Nigeria Update: 100 Children Rescued

On Monday, the Nigerian government rescued a third of the 303 children recently kidnapped from a Catholic school, and are promising the release of the rest, plus 12 teachers who were also taken captive from St. Mary’s School in Papiri, Niger state. Another 50 children managed to escape within the first two days of captivity.

No information has been released on where the children were held, how they were rescued, whether ransoms were paid or if any terrorists were apprehended.

The attack on the Christian school came after U.S. President Donald Trump designated Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” due to persecution of Christians, about 7,600 of whom were murdered this year.

Thank You, Father, for the rescue of these children. Please have mercy on the others, including the 12 teachers, who are still held captive. Heal their bodies, minds and hearts, and protect them from harm. Be a Shield around them, blocking every evil move against them. Give them hope and comfort. Console them with Your voice and empower them to forgive. Give them Your words to speak love and truth to their captors, and break the chains that bind every terrorist to the evil one. Cast out fear with Your perfect love. And make the way now for their quick and safe release. Please, Lord, bring an end to the kidnappings and violence in Nigeria. Make a way where there seems to be no way for families and communities to at last live in peace. March in Your angel armies and crush Satan’s plans. Trap him in his own schemes and return upon him 1,000-fold the anguish he has caused Your people and children. Guide the hunters and tactical squads to the locations where captives are held, and give them wisdom in each situation to safely free them, bringing down the terrorists without harming the victims. And open up the way for the kidnappers to hear Your good news and believe. Give them a longing for something better than abusing children and seeking ransoms, something brighter than the spiritual darkness they’ve only known, something lasting and true. Give them a hunger for You. Get up in their face and show them Your grace, that You are the One they’ve been looking for all along. And save them by Your mercy. Give them courage to lay down their weapons and lifestyle of terror to seek the God of Love and the abundant life found only in Christ. John 10:10. For every person abducted, snatch 1,000 terrorists from Satan’s hand and bring them into Your Kingdom through repentance and obedience to Christ. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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