Australia
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Pray for the
children and people of Australia who have been affected by hundreds of
wildfires—bushfires are burning in five of Australia’s six states—and a sweltering
heat wave.
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Pray for those
who have been forced from their homes by the more than 137 fires in New South
Wales, Australia’s most populated state. Pray for those who have lost loved
ones, homes, and businesses to the fires raging on the island state of Tasmania.
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Please pray for
firefighters and emergency personnel battling these bushfires in such extreme
temperatures. A record heat wave in Western Australia lasted eight days, then
moved east across the country. Temperatures were higher than 113*F (45*C) in
parts of central Australia with 129*F (54*C) expected this week. Pray for a
respite from this heat and relief for the fire crews. http://tinyurl.com/af5t8e2
Honduras
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Please keep in
prayer children receiving treatment at the CURE International Hospital in
Honduras. Pray God will meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of an
8-year-old little girl named Dakaren. www.helpcurenow.org.
Jordan
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Pray for the more
than 360,000 Syrian children and families who have been displaced by the war in
their home country. Please pray for those living in crowded refugee camps that
have limited resources for so many people.
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Pray for children
who are at risk of abuse because they are very vulnerable living in these
displacement camps. Pray for girls and young women who are targeted for
arranged marriages by unscrupulous matchmakers or Arab men looking for temporary
“marriages.” Please pray for girls and young women who have been given to much
older men through arranged marriages and now find themselves sexually abused or
prostituted. http://tinyurl.com/clrla9p
United States
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Please continue to keep in prayer 21-month-old Emma, who was recently at the
center of a custody fight between both sets of her grandparents following the murder-suicide
of her parents. In March 2011, Emma’s 17-year-old father committed suicide
after shooting and killing her 16-year-old mother. http://tinyurl.com/anwtjw2
o Pray Emma’s paternal
grandparents, who were awarded sole legal and physical custody of her, will seek
God’s guidance in raising this orphaned child. Pray for God’s wisdom and
discernment when it comes time to tell Emma about her parents.
o Continue to pray for both
families as they mourn their children. Pray
for a community of support to surround these hurting families.
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Keep 10-year-old Jordan close in prayer as he awaits a double lung
transplant. Jordan, who has cystic fibrosis and whose lungs function at only 20
percent, has been on the transplant list through Texas Children’s Hospital for several
months. Pray also for Jordan’s family who moved with him from North Dakota to
Houston to wait for donor lungs to become available. Give thanks to God for the
support Jordan and his family have received from their community at home and
also in Texas. http://tinyurl.com/b7pg2sq
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Please pray for
all children who are critically ill or who are in medical limbo and awaiting
treatment. Pray for their parents or caregivers as they make decisions about
their child’s treatment options. Pray for children whose families cannot afford
to seek treatment or go to extraordinary lengths to secure it.
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Give thanks to
God for the Prince George’s County Art in Public Places Program and the way in
which art is made available to children in poor neighborhoods. Thanks be to God
for the joy a recent mural project brought to children like 11-year-old twins
Kayanna and Kyra who attend a school that shares an art teacher with four other
schools in the county. And give God thanks for the way in which this mural
project helped get parents involved in their children’s school life. http://tinyurl.com/ak8l288
Faces of Children
- Please continue to pray that more churches and individuals will join with the ministry of Faces of Children in spreading awareness about children in crisis and inviting more people to pray for children at risk.
