Prayer Points

IRAN - Pray with our field partners for unity within the Body of Christ in Iran, that division would not take root amid any chaos or confusion created by war or any other external situations.

IRAN - Pray with imprisoned Iranian believers like 44-year-old Aida Najaflou. Pray she would experience Christ’s presence in specific, unmistakable moments.

SRI LANKA - Pray with Open Doors local partners for wisdom as they continue to visit Sunisha and Jerusha. They’re exploring ways to support the women and their families.

SRI LANKA - Surrendering to Jesus has cost Jerusha her family. Pray that our sister can reconcile with her father, who uses bribery and harassment to compel her to return to her Buddhist roots.

SRI LANKA - Pray with your sister, Sunisha*, for strength to forgive. She watched her brother burn her Bible and endured beatings. “God will not give me a trial I cannot bear,” she says.

ARISE AFRICA - Praise God for justice today. In Nigeria, almost 400 terrorists linked to known extremist groups were convicted in a mass trial and received prison sentences ranging from five years to life in jail.

ARISE AFRICA - Pray with DRC leader Rev. Kitika: “We ask for the prayers of brothers and sisters across the world for the return of peace so that we may continue to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ.”

ARISE AFRICA - In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the violence against majority- Christian communities has reached alarming proportions. Pray for the strengthening of the Church in the face of these attacks.

ARISE AFRICA - Pray for 27-year-old Blessing, a former captive of an extremist group, who received trauma care from Open Doors. “I’ve learned to forgive,” she says. Ask God to heal her from this trauma completely.

ARISE AFRICA - Alheri was 12 when Boko Haram fighters took her captive. She escaped and came to Open Doors’ trauma centre. Praise God! Alheri asks: “Pray that God will strengthen my faith and take away my dreams about Boko…