Lostness – PRAYER WALL

Where Knowing Christ Is Forbidden

Christmas takes on a whole new meaning when you live in a place like North Korea, where even one decoration in your home could get you arrested. Where telling the story of Jesus is against the law, and Bibles are forbidden. Where being a Christian could cost you your livelihood, your freedom, your family, orContinue reading “Where Knowing Christ Is Forbidden”

Headline Prayers for Hurting Hearts

VIETNAM: Typhoon Bualoi killed eight, injured seven and left 17 fishermen missing yesterday, before moving on to LAOS. Lord, please rescue those in danger, heal the wounded, provide for those in need and comfort those who mourn. Do it in a way that points all eyes to You. So many in Vietnam have yet toContinue reading “Headline Prayers for Hurting Hearts”

Child Soldiers of Haiti

Nearly 90 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is now under the control of gangs. Other areas of the Caribbean island have also fallen to mass abductions, rapes, murders and other gang violence in the four years since the assassination of their president. An estimated more than 13,000 people have died in gang violence sinceContinue reading “Child Soldiers of Haiti”

Fear of Witchcraft Kills Many in India, Africa

A mob of about 50 in Bihar state, INDIA, accused a family of witchcraft and brutally murdered five Sunday night. A child in the village had died of an illness about ten days prior, and on Sunday night the child’s brother also fell ill. This prompted villagers to accuse the Oraon family of sorcery, killingContinue reading “Fear of Witchcraft Kills Many in India, Africa”

Where Knowing Christ Is Forbidden

Where Knowing Christ Is Forbidden

Praying for Yemen’s Salvation

Since Yemen’s warring sides failed to renew a truce that expired last month, fighting has continued at a standstill, giving respite to their haggard nation. In the meantime, however, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have begun attacking Israel. Although Yemen is the third most dangerous country in the world for followers of Jesus, nearly a decadeContinue reading “Praying for Yemen’s Salvation”

Afghanistan’s Third Round of Earthquakes Since Christians Arrested: 6.3-6.3-6.3

Survivors of both October 7‘s 6.3 magnitude earthquake series and October 11‘s 6.3 had just begun returning to their homes in Herat when yet another 6.3 quake struck in the same region this Sunday. Nearly 2,500 people have died in the combined quakes, and hundreds of people are now buried under debris. As winter approaches,Continue reading “Afghanistan’s Third Round of Earthquakes Since Christians Arrested: 6.3-6.3-6.3”

Yet Another Earthquake Rocks Afghanistan

Yesterday, a 6.3 magnitude quake struck near western Afghanistan’s Herat City, flattening homes that withstood Saturday’s 6.3 and causing all the more damage in districts already devastated. A new landslide has now blocked the main highway, making rescue and relief efforts all the more difficult. More than 2,446 died in the combined quakes, at leastContinue reading “Yet Another Earthquake Rocks Afghanistan”

10,000 Missing in Libya Floods

Mediterranean storm Daniel has killed more than 5,300 people in Libya’s eastern city of Derna and surrounding areas, as a bulging river busted through dams Sunday night on its way from the mountains through the city to the sea, carrying cars, buildings and people with it. Some 10,000 people are still missing, more than 40,000Continue reading “10,000 Missing in Libya Floods”