Reading the Bible transformed Pema Ongmo's family.
Reading the Bible transformed Pema Ongmo's family.
Aug. 24, 2023 | Bhutan

Bible for New Believer Transforms Family

[149] prayers in [11] nations have been posted for Pema Ongma.

Pema Ongmo, 27, was raised in an animist family and had never heard about Christ until a friend shared the gospel and invited her to church. Her father, a village leader, found out and forbade her to read the Bible the pastor had given her. But she started reading the Bible secretly and began to follow Christ. Her mother became ill, and her father spent all the family’s resources looking for a cure. Pema told her father that the Jesus she read about in the Bible healed many people. Her father agreed to let his wife go to the church, where she was healed. The whole family eventually placed their trust in Christ. “Thank you for the wonderful Bibles you freely gave us,” Pema said. “I thank you and ask the Lord to bless you richly!”

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  • Dear Father, thank You for the wonderful blessing of Your salvation for this family. Thank You for the healing of Pema's mother and the influence this had on her father. I pray that the family's witness for You will bring many more to Jesus Christ. In Jesus' name, amen.
    Lynne W - USA
  • Father, thank you for the wonderful way you worked in Pema and her family. Please continue to grow them in faith and truth. May they learn to abide in Jesus and he in them, know who You say that they are, and be led by the Spirit. You are faithful and will finish the work that you began in their lives. Thank you for your great love for this family.
    Vicki Y - USA
  • Thank you, Jesus, for Pema Ongma. Thank you for miraculously healing her mother. Thank you that her family turned to You. Give them strength and courage as they seek You and witness to others.
    Patrecia J - USA
  • Dear Lord Jesus Christ, please protect Your people from their enemies, please give them everything they need on this earth and in this life while they're on their way to meet You!
    christine s - USA
  • Lord God, I pray that You would continue to grow and increase Pema's faith, and the faith of her family. May they come to know and believe more of who You are and treasure the promises You have made to them. I pray that they would have wonderful Christian community and discipleship and would stand firm despite persecution.
    Danielle H - USA
  • In the precious name of Jesus, our heavenly Father, Jehovah Jireh, God Who provides. As brothers and sisters in Christ we praise You for faithfulness of Pema Ongma. We ask for provision, a hedge of protection, and angels direct from heaven to minister to her. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Lord,
    You are amazing! It is so wonderful to hear stories of your miraculous healing and using all things to work together to bring whole families to Christ. Thank You for the friend who shared the gospel with Pema Ongma and the pastor who shared the Bible with her. May this family grow in their faith each day, honoring the God who healed them.
    Lysander S - USA
  • Father, thank You for the profound and personal way that You're working in and through Pema. Thank You for ministering through Your people and graciously healing Pema's mother. Thank You for saving individuals and entire families, including Pema's. Continue to reveal Yourself to Pema through Your Word, and equip her to fulfill Your calling on her life.
    Patrick V - USA
  • In the living hope of resurrected name of Jesus, our heavenly Father Elohim Miqweh, God of hope as brothers and sisters in Christ, we praise You for living hope of Pema Ongma We ask of a hedge of protection, angels direct from heaven to encamp around and minister to them. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Heavenly Father and God of the universe! We praise You and worship You ! We bow before Your great presence and lift up the name of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords Jesus Christ! Thank you for Your faithfulness to answer prayers. Thank you for the testimony of Pema Ongma and all you have done for their family. In Jesus mighty name Amen.
    Alvin A - USA
  • Our Father, bless Pema Ongma and her family as they walk with You. May their faithfulness to You be a light to those living in darkness, and may others come to know Jesus as Savior. In His name, Amen
    Elizabeth S - USA
  • In the saving name of Jesus, our heavenly Father, Jehovah El Roi, God Who sees. as brothers and sisters in Christ, we praise You that Pema Ongma and family fix their eyes on Jesus. We ask of provision, a head of protection, angels direct from heaven to encamp around and minister to them. Amen.
    Gary F - USA
  • Thank you, Lord, for bringing Pema and her family to faith in Christ. What an amazing testimony to your power and mercy as you healed her mother. May this family grow in Christ and be a light to their community. May more Bibles be distributed among the people in Bhutan, building your church. For your glory and honor, Lord. Amen.
    Diana F - USA
  • Praise the Lord! The WORD, the Lord Jesus Christ is sure.
