Transforming The 10/40 Window Nations Through The Power of Prayer
Prayer Points for Every NationPrayer Points May 2013DAY ONE INDIA, SOUTH ASIA Women in India continue to be the target of acid attacks. Police arrested an engineering student for pouring acid on a 23-year-old woman’s face and body. He also cut off her hair. The man carried out the attack after discovering the woman was engaged to another man. He confessed his love for the woman to her fiancé. The fiancé canceled the...Prayer Points April 2013DAY ONE INDIA, SOUTH ASIA In Madhya Pradesh, assailants attacked two Christian pastors in separate incidents. In both cases, Hindu extremists broke into their homes, beat them, and sent them to prison. Both men were eventually freed. However, they still face charges of "forced conversion." Pray for authorities to drop all charges against the pastors. Pray for the Indian...Prayer Points March 2013DAY ONE INDIA, SOUTH ASIA Indian authorities passed a new law making the Christian symbol of the cross illegal. A cross cannot be shown on public property. Any crosses, even those predating the new ruling, will be destroyed. Believers in Mumbai are fighting the decree. However, it is unlikely they will win as the government frequently persecutes the Church. Pray for the...Prayer Points February 2013DAY ONE INDIA, SOUTH ASIA A crowd of Hindu radicals brutally beat a pastor in Karnataka. Pastor S.K. is hospitalized after suffering broken ribs and numerous head and neck injuries. Extremists attempted to attack him in the hospital the following day. Guards now protect him in an effort to aid his physical recovery. Pastor S.K. is one example of the ongoing persecution in...Prayer Points January 2013DAY ONE INDIA, SOUTH ASIA In Madhya Pradesh, Hindu radicals interrupted a prayer meeting led by Pastor B. The extremists accused the pastor of forceful conversion, and beat him and other Christian Believers. Then, they took Pastor B. to the police station, where officials arrested him for violating the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act. Pray for the release of the...Prayer Points December 2012DAY ONE INDIA, SOUTH ASIA The Indian government is using an anti-conversion law to make conversion to Christianity illegal. On the surface, the sanction appears equitable. It forbids any conversion to Christianity that is caused by “force, fraud, or inducement.” However, according to The Christian Post, the officials implementing the law believe the following “inducements”...Prayer Points November 2012DAY ONE INDIA, SOUTH ASIA Despite the alarming escalation of religious persecution, there is good news to report. Praise God that a part of India's Himachal Pradesh Religion Act was struck down in the state's high court. They removed a section of the law that required a person to give thirty days' notice to a district magistrate of their intent to convert from one religion...Prayer Points September 2012This month the Lord will have us focus daily on praying for Unreached People Groups within 10/40 Window nations. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (The Bible, Hebrews 4:12) Pray the scriptures over...Prayer Points August 2012DAY ONE INDIA, SOUTH ASIA 70% of India is under the age of 35, and 31% under age 15, according to Operation World. A youthful and bold generation places less importance on religion, caste, and gender dividing lines. Urbanization and technology has led to the influence of materialism upon youthful minds. Pray for the Lord to reveal news ways for local Christian...Prayer Points July 2012DAY ONE INDIA, SOUTH ASIA Extreme poverty in India is predominantly rural, even though much attention centers around the slums of Mumbai and Kolkata. It’s the villages where most of the poor live. So many live far below any proposed income level, it’s no surprise the lower Castes often resort to debt slavery. Pray for the Lord to stand opposed to the Caste system of...
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