The Defender Bible Study

Join us as Herbie Newell and Jason Sampler lead us through Acts 22:22-23:11 and prayers for the Lifeline's Domestic Adoption program. Pray that our country and its leadership would submit itself to the authority of God. Pray for the various state legislations on abortion and for this to impact federal legislation Pray for protection over the ministry of Lifeline. Pray for birthmothers who desire t...

Join us as Herbie Newell leads us through Acts 21:37-22:21 and prayers for the Dominican Republic. La Baliza (of Niños de la Luz, the boys’ home we partner with in the DR) Pray that the boys who live at La Baliza will trust Christ as their Savior and know the love of their heavenly Father for them. Pray for unity and strength among the staff at the home – teachers/leaders/cooks/grounds keeper. Pra...

Join us as Herbie Newell and Blake Wilson lead us through Acts 21:27-40 and prayers for China. Pray for our in-country team that the spirit would soften their hearts to the gospel. Pray for continued favor with the CCCWA and new opportunities to manifest the gospel. Pray for approval of future hosting Kid’s Camps. Pray for approval for delegations to visit Lifeline and for us to clearly communicat...

Join us as Herbie Newell leads us through Acts 21:1-26 and prayers for Colombia. That the church will be strengthened and the true gospel will spread in Colombia. Pray for them as the Church becomes more aware of the orphan crisis and as we progress in discipleship with the local churches. Specifically praying for the following churches: Renacer, Vida Bogota, La Libertad, and Vida Nuevo Pray the L...

Join us as Herbie Newell and David Wooten lead us through Acts 20:13-38 and prayers for Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan has 6 million people and 88% of the people practice Islam. Pray the Kyrgyz church would be strengthened and the gospel would multiply throughout the country! Pray for leaders to rise up in this country that will assist in the furtherance of the Gospel, as well as better care for vulnerabl...

Join us as Herbie Newell and Josh Caldwell lead us through Acts 20:1-12 and prayers for Haiti. Pray for the people of Haiti and the heightened political climate they have been in since the beginning of this year. Pray that the Lord’s sovereignty will reign above the corruption, and that Haiti’s people will turn their hearts to Christ and His salvation. Pray for IBESR, Haiti’s Central Authority, as...

Join us as Herbie Newell and Dr. Rick Morton lead us through Acts 19:11-41 and prayers for Brazil. Pray for the local church and missionaries residing in Brazil – that they will be united, encouraged, and bold Specifically for Melinda, Deborah, Gui, Vanessa and Betina (friends we made on a previous trip) as they are sharing the Gospel throughout Brazil. Pray for truth and conviction for the people...

Join us as Herbie Newell leads us through Acts 18:24-19:10 and prayers for Pakistan. Pray that God will continue to strengthen local believers and specifically strengthen the faith of persecuted believers. Pray for relations between India and Pakistan. Pray for the unrest and terrorist attacks within the country. Pray for our partners to have wisdom as they make decisions in helping guide the prog...

Join us as Herbie Newell and Blake Wilson lead us through Acts 18:1-23 and prayers for Ukraine. Pray for one family.  They are pursuing their 3rd adoption from Ukraine!  They are adopting an aging out child who they have hosted. Praise the Lord for families like the Laws who have a heart for older children. Pray for more families who desire to adopt older children from such a hard and harsh place....

Join us as Herbie Newell and David Wooten lead us through Acts 17:16-34 and prayers for our Birthmother ministry. Pray that even this week we will get calls of expecting mothers who are not only desiring to know about adoption, but whose hearts are receptive towards the gospel. Pray that the women we serve will come to know the Lord and His redeeming love. Pray that God will open their eyes to see...

Join us as Herbie Newell and Jason Sampler lead us through Acts 17:1-15 and prayers for India. Pray for the church in India to be bold and steadfast. Pray that the Lord would raise up national Pastors and that the church would grow, even in the midst of persecution. Pray for the Gospel to go forth in these areas where it has not yet been proclaimed. Pray for people’s hearts to be softened to the G...

Join us as Herbie Newell and Jason Sampler lead us through Acts 16:16-40 and prayers for Togo. Pray that the Voodoo spirit would be torn down with the truth of Christ. Pray that the Church would rise up to engage in orphan care with the skills and abilities God has uniquely given them. Pray that God would raise up churches in the United States to champion a cause for the fatherless and put Togo on...

