Each color on this map depicts about half the world’s population.
John 3:16 speaks of God’s love for the world. By “the world”, we understand it to mean “people”.
God is intimately interested in people. Lots of them. Over 7 billion of them. For even “the hairs on our head are numbered”. He is concerned about the minuscule details of all of us.
Not just North Americans.
Not just Europeans.
Not just Africans.
Not just Asians.
All of us.
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If God is so interested in people—if he so loves the world that even his own Son was not too great a sacrifice—he must spend a considerable amount of time investing his glory, grace and love into Asia. Why? Because simply stated, there are a heck of a lot of people living there!
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As you look at this map, I pray that you would somehow recognize one of the beautiful facets of God’s deep care and concern for people. I pray that you would see a glimpse of his heart for the woven tapestry of unique ethnolinguistic people groups and diverse cultures that he so lovingly created.
Half the world’s population. They’re right there. They’re waiting at the other end of our obedience…
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Remember this: Asia is precious to the heart of God. The unreached people groups residing here are not forgotten. They are not forsaken. Amidst all the ashes and qualities of hopelessness, there is a stream. There is a river. It is full of hope.
Within Reach Global is committed to ushering in the flow of that river into the hearts and lives of the yet unreached people groups of Southeast Asia.