Today is the Global Day of Prayer.

If you would like to pray for the nations to come to Christ and for unity in the body of Christ, there are numerous resources available.

One of my favorites is the Joshua Project which recommends prayer each day for a different unreached people group.

Today's unreached group is the Bugis people of Indonesia. There are 6,092,000 people in this ethnic group and less than 2% of them are followers of Jesus Christ.

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. - 1 Timothy 2:1-2

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Singer Trent Reznor

The following celebrities have birthdays today. Please pray for them to be guided by the Holy Spirit and to serve God with a pure heart. Pray that their actions will glorify God and that Christ's love will flow from their lives into their families, friends, neighbors and coworkers lives.

• Alan Kay - computer scientist at Xerox PARC - 73
• George Miller - Democratic congressman from California - 67
• Simon Hughes - leader of the Liberal Democrats in Great Britain - 61
• Bill Paxton - actor in the movie Titanic - 58
• Bob Saget - actor in the sitcom Full House - 57
• Jim Nantz - CBS sportscaster - 54
• Enya - celtic singer - 52
• Craig Ferguson - comedian and TV show host - 51
• Trent Reznor - singer in the band Nine Inch Nails - 48
• Cameron Bancroft - actor in the TV series Beverly Hills 90210 - 46
• Jordan Knight - singer in the group New Kids on the Block - 43
• Sasha Alexander - actress in the TV series NCIS - 40
• Sendhil Ramamurthy - actor in the TV series Heroes - 39
• Andrea Corr - singer in the band The Corrs - 39
• Laura Voutilainen - singer in Finland - 38
• Dallas Taylor - former singer in the band Underoath - 33
• Shiri Maimon - Israeli singer - 32
• Tony Parker - San Antonio Spurs point guard basketball player - 31
• Matt Ryan - Atlanta Falcons quarterback - 28
• Tahj Mowry - actor in the TV series Full House - 27
• Nikki Reed - actress in the movie Thirteen - 25
• Leven Rambin - actress in the TV series All My Children - 23
• Ryan Ochoa - actor in the TV series Pair of Kings - 17

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Singer Janet Jackson

The following celebrities have birthdays today. Please pray for them to be guided by the Holy Spirit and to serve God with a pure heart. Pray that their actions will glorify God and that Christ's love will flow from their lives into their families, friends, neighbors and coworkers lives.

• John Conyers - Democratic congressman from Michigan - 84
• Bernardo Bertolucci - Italian movie director known for Last Tango in Paris - 73
• Dan Coats - Republican senator from Indiana - 70
• Jonathan Richman - guitarist in the band The Modern Lovers - 62
• Pierce Brosnan - actor that played James Bond - 60
• Debra Winger - actress in the movie Terms of Endearment - 58
• Scott Reeves - actor in the TV series General Hospital - 47
• Janet Jackson - singer - 47
• David Hollander - executive producer of the TV series The Guardian - 45
• Tracey Gold - actress in the TV series Growing Pains - 44
• Tucker Carlson - Fox News commentator - 44
• Gabriela Sabatini - professional tennis player - 43
• Tori Spelling - actress in the TV series Beverly Hills 90210 - 40
• Laura Pausini, - Italian singer - 39
• Adam Richman - host of the TV series Man vs Food Nation - 39
• Melanie Lynskey - actress in the TV series Two and a Half Men - 36
• Billy Crawford - Filipino singer - 31
• Nancy Ajram - most popular Arabic singer on Facebook - 30
• Jacob Zachar - actor in the TV series Greek - 27
• Jana Julie Kilka - German actress - 26
• IU - South Korean singer - 20
• Miles Heizer - actor in the TV series Parenthood - 19
• Ariel Waller - actress in the TV series Life With Derek - 15

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Yesterday a tornado struck Granbury, Texas, a town of about 8,000. According to Reuters, the local police department spokesperson Tye Bell reported "six people were dead, seven missing and at least 45 injured."

Anita Foster tweeted that 42 people "stayed in the #redcross shelter in Granbury, TX last night."

The Dallas-Fort Worth Red Cross tweeted that is collecting donations.

 ‏@RedCrossDFW: If you want an easy way to help #Granbury #Cleburne, text ‘REDCROSS’ to 90999 for a $10 donation to our disaster relief fund.

