 pastors visas to attend the 2019 Dallas GPA, seven from new or under-represented countries. Praise Him! We are praying for at least 10 more, and for even more new countries to be represented. Also intercede for us as we prepare to make this a life-changing time for these special young pastors.

The reasons for praise just keep coming. GPA Madagascar finished last week. Pray that these 19 leaders will preach, think and live biblically as they return to their homes and ministries. Also pray for preparations for GPA Guatemala, GPA Guinea-Bissau, GPA Panama and GPA Indonesia (women’s).

Bonnie Richard’s mother, Joyce, fell this week and had surgery. Please ask the Lord to sustain her through the recovery process and that Joyce’s firm belief that “God is in charge” will be a powerful witness to everyone helping care for her.

Thank you for praying!

Received: April 29, 2021