Pakistan
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Thanks be to God
for answering prayers about Rimshah Masih, an 11-year-old little girl with
Down’s syndrome who was accused of blasphemy. Praise God the Islamabad High
Court withdrew the blasphemy case against her. Rimshah, whose family is
Christian, was accused of burning pages from the Koran by neighbors in her
predominately Muslim neighborhood. http://tinyurl.com/b8cu5de
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Please continue
in prayer for Rimshah and her family as extremists have threatened this little
girl and her family with harm if the government fails to convict her. Pray they
will be safe from persecution or assassination attempts. Pray for those who
stood up for Rimshah as they are also in danger.
United States
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Please keep close
in prayer those affected by a massacre in a Newtown, Connecticut elementary
school on Friday, December 14, 2012. Twenty children and six adults were killed
when a 20-year-old gunman forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School that
morning and opened fire with a military-style assault rifle. http://tinyurl.com/cetj9vh http://tinyurl.com/bm4qwme
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Thanks be to God
for the lives of these little ones and the joy they brought to those around
them. And give God thanks for the lives of the Sandy Hook teachers and
administrators who died protecting these students.
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Pray God will
bring comfort and peace to the parents, siblings, grandparents, relatives,
friends, and classmates of the 20 children killed in the shooting rampage. Pray
for God’s comforting presence for the spouses, children, parents, friends, and co-workers
of the teachers and administrators killed that morning.
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Please pray for all
of the children at Sandy Hook Elementary School as they process what happened
to them that Friday morning. Pray for those who are traumatized by what they
witnessed or heard during the attack. Pray for their parents and guardians as
they help their children navigate this season of shock, grief, and fear.
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Pray for the
elementary school personnel—the teachers, administrators, and other staff—who
survived this horrific attack. Pray they will feel God’s presence and comfort
as they prepare to return to school in a different facility and lead their
students through this difficult experience. Give thanks to God for all of those
teachers and school personnel who took steps to protect the children in their
care. http://tinyurl.com/d2vcteu
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Please keep the
Newtown community’s first responders close in prayer. Pray for law enforcement
personnel who entered the school during the attack. Pray for the peace officers
and emergency medical personnel who witnessed the gruesome aftermath. Pray for
all those who saw the carnage, who saw the shattered bodies of all these
children and women, most of whom had been shot multiple times with a high
powered assault rifle designed to inflict severe internal damage.
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Pray for
Newtown’s teachers and school staff as they return to classrooms and jobs in
the wake of this tragedy. http://tinyurl.com/d2oy3wo Please pray for all school personnel
throughout the country as they deal with the consequences of this terrible
event. Pray for children who are fearful about going to school and for their
parents who are afraid to send them off to school each day.
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Please keep in
prayer the family of the 20-year-old young man who allegedly committed this massacre
and the murder of his mother earlier that morning. He committed suicide at the
elementary school when law enforcement personnel arrived on the scene. Pray for
this young man’s brother and father as they face this horrific situation and
grieve the deaths of their loved ones, as well as the deaths of the 26 others.
Faces of Children
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Please pray for
God’s comforting presence for Faces of Children intercessor Vickie Hampton and
her husband Jim following the death of Jim’s mother just before Thanksgiving.