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Actor David Krumholtz

The following celebrities have birthdays today. Please pray for them to be guided by the Holy Spirit and to serve God with a pure heart. Pray that their actions will glorify God and that Christ's love will flow from their lives into their families, friends, neighbors and coworkers lives.

• Madeleine Albright - former U.S. Secretary of State - 76
• Lars Berghagen - Swedish singer - 68
• Graeham Goble - member of the Little River Band - 66
• Brian Eno - record producer - 65
• Nicholas Hammond - actor in the movie The Sound of Music - 63
• George Brett - Kansas City Royals baseball player - 60
• Dan Patrick - NBC sportscaster and Sports Illustrated writer - 57
• Rob Bowman - executive producer of the TV series Castle and The X-Files - 53
• Madhuri Dixit - Bollywood actress - 46
• Cecilia Malmström - the European Commissioner for Home Affairs - 45
• Emmitt Smith - retired Dallas Cowboys football player - 44
• Asalah Nasri - Syrian singer - 44
• David Charvet - actor in the TV series Melrose Place - 41
• David Krumholtz - actor in the TV series Numb3rs - 35
• Caroline Dhavernas - actress in the TV series Hannibal - 35
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler - actress in the TV series The Sopranos - 32
• Tatsuya Fujiwara - Japanese actor - 31
• Jennylyn Mercado - Filipino actress - 26
• Bernardo Chambel - actor in the Portuguese TV series Floribella - 17

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

The following celebrities have birthdays today. Please pray for them to be guided by the Holy Spirit and to serve God with a pure heart. Pray that their actions will glorify God and that Christ's love will flow from their lives into their families, friends, neighbors and coworkers lives.

• Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson - President of Iceland - 70
• George Lucas - director of the movie Star Wars - 69
• Robert Zemeckis - director of the movie Back to the Future - 62
• David Byrne - songwriter in the band Talking Heads - 61
• Norodom Sihamoni - king of Cambodia - 60
• C C Deville - guitarist in the band Poison - 51
• Nancy Sorel - actress in the TV series Less Than Kind - 49
• Suzy Kolber - ESPN sportscaster - 49
• Marianne Denicourt - French actress - 47
• Cate Blanchett - actress in The Lord of the Rings movie series - 44
• Sofia Coppola - director of the movie Marie Antoinette - 42
• Gabriel Mann - actor in the TV series Revenge - 41
• Shanice - R&B singer - 40
• Anais Granofsky - actress in the Degrassi High TV series - 40
• Martine McCutcheon - actress in the TV series EastEnders - 37
• Ada Nicodemou - actress in the TV series Home and Away - 36
• Sarbel - Greek singer - 31
• Amber Tamblyn - actress in the TV series Joan of Arcadia - 30
• Anahí, - Mexican singer - 30
• Mark Zuckerberg - founder of Facebook - 29
• Miranda Cosgrove - actress in the TV series iCarly - 20
• Francis Magundayao - Filipino actor - 14

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Comedian and TV host Stephen Colbert

The following celebrities have birthdays today. Please pray for them to be guided by the Holy Spirit and to serve God with a pure heart. Pray that their actions will glorify God and that Christ's love will flow from their lives into their families, friends, neighbors and coworkers lives.

• Harvey Keitel - actor in the movie Taxi Driver - 74
• Stevie Wonder - singer - 63
• Danny Kirwan - guitarist in the band Fleetwood Mac - 63
• Joe Johnston - director of the movie The Rocketeer - 63
• John Kasich - Republic governor of Ohio - 60
• Alan Ball - executive producer of the TV series True Blood - 56
• Dennis Rodman - retired professional basketball player - 52
• Stephen Colbert - comedian and TV talk show host - 49
• Hikari Ota - comedian in Japan - 48
• John Anderson - host of the TV show ESPN SportsCenter - 48
• Darius Rucker - singer in the band Hootie and the Blowfish - 47
• Prince Carl Philip - son of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf - 34
• Mickey Madden - bass player in the band Maroon 5 - 34
• Robert Pattinson - actor in The Twilight Saga movie series - 27
• Candice Accola - actress in the TV series The Vampire Diaries - 26
• Casey Donovan - winner of Austrian Idol - 25
• Debby Ryan - actress in the movie What If - 20

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Happy Mother's Day to all the moms reading this blog post.

