A PRAYER FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH . . .

"I love You, O LORD, my strength. THE LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my GOD is is my rock, in Whom I continually take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon THE LORD, Who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies."
~ Psalm 18:1-3

O LORD, we pray today for our brothers and sisters who live with trauma and fear; they live with daily hardships because they are Christians in a world that hates Christ.

O LORD, deliver our persecuted brothers and sisters whose lives are daily
under threat, and those who are in prison, branded "apostate" and
sentenced to death because of their testimony for Jesus.

O LORD, rebuild the shattered lives of our persecuted brothers and
sisters; they struggle to maintain faith, hope and grace to forgive,
as satan attacks their hearts and minds and bodies.

O LORD, enlighten those who through ignorance, blindness, demonic
interference and sin have set themselves against Your Church,
and yet are merely sinners in need of the Saviour.

We pray to You, the only living GOD, the Sovereign Almighty GOD for Whom nothing is impossible. We ask that You, the GOD of all Peace,
[Hebrews 13:20] will intervene in the conflicts in this world.
We especially pray that You will "frustrate the ways of the wicked"
[Psalm 146:9] and disrupt, expose, and destroy terror networks and immoral
social traditions, for the sake of Your Kingdom and Glory, O LORD.

Dear LORD, by Your Holy Spirit embolden and compel Your Church to preach the whole Gospel. May conviction of sin abound, may righteousness spring up, may persecutors of the Church be transformed into preachers of the Gospel [Galations 1:23], and may liberty fill the earth that all who see it may rejoice in THE LORD Yeshua, our Saviour and King. Amen.