Father, we pray for the persecuted church today.
We pray for our brothers and sisters in distant lands suffering at the
hands of those whose lack of compassion and evil means knows no bounds.
May the comforting presence of Your Holy Spirit be as soothing salve
and a healing ointment deep within their souls. We pray for the family
members separated from their loved ones. Speak peace and divine purpose
into their spirit as You remind them that their loved one is standing
with fortitude and courage in the very face of evil.
We pray for those who persecute and hold these innocent
believers captive. May the very testimony and courage of these
believers be as a shining light in the darkened prison of these captor’s very
troubled souls. Convict them of their sins and
deliver them from Satan’s army of evildoers.
We pray for the families, churches, and communities of those who have
paid the ultimate price for standing firm in their faith. Like Stephen,
James, John, the disciples, and millions throughout the centuries, they
laid down their temporal mortal flesh below and put on their eternal immortal spirit on the other side.
You use these human tragedies to stir people’s hearts and to broadcast
the message of salvation often bringing about repentance and reform.
Nothing we do for you is in vain but works for the greater purpose of
spreading the gospel.
And
lastly, we pray for our own country that is changing drastically
day by day. The god of secularism is trying to wipe out Your presence
in every public forum: the media, our government, the schools, the
workplace, the
marketplace. People who hold deep convictions based upon the Holy Word
of God are being maligned, mocked, persecuted and fined for their
firmly held beliefs, costing them their savings, their livelihood.
Especially prone to attack are those
who hold the Biblical view concerning the sacredness of marriage and
the
sanctity of life. The Bible is being removed from the military
even as it has been
removed from the public schools in recent decades. Father, we might
despair but instead we pray for
a mighty revival within the church spilling out into all the places of
influence, especially the family unit. May revival start right here
within our
own hearts, helping us to stand firm in these troubling times. We pray
this in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
