Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Acts 3:17-21

17 “And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. 18 But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He thus fulfilled. 19 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, 20 that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, 21 whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets long ago.

Lord, even as a main tenet of Buddhism is to escape ignorance which causes suffering, they are truly caught in ignorance of Your ways and Your reality in and beyond the created world. Rescue them from their ignorance and reveal to them Your plan in Christ that You have fulfilled. Draw Buddhists to repentance. Draw them by Your offer of true forgiveness and blot out their sins by the blood of Jesus. God, we pray that You will send them Your Savior, Jesus, along with refreshment in Your presence. We ask these things so that multitudes from the Buddhist world will join You in that day that You restore all things to You. In Jesus’ mighty Name we pray, Amen.