    Lord Jesus bless Pema, and her family more, and more to grow in Christ as His light in their homeland. Amen!
    Rosalind W - USA
  • Father God, we thank You for saving Pema Ongma and so many of her family. We pray they will all continue to grow in grace. May they share the Gospel with family and friends. We pray more Bibles will be available to share Your Word so that its message may be read and believed. In Jesus' name, Amen.
    Marita J - USA
  • Lord bless the family of Pema omgma. Lift their eyes continually to You and give them a steadfast faith above all their circumstances. Use their mouth and hands and feet to go and say and do all that you command of them. Anoint them with the power of the Holy Spirit to preach the Good Mews to softened hearts. Let many come and believe because of them
    Atacy U - USA
  • God, we praise You for reaching this entire family. I pray they would stay strong in their faith, that Your Word would be written on their hearts, that the change and hope in them would be a witness to their neighbours. We praise You for bringing Your word back full. Please keep this family safe and strong, planted deeply in Your Word. Amen.
    Kesse R - USA
  • Dear Lord, thank You for Pema who is living out the gospel.Forbidden by her father to read the bible she continued anyway. Her mother became seriously ill&after exhausting all other means, her father agreed to let his wife go to Pema's church.She was miraculously healed,&the entire family became believers. Please help the village to all become saved!!
    Donna H - USA
  • Lord, we praise you and thank you for the miraculous transformation in Pema's life and in the lives of her family! You are the God who forgives and heals, and nothing is impossible for you! May their faith continue to grow as the read and meditate upon your Word, and may this miracle of grace bring many others to faith in their community, amen.
    Matthew E - USA
  • Father, how we praise and bless You for the healing of Pema's mother and that her entire family has come to Jesus. Grow them up in grace and embolden them to share this truth with others in their village and provide their physical needs. Cause them to stand boldly for the gospel in the midst of persecution for their faith, in Jesus' name, amen.
    Forrest B - USA
  • Thank you Father, for your calling to Pema & her family. Bring other Christians along side to help them grow in their walk with you. Bless them & provide for their needs. Guide them in your truth & by your Word. May Jesus Name be glorified in all of Bhutan. For Jesus sake, Amen.
    Shelly D - USA
  • Lord, this is so beautiful how You saved this familly & healed the mother. To You be all the glory & praise. We pray that many more families would be reached for You in Your Name. Draw also the persecutors & those who are searching for You. May this family be grounded in Your Word & prayer as they share YOu with those You cross their paths with.
    Lisa T - USA
  • Thank you Lord for Pema and for her family, may her Faith be example to others and may they also believe in Jesus Christ and be saved and healed, in Jesus name Amen.
    Terry D - USA
  • Thank you, Father God, that your word is spreading in Bhutan. Thank you for healing Pema's mother and saving their family from the wrath to come. Please continue to draw people to faith in Jesus Christ and help them to share their belief with others that they may also be healed. I pray that the Holy Spirit will draw many to faith in Bhutan. Amen.
    Julia F - USA
  • Thank you so much Lord for Pema and her childlike faith in you. Thank you for healing her Mom and may many come to know you through this. In Jesus name, Amen.
    Nancy H - USA
  • Father, thank you for this amazing account of your grace and goodness in the life of Pema. Thank you for her her father's willingness to bring his wife to the church, where you miraculously healed her. Praise God for Pema,s witness and the eventual conversion of entire family. Help each of them to grow strong in their faith.
    Betty D - USA
  • In the saving power of Jesus, our Heavenly Father, Yeshua, as brothers and sisters in Christ, we praise You for faithfulness of Pema Ongma. We ask for a hedge of protection, and angels direct from heaven to encamp around and minister to her and her family. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Lord thank you for your word bringing healing and salvation to this family. May they shine brightly for you and Lead others to you.
    michele r - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for Pema Ongma & her whole now believing family: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I thank You for Your written Word! May they safely be built up through their copies of it. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Praise You Father for the miraculous works you have done in the life of Pema Ongma and her family. Thank you for the Bible You provided and the courage Pema had to read it in spite of the consequences! Continue to minister to the needs of her family and may their lives bring You glory and others to salvation because of their witness. In Jesus Name Amen
    Laurie W - USA
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