Prayer Points

YEMEN - An underground church network in Yemen asks: “Pray for our social media ministry and for the team working hard to make this all happen. Pray for strength, protection, wisdom and creativity.”

YEMEN - Pray for wisdom, insight and discernment for church leaders in Yemen. People sometimes act like they are Christians, looking to blackmail or extort the church for money. Ask God to pour out His Holy Spirit over their churches…

YEMEN - Pray for Christian mothers in Yemen and throughout the world who take great risks to raise their children to know Jesus and follow Him. Pray they will find favor with their family and community.

YEMEN - Pray with Zaid*, a Christian university student in Yemen. He has started a local church and has a vision to plant 40 000 house churches nationwide. Pray for wisdom and protection as he sets out to “live like…

YEMEN - In the wake of a government crackdown on Yemeni Christians, many believers were detained, arrested and even imprisoned. Pray for strength for those facing interrogations, imprisonment or family pressures for their faith.

SYRIA - Dozens of Christians in Syria recently started or expanded their small businesses with a microloan from Open Doors’ local partner. Pray their businesses will flourish and grow their community.

SYRIA - Christian leaders don’t seek to be shielded as a religious minority but hope to stand as equal participants in their country’s future. Ask God to turn this hope into a reality.

SYRIA - Elias’ wife Hanan* asks: “Pray for us to feel safe, to see our children growing up, and to be happy here. We need to live a beautiful life, not a life of fear.”

SYRIA - There is real fear of increased Islamic radicalisation in parts of Syrian society. Pray that the Lord would cast out all fear, and that God would draw potential extremists to Him instead.

SYRIA - Elias*, a Syrian brother (pictured with his family on the cover), lost seven family members in last year’s church bombing in Damascus. He shares: “We ask you to pray that we can resist every enemy, seen or unseen,…