Baptists One in Prayer | January 5, 2020

We are grateful for your prayers!

Thank you for joining us this week as we at the Baptist World Alliance pray for our worldwide Baptist family and for God's work around the globe. If you pray along with us weekly, you will be able to pray for the entire world each year!

Syria

1 Member Body

Baptist Convention of Syria

11 Churches
800 Members

With funds from a BWA grant, more than 400 coats were gathered and prepared for distribution in Damascus last month.

Praise:

Please join us in thanking God for the ministry of the churches in this region that are serving faithfully in the face of challenging circumstances.

Prayer:

Please join us in prayer for the ministry of General Secretary Daas Haddad. Pray also that the conflict would come to a close and peaceful justice would be restored.

Iraq

Praise:

We give thanks for the faithful ministry of our two Baptist churches in Iraq.

Prayer:

Pray that the ongoing political protests in Iraq will bring about peace and greater stability for all citizens. Continue to pray for Christians, Yazidis, and others who were impacted by the genocide of ISIS in the Nineveh Plains.

Iran

Praise:

We give praise for reports of significant numbers of individuals turning to the Lord for the first time in Iran.

Prayer:

Pray for Iranian refugees, especially those in Europe where there seems to be a work of the Holy Spirit as many are turning to Christ.

Last week General Secretary Elijah Brown shared a call to prayer for peace and that world leaders would lead in the spirit of Luke 1:79b to "guide our feet on the path of peace." As tension within the region and within the world are being keenly felt at present, let us join together in prayer, work for peace, recommit to identities found in Christ, and lift up especially the communities throughout the region who may be the first to feel the effects of this tension.

Join us in prayer for General Secretary Elijah Brown as he travels to the Asia Pacific region this week. Pray for traveling mercies and fruitful ministry opportunities.

A Litany

For lasting peace in this ancient land –

from you, O Lord.

For wisdom and compassion for all in authority –

from you, O Lord.

For comfort of families separated or bereaved –

from you, O Lord.

For the release of captives –

from you, O Lord.

For safety and security for minority communities—

from you, O Lord.

For refreshment for the weary and healing for the sick –

from you, O Lord.

For continuing faithfulness of the ancient churches of this land –

from you, O Lord.

For tenacity of spirit for small Christian groups –

from you, O Lord.

For the mutual enrichment and support of those of different Christian traditions –

from you, O Lord.

You, Lord of all, we confess;

You, Lord Jesus, we glorify;

For you are the life of our bodies

And you are the Saviour of our souls.

The response in the litany and this hymn both come from the Chaldean liturgy.

The ancient hymn celebrates Christ the source of resurrection in all situations of death and deprivation. (With All God’s People, p. 21-22)

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