Prayer Points

MEN IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Pray that God will strengthen Pastor Zumai* in Nigeria. He is walking daily with his wife through the trauma she suffered in militant captivity.

MEN IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Where Jemal lives, Muslims have isolated the Christians. It’s difficult, even dangerous, for children to go to school by themselves. He asks us to pray: “In every place I go, pray for boldness.”

MEN IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Pray with Jemal*, an Ethiopian believer whose successful woodworking and steel businesses were destroyed in Islamic extremist mob attacks. “Pray for [Christians to regain] influence in our community,” he says.

OPN DOORS' LOCAL PARTNERS - Pray for stamina for our local partners. Ask God to revive them when they’re weary and strengthen them when they’re weak. Pray especially for good physical and emotional health.

OPN DOORS' LOCAL PARTNERS - Our staff in the Middle East needs your prayers. When they visit secret believers, they often must travel to isolated and often risky areas. Pray the Lord will “blind” the eyes of persecutors.

OPEN DOORS' PARTNERS - As soon as Open Doors partners are in contact with a new believer, they attempt to connect them to a local (underground) church. The work is risky. Pray for guidance for our partners.

OPEN DOORS'PARTNERS - Pray for our local partners as they cultivate strong leaders for churches of believers from a Muslim background, who will in turn disciple new believers.

SRI LANKA - Ask God to strengthen Sasha, as she relentlessly shares the Gospel; pray she will have more divine encounters with others who need to hear Christ’s hope and experience the peace only He gives.

SRI LANKA - Pray that the opposition from Sasha’s father will cease, and she can attend church and worship in peace and without fear. Pray that Sasha’s father will also come to know the Lord.

SRI LANKA - Pray for comfort and trauma care for Sasha. She has endured vicious death threats for her faith. Her father, a devout Hindu, threatened to pour gasoline over her and burn her alive.