Forced Marriage or Death in Pakistan

Every year in the 98% Islamic country of Pakistan, hundreds of Christian and Hindu girls face abduction, abuse and forced marriages to Muslim men. Most of the victims fall between the ages of 14 and 18, but the second highest number are below the age of 14.

Tragically, no woman is safe. Last month, over a year after her husband was killed, a gang of Muslims abducted, tortured and killed 40-year-old Shazia Imran for refusing to convert to Islam, along with all her children, and marry the primary suspect, Noman Gujjar. Many of Shazia’s family members have now gone into hiding due to threats against them. (See Morning Star News, June 3.)

With 828 unreached people groups comprising 99% of the population, most Pakistanis have never heard the Good News about Christ.

Lord, please have mercy. Be a Shield of protection around both Christian and Hindu girls in Pakistan. Keep them safe from abduction, abuse and forced marriages. For those who are trapped or in danger, provide the way of escape. Cover them completely and carry them quickly to safety. Bring Christian counselors to them to help them to recovery. Heal their hearts, minds and bodies. Give Christian girls a place of rest in Your arms. Renew them and build them back up in faith and by Your tender love. Show the way of salvation to Hindu victims. Break the chains that bind them to evil spirits and give them a deep hunger for You. Open wide their hearts to receive Your love and choose You as Savior. Lord, please comfort Shazia’s family as they grieve. Protect her children, mother, brother and others in her family who are in danger. Hide them from those who seek to do them harm, and bring justice to her persecutors. Give Noman Gujjar and all those guilty of such evil acts dreams at night and visions throughout the day, gripping their hearts with fear of the Lord, showing them the truth about Jesus and pointing them clearly to Your way to salvation. Use every believer in Pakistan as a bright light, shining for You in the midst of such deep darkness and drawing the lost up into Your arms. Give Christians grace to forgive their persecutors. Whenever someone comes against them, rise up, O Lord, and fight for them. Deliver Your children from evil. Make Your angels so visible that persecutors will fall to their knees, trembling in fear of the Lord. March in Your angel armies and fight for those who have not yet heard the Good News. Open the door for Your Word to be translated into every language and made available to every person in a way they can easily understand. Lord, so many Pakistanis have seen Muslims fight against Muslims, both through clashes with neighboring Afghanistan and also with minority groups within their own country. Grow within every heart a yearning for hatred and suffering to be eliminated, and a longing for love, peace, life, and the MORE they were created for. Then show them You are the One they are looking for. Raise up into power leaders who seek to bless, not oppress their people, who will open the way for Your Gospel to spread like wildfire across the mountains so many thousands will be saved. Awaken Pakistan to You, O King of Glory. Open the ancient doors and enter into every home and every heart in every town and village all across the nation. May Your Kingdom come to Pakistan.

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