Prayer List

1. Thank God for your mother and all the other moms. There are 2 billion moms in the world.
2. Pray for single moms to receive support in parenting their children. Parenting.com reported, "Unmarried women are now responsible for a whopping 36% of all births, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau." According to a University of Akron article, "Approximately 60 percent of U.S. children living in mother-only families are impoverished, compared with only 11 percent of two-parent families. The rate of poverty is even higher in African-American single-parent families, in which two out of every three children are poor."
3. Pray for moms to be godly role models for their kids.
4. According to Yourtango, "On Mother's Day, many women who have had abortions are reminded of 'what might have been.'" Pray for women struggling with guilt today to experience forgiveness and peace.
5. Pray for women that wish to be mothers but suffer from infertility. Russell Moore writes, "Infertile women, and often their husbands, are still often grieving in the shadows."
6. Pray for people whose moms have died recently and are mourning on this day.
7. Pray for women in struggling marriages. This Examiner headline tells a sad story: "Unappreciated women are more likely to cheat the day after Mother's Day ."

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Bono of the band U2

The following celebrities have birthdays today. Please pray for them to be guided by the Holy Spirit and to serve God with a pure heart. Pray that their actions will glorify God and that Christ's love will flow from their lives into their families, friends, neighbors and coworkers lives.

(Special note: By accident yesterday's list included names of some people that were born on May 9th)

• Bill Cash - British Member of Parliament - 72
• Jim Abrahams - screenwriter for the movie Hot Shots - 69
• Dave Mason - guitarist in the band Traffic - 67
• Chris Berman - ESPN sportscaster - 58
• Rick Santorum - former Republican senator - 55
• Victoria Rowell - actress in the TV series The Young and the Restless - 54
• Bono - singer in the band U2 - 53
• Teri Copley - actress in the TV series We Got it Made - 52
• Johanna ter Steege - actress in The Netherlands - 52
• Linda Evangelista - model - 48
• Young MC - rapper - 46
• Scott Brison - member of Canadian parliament - 46
• Dallas Roberts - actor in the TV series The Walking Dead - 43
• Kenan Thompson - comedian - 35
• Gustav Fridolin - Green Party spokesman - 30
• Odette Annable - actress in the movie You Again - 28
• Lindsey Shaw - actress in the TV series Pretty Little Liars - 24
• Mirai Shida - Japanese actress - 20
• Halston Sage - actress in the TV series How to Rock - 20
• Abbey Hoes - actress in The Netherlands - 19
• Jake Johnson - actor in the TV series Man Up - 16

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Singer Billy Joel

The following celebrities have birthdays today. Please pray for them to be guided by the Holy Spirit and to serve God with a pure heart. Pray that their actions will glorify God and that Christ's love will flow from their lives into their families, friends, neighbors and coworkers lives.

(Special note: By accident yesterday's list included names of some people that were born on May 9th)

• James Brooks - producer of the TV show The Simpsons - 73
• John D Ashcroft - former U.S. Attorney General - 71
• Candice Bergen - actress in the TV series Murphy Brown - 66
• Billy Joel - singer - 63
• Tom Petersson - bass player in the band Cheap Trick - 63
• Wendy Crewson - actress in the TV series Revenge - 57
• Dave Gahan - singer in the band Depeche Mode - 50
• Dana Perino - Fox News political commentator - 41
• Megumi Odaka - Japanese actress - 41
• Chu Sang-mi - South Korean actress - 40
• Tamia - R&B singer - 37
• Choi Jeong-yun - South Korean actress - 36
• Pierre Bouvier - singer in the band Simple Plan - 34
• Rosario Dawson - actress in the musical Rent - 33
• Rachel Boston - actress in the TV series In Plain Sight - 31
• Ezra Klein - Washington Post columnist - 29
• Audrina Patridge - reality show personality - 27
• Skye Regan - actress in the TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation - 25
• Lacey Fleming - actress in the TV series Body of Proof - 17
• Caroline Costa - French singer - 16

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