Saturday, June 12, 2021

Praying the News Summary 24

Summary: Country of the Week: Turkmenistan
Source: Link

Racial Injustice
Summary: Pray for wisdom for people grappling with the racist attitudes and actions of people who had birds named after them. 
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for grace to be poured over a school where several black students were upset by a school project asking them to clean cotton
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for those in Canada as they grapple with the history and effects of residential schools for indigenous children. Pray for the US to do the same
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Pray for those grieving the 40+ people killed in a train accident in Pakistan
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for police reforms so people can be taken into custody instead of shot & killed. Pray for the US to learn from other nations how to reduce deaths of civilians at the hands of police, as well as police officer deaths
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for allegations of linguistic racism (treating someone as inferior based on their accent) to be thoroughly investigated and remedied
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for a decline in anti-Semitism. Pray for negotiations to find compromises that will have both the Israelis and Palestinians treated humanely and justly
Source: Link and Link and Link
Summary: PRAISE: A new law in Nevada bans racial mascots and sundown sirens (sirens that would sound to signify that non-white people had to leave town at the end of the day)
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Pray for people to grapple with the legacy of those in the Confederacy and how to honor those who were enslaved by Confederates
Source: Link
Summary: PRAISE: The Justice Department will require federal officers to wear body cameras when serving warrants or making pre-planned arrests
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for people to support programs aimed at correcting past injustices and discrimination aimed at black and other minority people
Source: Link

Other Requests
Summary: Pray for those who are grieving the 100-160+ people killed in a village raid in Burkina Faso
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Pray for places experiencing unrest, such as Dublin, Ireland
Source: Dublin
Summary: Pray for wisdom as governments work to address the causing that are driving people to leave their home countries and seek asylum in the US
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link
Summary: Pray for environmental issues, such as the long-term effects of the ship sinking off of the coast of Sri Lanka
Source: Sri Lanka
Summary: Pray for those grieving afresh after the body of a 15 month old child was found in Norway after drowning in the English Channel last October
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for those grieving the death of a 6 year old killed on the way to school. Pray for justice for and repentance from his killer
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for a thorough investigation into the allegations of abuse that many Afghan policewomen suffer from
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for those grieving the 3 people killed at a graduation party in Florida
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for those grieving 4 of the 5 members of a Muslim family who were killed in an intentional attack in Canada. Pray for the hospitalized boy who survived
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Pray for a just investigation into the Capitol Riot as people work to prevent a similar attack in the future
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for prisoners to be treated humanely by guards
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for a decline in gun violence in the US
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for those grieving the 10 mine clearance workers shot dead in Afghanistan
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Pray for refugees, asylum-seekers, and migrants to be treated humanely. Pray for order and compassion to pervade throughout the border situation
Source: Link and Link and Link
Summary: Pray for Native American police on tribal lands as the Supreme Court ruled that they can detain non-Native people on tribal lands. Pray for tribal jails to be reformed so that people will not die in police custody
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Pray for workplaces to support mental health initiatives, such as emotional support animals
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for crisis support teams that are responding to mental health crises in Montana, as an alternative to policing mental health problems
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for Puerto Ricans experiencing power outages after a fire at a power station
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Pray for an end to the death penalty
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for those involved in the Capitol riot to face the just consequences for their actions, even as we pray for them to repent
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for peace in Syria. Pray for bombings to avoid hospitals, schools, and civilian areas
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for the 14 people injured in a shooting in Texas
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for voting rights to be upheld. Pray for states to find ways to continue to allow eligible voters to be able to have their votes counted, while preventing ineligible voting
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

Summary: PRAISE: The US is sharing vaccines with other countries
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Pray for places reopening as cases decline, such as India
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for those people who are concerned about the unemployment benefits ending during the pandemic
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for those people who are navigating (or uncomfortable with) a return to their workplace
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for people as international travel is starting to open up again
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for places with rising virus varient cases, such as the US
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for the pharmacist who deliberately ruined vaccines to repent as he goes to prison
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for those concerned about eviction as the federal moratorium banning evictions in a pandemic is ending
Source: Link
Summary: Praying for the growing number of child labors as the pandemic continues
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for those concerned about less frequent reporting of virus and vaccine rates by states
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for rural areas with low vaccination rates to get more vaccinations done
Source: Link
Summary: PRAISE: Some vaccines are getting a longer shelf life, which minimizes waste
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for places delaying the end of their lockdowns, such as England
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for countries to continue to share vaccines with other nations
Source: Link

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