Praying the News Summary 12

Summary: Country of the Week: Iraq

Source: Link

Racial Injustice

Summary: Pray for those still grieving Breonna Taylor's death
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Pray for an end to discrimination and racism in farming
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for there to be diversity in the leaders of all the industries. Pray for people to have their perspectives sought out for more than just a story related to their ethnicity
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for people who have served their sentences to get their voting rights restored. May Christians show that we believe in redemption and second chances. Pray that laws written while racism thrived will be reexamined
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for people to learn about racial injustice & then work towards reforms to not only end the injustice, but also to make amends for past & present wrongs.
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the families of the 8 people killed in an anti-Asian attack in Atlanta, Georgia. Pray for the shooter to be held accountable for his actions, even as we pray for him to repent
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray that people terrorising people of Asian heritage are caught & held accountable for their actions. Pray for the people fearful of being attacked due to their ethnicity
Source: Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for a just trial for the officers involved in George Floyd's death
Source: Link

Other Requests

Summary: Pray for a just peace to prevade Myanmar (38 protestors reportedly killed according to the 4th Link) and Russia and Mozambique (children are being beheaded) and Afghanistan and Ethiopia and India (violence between different faith groups & interfaith families being targeted)
Source: Myanmar (2nd, 3rd, 4th) and Russia and Mozambique and Afghanistan and Ethiopia and India
Summary: Pray for an end to sexual assualt, as people march against it in Australia
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the children seeking asylum at the US border as FEMA is brought in to help process them. Pray for a just and compassionate overall of our immigration system
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for places facing natural disasters, such as Beijing facing a sandstorm, the Western US facing a winter storm, and Iceland facing volcanic eruptions and earthquakes
Source: Beijing, Western US, Iceland

Summary: Pray that people and countries will stop profitting from selling weapons. Pray for weapons to be turned into farming instruments and military academies to close
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for those being radicalized by the right, left, or a religion to turn from extremism. Pray for domestic terrorists to be held accountable for their actions. Pray for a decline of extremism. Pray for those who were involved in the Capitol riot to repent of their hate & actions
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for a peaceful and just end to Syria's 10-year civil war. Pray for those displaced and traumatized by the war
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for Deb Haaland, who is the first Native American Secretary ever, specifically of the Interior Department
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for those plotting violence against elected officials to be taken into custody before they carry out their violence
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for Louisiana as its groundwater reserves are running low
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 and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for people to follow CDC guidelines
Source: Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for those grieving the deaths of 3 adults & a child who were shot & killed over an argument about the pandemic stimulus checks
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the landlords and renters who are struggling with missed payments during the pandemic
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Pray for vaccine suppliers to be able to meet the demand. Pray for countries and companies to lay aside patent rights to maximize vaccine production and distribution. Pray for places concerned that a vaccine shortage could lead to another surge in the virus, such as Germany
Source: Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for overcrowded hospitals and their medical staffs and patients
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for people in places entering lockdowns
Source: Paris, France and France & Poland and Idaho Legislature

Summary: Pray for racial inequalities in healthcare to be eliminated so all ethnic groups may have proper access to the vaccine
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for the leaders leading in the midst of a pandemic
Source: Link