Join us as Herbie Newell and Tim Crist lead us through Acts 15:36-16:15 and prayers for Lifeline’s Families Count ministry. Praise the Lord for the fruit that we are seeing – for hearts transformed and lives committed anew to Jesus and His Gospel. Praise Him for adding churches and volunteers to the ministry and for continually going before us and leading us. Pray that the Lord will send churches...

Join us as Herbie Newell and Rick Morton lead us through Acts 15:1-35 and prayers for Peru. Pray for the Peru program as we no longer have any active families in process and pray for our team as we are taking a step back to evaluate the future of the program and how we can grow and advocate in Peru. Pray for the government of Peru and the central authority (DGA/MIMP) to make wise decisions about o...

Join us as Herbie Newell leads us through Acts 14:1-28 and prayers for Ethiopia. Pray for the country as they are re-evaluating adoption laws and intercountry adoption. Pray for the Ethiopian government to find an ethical solution for the children in need of care. Pray for Unadopted opportunities in the country of Ethiopia Pray for DOS’s commitment to continued conversations with the Ethiopian gov...

Join us as Herbie Newell leads us through Acts 13:1-52 and prayers for Poland. Pray for two Polish families in process who are working on their dossiers. Pray for favor in Poland since these families are Polish. Pray for a family who adopted a sibling set of 4 a few years ago and has recently learned that their children’s biological mother had another baby. Pray for sweet 1 year old as she waits f...

Join us as Herbie Newell and Jason Sampler lead us through Acts 12:1-25 and prayers for Liberia. Country of Liberia:  For the President of Liberia and others that lead in government. For the Church in Liberia – that churches would have purity of doctrine and godly leaders to be raised up. Pray for the ministry of REAP, our partner that trains and equips older orphans with life and job skills. Prai...

Join us as Herbie Newell and Blake Wilson lead us through Acts 11:19-30 and prayers for Guatemala. Pray that the gospel will go forward brightly in the midst of such a “religious” (but not Christ-centered) culture Pray for the children in Guatemala  Many children reside in orphanages. Pray for them as they grow up in places without a family. Pray for their caretakers in these homes. Pray they have...

Join us as Herbie Newell leads us through Acts 11:1-18 and prayers for Honduras. Pray for the Country & Central Authority of Honduras.  Pray for peace and unity in a country with much violence, poverty, and corruption. Pray the Gospel, the true Gospel, would go forth and bring about change & reconciliation Pray for the central authority, DINAF, as they came out with the first ever adoption...

Join us as Herbie Newell leads us through Acts 10:34-48 and prayers for Uganda. Government of Uganda: For God to reveal himself to the judges, probation office panel, and those who make decisions regarding orphan care. Church in Uganda: For God to strengthen Ugandan families and grow more desire to care for orphans. Pray for sound doctrine and for the Church to thrive. Pastors in Uganda: Pray for...

Join us as Herbie Newell and Dr. Rick Morton lead us through Acts 10:1-35 and prayers for Costa Rica. We’d love to pray the Lord would reach their hearts to help them better know Him personally That the Lord would provide them wisdom, encouragement, & resources as they evaluate children/ families and work hard to advocate for better processes, too. Specifically, we’d love to pray for our major...

Join us as Herbie Newell and Josh Caldwell lead us through Acts 9:32-43 and prayers for Hong Kong. Pray for the Gospel to continue to spread in Hong Kong and that more and more people will be saved. Pray that believers in Hong Kong would be burdened to use their freedom to reach mainland China for the gospel Pray that people in Hong Kong would see that all the wealth, knowledge and progress in the...

Join us as Herbie Newell leads us through Acts 9:19-31 and prayers for Romania. Prayers and praises for our pilot family who began their process 4 years ago.  They are HOME with their daughter!!! Pray for the next family as the mom has to update her Romanian passport.  Continue to pray for patience and understanding, as this has been a long process for her. Praise the Lord for Petry Groza!  He, hi...

Join us as Herbie Newell and David Wooten us through Acts 9:1-19 and prayers for Hungary. Pray for more families in the program — because of the consistency of younger children we are seeing, families are finishing the process in 12 to 14 months.  We need more families! Pray for the discrimination against the Roma child and population as a whole.  Pray the Lord would protect these children from di...

Join us as Herbie Newell and Blake Wilson us through Acts 8:26-40 and prayers for Lifeline’s Counseling Team. Pray that God would sustain families through the holidays, as lack of routine is so unnerving for many of our children. Pray for our current therapists at Lifeline:  Angela, Ashley, Whitney, & Kim – Pray for our therapists to have clarity in how to approach and best help each family. P...