Praying the News Summary 10

Summary: Country of the Week: Nigeria

Source: Link

Racial Injustice

Summary: Pray for people to learn more about our history of slavery. (The first article is about the underground railroad to Mexico and the second article is about the firat schoolhouse for black children)
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Pray for black students who face discrimination at school. Pray for the low-income students struggling with online learning in the pandemic
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for BIPOC (black, indigenous, people of color) to receive excellent healthcare, especially when they are suffering from Alzheimer's. Pray people who get substandard care due language or cultural barriers
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the people who are descended from slaves to have their rights protected. A judge dismissed a case about whether the direct descendant of a slave had the ownership of a photo of that slave, saying that the slave didn't own the photo, so the descendant didn't either
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for black people walking home to be viewed as normal instead of suspicious by security guards
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the officers involved in George Floyd's death to repent of their actions and for reforms to take place to prevent deaths like this from happening again
Source: Link

Other Requests

Summary: Pray for the 25 people who died during a prison break in Haiti. Pray for the hundreds who escaped to turn themselves in
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for a just peace to prevade Myanmar. Pray for the 30 protestors wounded as well as the families of the 18 protestors shot and killed by the military. Pray for the imprisoned elected officials. Pray for countries to weigh their responses to the situation. Pray for journalists being detained for covering these events
Source: Link and Link and Link and Elected Officials and Countries and Journalists and Link

Summary: Pray for people and countries to have compassion on impoverished people
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the voting laws being considered by legislatures to be just. Pray for eligible voters who are worried about burdensome restrictions and disenfranchisement. Unjust voting laws include both allowing ineligible people to vote AND limiting eligible people's access to voting. 
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for the tens of thousands of civilians who have been detained during the 10 years of civil war in Syria who are still missing
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for the Yemeni adults and children starving to death due to hunger being weaponized in the war with Saudi Arabia
Source: Link

Summary: PRAISE: 270+ of the kidnapped schoolchildren have been released
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for lasting and true peace in Nigeria. Pray for those who experienced tramua due to kidnappings

Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for the parents and children separated at the US border to be reunited
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the Capitol rioters to be loved out of their extremism. Pray for extremism (both right-wing and left-wing) to decline in the US. Pray for future attacks to be prevented
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link
Summary: Pray for people (especially Christians) to test and research information instead of believing conspiracy theories because they align with their biases
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the families of the 3 female media workers who were shot and killed in Afghanistan
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the families of the 13 people who died in a car crash in California
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for Congress as they consider requiring a background check for all gun purchases. Pray for Congress as they consider police reform. Pray for Congress as they consider election & campaign finance reform. Pray for Congress as they consider another stimulus bill

Source: Gun Reform and Police Reform and Election/Campaign Finance Reform and Stimulus
Summary: Pray for compromise and reconciliation between Indian farmers and the government of India
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the 7 people injured in a stabbing attack in Sweden

Source: Link

Summary: Pray for Columbia as they work to offer amnesty to Venezuelans seeing refuge
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for peace between the US, Iran, and Iraq. Pray for bombs to be broken down and used to make farming implements
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for a just investigation into allegations of war crimes by modern Israel against Palestine. Pray for the court to investigate all allegations of war crimes by any country. 
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for New Zealand as recent earthquakes puts it at risk for tsunamis
Source: Link

Summary: PRAISE: Tennessee found 150 missing children
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for just immigration reform in the US
Source: Link

Summary: Pray states & federal governments to consider a basic income stipend like California tried
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for peace in Ethiopia
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for peace in Senegal
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for asylum-seekers as their cases are being heard. Pray for wisdom and compassion for those making decisions
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for just and thorough investigations to be carried out when allegations are made about police misconduct
Source: Link

Summary: Join Nazarene Compassionate Ministry in praying for recent events and projects.
Source: Link

Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Update

The latest global numbers from John Hopkins: Link
The latest US numbers from the CDC: Link
Summary: Live Updates: 
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for those getting the vaccine, as well as those administering it and those concerned about vaccine ethics
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link
Summary: Pray for prisoners (in Belgium in the link below) who are in the midst of virus outbreaks
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the 28 million Americans who have (or have had) the virus. Pray for the families of the 500,000 Americans who have died due to the virus
Source: Link

Summary: PRAISE: modern Israel is making progress in vaccinating the people in the territories they are occupying. Pray for these Palestinians to have access to the vaccine
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for places that are reopening to follow safety guidelines and protocols still
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link
Summary: Pray for places without access to clean water, especially in a pandemic
Source: Link

Summary: 28.7 million cases including 519,000 deaths in the US
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for those responsible for an explosion outside of a Dutch viris testing site to be apprehended and repent of their actions. 
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for countries to share the vaccine
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for the millions of children unable to attend school due to the pandemic
Source: Link