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Pray for the Middle East: online event
Hear how thousands of people are turning to Jesus in a time of turmoil. Together, we will pray for peace, justice and love to prevail.
Read moreA world longing for peace
Join with us in prayer for seven areas of conflict in our troubled world.
New resource: Open hands
“Open hands don’t seek to impose solutions, but open hands are ready to receive from God.” A new resource from Ian Adams to nurture prayerful presence.
Praying together
We have the joy of being a praying community online and offline. Here is today’s prayer from Prayerlines, our daily, printed prayer guide.
Today’s prayer
Local partner Jeff Sikabwe is CMSAfrica’s country coordinator in DR Congo and is involved in training programmes including women’s empowerment training, Financial Freedom for Families (F4) and training around making disciples in areas of conflict. Pray for God to use CMS-Africa’s courses to equip people with new skills and inspire participants to become peacemakers in their communities.
Please also pray for:
Asia: transition period for Asia-CMS
Please pray for our sister organisation Asia-CMS as they navigate a period of transition over the next few months. Pray for wisdom and God’s leading for the new head of the organisation, Stephen Edison, and for the staff as a whole as they adjust.
Read moreAngola: training for Bible teachers
Mission partners Caroline and Dick Seed train and resource theological educators for church and mission across Africa and beyond from their base in Cape Town, South Africa. We give thanks for their recent training of 30 Bible teachers from Angola and Mozambique. Pray for these teachers as they implement what they have learned and as […]
Read moreBrazil: evangelistic event
Mission associates Daniel and Sarah Brito Medeiros ask for prayer for a large evangelistic event taking place in a stadium in Recife next week, from 3–6 December. Please pray for health, strength and divine protection for everyone involved in planning, advertising and running the event. Pray for people to hear about it, to turn up […]
Read moreChina: increased persecution
Pray for Christians in China, where persecution continues to intensify and more church pastors and leaders are being arrested for their faith. Pray for strength and encouragement for all Christians, especially leaders, and for God to strengthen and protect believers when they face suffering for Jesus’ sake.
Read moreIsrael and Gaza: fragile ceasefire
Please continue to pray for people in Israel and Gaza, where the ceasefire remains very fragile. Pray for authorities’ and leaders’ hearts to be turned to peace so that the ceasefire can be strengthened and bring an end to the long-standing conflict. Pray for strength and protection for people in the region as they desperately […]
Read moreSouth Sudan: ongoing peace dialogues
Please pray for ongoing peace dialogues between the Dinka Twic and Dinka Ngok tribes. Pray for open communication, forgiveness and a desire to move forward together, for God’s glory. Please also ask God to heal CMS-Africa’s country coordinator for South Sudan, Joseph Noel Sati, who recently fractured his right arm.
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Read moreEgypt: Refugees living in the country
Please pray for the Together Network as they minister to refugees now living in Egypt. Refugees from South Sudan, Syria, Palestine and Yemen, and other nationalities, are experiencing displacement and trauma. Please pray that the Together Network will be equipped with all the resources they need to extend their trauma healing training to every person […]
Read moreEgypt: Youth ministry initiatives
Together Network, in partnership with CMS, run sports and discipleship programmes for young people. Pray for partnerships to be formed with other churches and organisations to address the issues faced by the young people attending these programmes. Please pray for God’s emotional, spiritual and physical healing for families and youth who are suffering the wounds […]
Read moreThe Gulf: Persecution of Christians from Muslim backgrounds
Please pray for Christians in the Gulf region, particularly those with Muslim backgrounds who are experiencing persecution and have very little religious freedom. They are living under constant threat with large numbers being deported and some imprisoned. Pray for the oppression to lift and for believers living in the region to be given more freedom […]
Read moreLebanon: Threats of war
CMS Mission Partners Nabil and Sarah ask for prayer as there are concerns in Lebanon that the war with Israel may resume. Nabil and Sarah also ask for prayer as they support the new Alpha national coordinators in the Levant who are running the Alpha course for the first time in Bethlehem.
Read moreUAE: People experiencing trauma
CMS Mission Partner H asks for prayer as she seeks to minister to people in the UAE region experiencing trauma. Please pray for H as she studies counselling and trauma, equipping herself to minister to the huge need around her. Ask God to be with the women she is discipling and praying with, ask him […]
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