Kenya
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Please keep the
disabled children receiving treatment at the CURE International Hospital in
Kenya held close in prayer. Pray especially for 12-year-old Alice and
11-year-old Emmanuel.
Pakistan
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Please keep 11-year-old Rimshah Masih, who has Down’s syndrome, and her
family held close in prayer during this very difficult and dangerous time.
Rimshah, a little girl from a Christian family, was accused of burning pages
from the Koran by neighbors in her predominately Muslim neighborhood and
arrested along with her mother. http://tinyurl.com/95q7axx
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Give thanks to God Rimshah was recently allowed bail in this case. Pray
for her safety while she is in police custody and please pray she will be
released soon. http://tinyurl.com/9qjewc9
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Pray for justice in this case and that the false accusations against Rimshah
will be dropped. Pray they will find a safe place to live when they are
released, away from the threats and danger.
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Pray for the Christian community in Rimshah’s neighborhood. Because of
this blasphemy charge and arrest, the 600 Pakistani Christians in this
neighborhood, including Rimshah’s father, have been given one month to leave or
they will be forced out. Pray God will provide a new community for these
families in which they will be able to worship God in peace, go to school, and
work in jobs that pay a living wage. http://tinyurl.com/cqojl8r
United States
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Continue to keep
in prayer Jesika, Hunter, and River as they grieve the death of their father Koby
who died suddenly several months ago. Pray for Koby’s young widow Savannah and
the baby boy she will deliver by Cesarean section this week. Give God thanks
for providing a community of love and support around this family. Pray God will
provide for Savannah and these children as they face an uncertain future
without Koby.
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Please continue
in prayer for children living on the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota.
Pray for their safety and protection from physical, emotional, and sexual abuse
during a time when the Sioux tribe’s child safety and program compliance doesn’t
seem very effective. http://tinyurl.com/8q4nlta http://www.spiritlakenation.com/
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Pray the recent
visit of senior officials from the U.S. Department of the Interior, including
the director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, will help improve child safety
and protection on the reservation.
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Pray for strong, courageous
leaders to come forward in the tribe to protect the children living at Spirit
Lake Reservation. Pray tribal social workers will receive the education and training
they need to protect children in this community.
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Pray for all
children who are neglected or abused by parents or caregivers under the
influence of alcohol, prescription drugs, or illegal substances. Pray for the
safety, protection, and healing of these vulnerable children.
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Pray for adults
and teens who prey upon children in their care or in their spheres of
influence.
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Pray for
communities in which neglect as well as physical, sexual, and emotional child
abuse is rampant. Pray God will call qualified and compassionate adults in
these communities to work with children— especially children who are abused or
neglected.
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Please pray God
will move in the hearts of those who condone or ignore situations in which
children are uncared for or mistreated. Pray for an effective system of
accountability and transparency for agencies and adults working with children.
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Pray God will be
at work in healing these communities so children might grow up safely and to
their full potential.
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Pray Tyler and
Ashley will seek God’s guidance as they make some very difficult medical decisions
about their unborn baby. At a recent ultrasound, doctors discovered that their
baby boy has spina bifida. Pray for comfort and wisdom during this challenging
season. Pray for God’s healing touch upon this baby. http://tinyurl.com/8qcdx8m
Faces of Children
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Continue to keep 13-year-old
Brady, the nephew of a Faces of Children prayer partner, and his family close
in prayer as they make some difficult decisions about Brady’s medical care in
the very near future. Brady has had eight surgeries, two of them being open
heart surgeries, in his young life. Because of complications in the first heart
surgery, Brady has blockages in a major artery and vein and those have affected
the growth of his right leg. Pray that God will give his parents and physicians
clear direction on what to do about this complicated condition.
