Nemeth Prayer Guide

Above anything else, we need your prayers.

“The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.” James 5:16

How to Pray for us

God's leadership in every decision we make
Health and safety
Favor in raising the finances we need to remain on the mission field
Favor to learn the culture and balance as we must live straddling two cultures
Prayer Life
Family Life
Spiritual Warfare
Wisdom
Cultural sensitivity to ensure that Gladstone develops as a place where Native people are honored
Sensitivity as we talk with people about Christ
Opportunities to build relationships
Pray for our little church. It is really struggling to be a witness for Christ in a very troubled community. Pray for the key, “core” individuals of this body that they would be strong and continue to grow in the face of persecution
Pray for the reserve near us, Piikani Nation. There has been much corruption and tragedy, and a division that cuts to the very deepest parts of the nation. Pray for God to bring healing and peace in a mighty wa

Spiritual Warfare

"….prayer is the one thing that is most easily attacked. This is why we must be watchful to fight for time a time to pray, to guard prayer, to stop prayers that are not prayers and to be on guard against Satan's strategy to cut off our prayer." Watchman Nee

We believe that to be effectively be used by God we need people to hold us up in prayer. God does not need Jeff and Ann to fight the battle; the battle is fought behind the scenes in prayer, and we will only beat the enemy through prayer.

Blackfoot Prayer Song

Our first year here I (Ann) was able to take Blackfoot language class. In trying to learn the language, we are not so much trying to converse (most Blackfoot people speak English) as we are hoping to convey respect for the people and their culture. One of the destructive facets of boarding school was the severe abuse many would receive for speaking their own language. Little children were expected to shun their mother tongue, as if it was evil. One of the punishments, for instance, was hot coals placed on the children’s tongue, for doing nothing more than trying to communicate the only way they knew how. Ahpistutuki, Spumukihnahn. May the Creator heal each heart broken by the residential schools. Ahnya.

Ahpistutuki, spumukihnahn (Creator God, help us)

Ah-pis-tu-tu-ki, spu-mu-kih-nahn, Ah-pis-tu-tu-ki, spu-mu-kih-nahn (Creator God, help us) (Creator God, help us)

Ah-pis-tu-tu-ki, spu-mu-kih-nahn (Creator God, help us)

spu-mu-kih-nahn, spu-mu-kih-nahn, spu-mu-kih-nahn Ah-pis-tu-tu-ki, gih-mu-kih-nahn, Ah-pis-tu-tu-ki, gih-mu-kih-nahn (Creator God, have mercy on us) (Creator God, have mercy on us)

Ah-pis-tu-tu-ki, gih-mu-kih-nahn (Creator God, have mercy on us)

gih-mu-kih-nahn, gih-mu-kih-nahn, gih-mu-kih-nahn Ah-pis-tu-tu-ki, oxh-do-kih-nahn, Ah-pis-tu-tu-ki, oxh-do-kih-nahn (Creator God, please hear us) (Creator God, please hear us)

Ah-pis-tu-tu-ki, oxh-do-kih-nahn (Creator God, please hear us) oxh-do-kih-nahn, oxh-do-kih-nahn, oxh-do-kih-nahn