May 2026 World Shapers Calendar

May is Child's month in Jamaica. Apart from prayers for salvation, I think the next best prayer for our children and young people, is that they love God's word because their hearts are good soil for the seed of God's word. Matthew 13. In our world of endless distractions for adults and for children, there is still a call to love God's word, to long for it and to treasure it. I love it that Job declared he treasured God's word more than his necessary food! Job 23:12 This one always gets me.... really? more than my daily food? Yes, I am using my mouth to declare that truth over myself along with all the others. 

Not too long ago I was so encouraged to hear of a church sister's 9 year old granddaughter who made it her New Year's resolution for 2026 to read through the Bible. God is answering our prayers. And recently a WorldShaper leader shared that his children are taking turns leading family devotions sharing truth from God's word that they had discovered for themselves. 

We can't ignore the recent warning from evangelical researcher George Barna that the church in America is failing to instill biblical beliefs in their followers. World Shapers prayers will change this. 

See this link for the full article.

https://www.christianpost.com/news/barna-warns-of-definitive-failing-to-instill-biblical-beliefs.html

This month we take our prayers from petitions to declarations. As World Shapers we are learning to declare - to speak with the authority God has given us, His truth over our lives and over the lives of all World Shapers. 

Join us in faith by making these declarations daily. Our world will never be the same. 

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Kathryn SniderChildren in Prayer Coordinator NIPNOJ / P-COCNational Intercessory Prayer Network of Jamaica / Prayer Centre of the Caribbean
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WorldShapers Club Ambassador for Jamaica and the Caribbean

Blessings as we celebrate together this month the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus!

Put your hands together and “CLAP!” for six young ladies from Rwanda who fasted and prayed together to give us this thoughtful and inspiring WS Calendar for April. 

Here is the team of Shapers who contributed to the Calendar:

Gaella #1, Joyce , Gaella #2 (Ambassador Victor’s youngest daughter.)   Primary grade 6   Musanze Parents Academy. 

Merveille (Ambassador Victor’s eldest daughter.), Cadette, Triomphe  Grade 3 High school GS MUHOZA I 

Both schools are located in Musanze, Rwanda.

Please PRAYMORE for them!

We hope this will inspire more of YOUR Shapers to take on this challenge.

Blessings and Thank You!

You have probably heard it said, “We won’t know the answer to those prayers until we get to Heaven.” Or, you yourself are still waiting to “see” answers to the prayers you have prayed. 

Perhaps it sometimes feels like all our prayers are that way…

BE ENCOURAGED -  our March calendar is about answers to prayers!

This whole month is about giving thanks to God for the prayers we have SEEN and HEARD answered! Headlines in the news, personal testimonies, social media posts and other reports of the goodness/faithfulness of God are coming in around the globe. 

Let this encourage us to continue to PRAYMORE TOGETHER! 🙏❤️

MORE PRAY-ERS + MORE PRAYERS = MORE ANSWERS!

(The 16th is a headline indicating the whole transgender abomination is on it’s way down!!)

February…eagerly anticipated by much of the world as the month of ❤️. 

You and I, our Shapers get to ❤️ the world in prayer every day. 

How wonderful that is in thought AND action! 

Nepal has done it again - a very thoughtful, power-full calendar! Please join us to PRAYMORE in February…for your own family and those needing to know the love of our Savior. 

The January 2026 calendar is another “1st!” for World Shapers!

THANK YOU to WS Nepal, especially Tulasha, for both the January and the upcoming February calendars.

January focuses on “spiritual authority’ with a “twist” on our usual “binding/loosing, yes/no” format for the beginning of the year. Each prayer point has a “for and against hidden theme.” 

For example: Day 6, 1 Peter 5:8 Pray FOR Godly character (Emphasis perhaps on the Fruit of the 

Spirit.) and pray AGAINST/discuss how the Devil tries to trick us into disobedience. 

In February, we will highlight more specific prayer points Tulasha has provided, and more detailed prayer prompts to follow.

2026 is off to a great start!!

Yes, Dear Ones, we truly can’t really LOVE without wanting to GIVE!

More than any man, more than any “thing,” God gave us the “gift that keeps on giving” when He sent His Son, Jesus, to earth as the little child we so anticipate welcoming and celebrating each 

December. THANK YOU, FATHER!

This December we will be praying about GIVING in various ways each day.  We hope each Shaper, their families, friends, teachers, and Pastors find new ways of expressing this desire to show love by acts of giving! Loving others in prayer as we do each day is the best and most powerful way we show our love.  “I will pray for the children of the world today. So they’ll know all about our God who loves them so.”

MERRY CHRISTMAS ENI/WORLD SHAPERS FAMILY 🎉❤️

I just returned from a trip up North in the US - from Florida to New Jersey where I grew up and got married. It’s “THAT TIME” of year…leaves turning golden and scarlet…glistening in the Autumn sun. It was beautiful.  

Amazing to think we are in the “Holiday Season” with Thanksgiving this month and then Christmas! Truly thinking about family…as in finding all of mine doing well there and hoping/praying the same for all of our World Shapers Family.

"Thank you!” to WS Ambassador, Pastor Fiaz Anwar and his Shapers in Pakistan for this inspiring calendar. May we all take special moments this month to be grateful…especially for how God is answering our prayers.

Blessings and love,

Mary

I have felt to focus this October calendar on trusting in Jesus as we/you/everyone including children are living in times of chaos. BUT GOD! God is on the move in families and nations…recent events in Nepal, France and the US have seen the voices of the young generations front/center of society AND the name of Jesus is being lifted up!!

Let’s continue this good work which, for more than 30 years now, has given a voice to Believing children …their voices, in prayer and beyond, are getting stronger and louder and their generation is hearing and responding to the TRUTH.

One glaring omission in this month’s calendar is that there is no reference to the “celebration” of Halloween on the 31st which is now, unfortunately, the second most “celebrated” holiday in the US - perhaps the world. We will do a special WS PRAYER ALERT regarding all that as the end of October nears.

This is the first time our calendar has focused on an entire continent. Our thanks go Rev. Michael Emmanuel/Kenya for this amazing tool.

Not too long ago, Rev. Michael told me that he considers all of Africa his “Jerusalem.” Acts 1:8 SELAH.  That is obvious with this calendar and we are blessed and honored to share it. 

Michael has shared the below information and a link you can use to learn more. This is a pivotal/critical time to be praying for the young generations in these nations.

Africa Age Demographics:

Africa is the youngest continent in the world, with a median age of 19.2 years as of 2024, meaning half the population is older and half is younger than this age. This youthful demographic is a defining characteristic, with 40 percent of the population aged 14 years and younger. The continent's average fertility rate is around 4.5 children per woman, significantly higher than the global average of 2.4, which drives rapid population growth and contributes to the young age structure. Countries like Niger, Uganda, and Angola had the youngest populations in Africa as of 2023. (See demographic statistics in the link below.)

https://search.brave.com/search?q=africa+age+demographics&source=android&summary=1&conversation=1ffd3b24cac064a9d030cb