Praying the News Summary 15

Summary: Country of the Week: Saudi Arabia

Source: Link

Racial Injustice

Summary: Pray for the Black Resilience Fund to be used to help and support struggling black people
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for bystanders witnessing anti-Asian hate crimes and assualt to do something to protect the person being attacked. Pray for people to learn how to respond before they witness an attack (the first link below has 5 suggested actions)
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for death row cases to be reexamined before ending a life. Pray for and end to racial disparities in sentencing, especially in death row cases
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for a just trial for the officers accused of killing George Floyd. Pray for reforms to prevent the deaths of people being taken into custody
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link 

Summary: Pray for people to learn how racism influenced the routes of interstate highways. Pray for past wrongs to be righted
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for people to listen, believe, and act based on experiences shared about racism
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for people to learn to celebrate both Italian and Indigenous People's cultures on Columbus Day/Indigenous People Day. Pray for people to lament over past wrongs & atrocities
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for laws to be changed that previously penalized people in minorities worse than white individuals
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for just investigations into allegations of police misconduct
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for people and government leadership to address the health threat of racism
Source: Link

Summary: PRAISE: Kentucky bans most no-knock warrants, a year after Breonna Taylor's death

Source: Link

Other Requests

Summary: Pray for places facing natural disasters, such as Florida (wastewater leak), Indonesia and East Timor (floods) and North Korea (famine), St. Vincent (volcano eruption)
Source: Florida (2nd link, 3rd) and Indonesia and East Timor and North Korea, amd St. Vincent (2nd Link)
Summary: Pray for the family and friends of the police officer slain in the US Capitol checkpoint attack as they grieve his death
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for peace after a riot in a St. Louis jail. Pray for their grievances to be addressed: they want their court dates. Many people held in jails are only accused of a crime, but not convicted. If they cannot afford bail, they must remain in jail until their court date, but the court system is backlogged
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for escaped prisoners in Nigeria to turn themselves in. Pray for people not to be hurt by prisoners or the pursuing authorities
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for people to have reliable and affordable access to healthcare
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for the asylum-seekers at the US border. Pray for the officials processing them. Pray for immigration reform. Pray for asylum-seekers fo have accurate information about the US immigration system. Pray for the unaccompanied minors in custody
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for conflicts to be peacefully resolved. Pray for people who have suffered tramua from ongoing conflicts
Source: DR Congo, Northern Ireland (2nd Link, 3rd)

Summary: Pray for a decline of extremism in the US. Pray for those who participated in the Capitol riot to be held accountable for their actions, even as we pray for them to repent
Source: Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for constitutional gun reforms to be enacted to decrease mass shootings in the US
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Pray for refugees to receive aid and to be treated humanely
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for people to listen when others say they are hurt or offended by their words or actions. Pray for people to be able to apologize and make amends as they seek reconciliation
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for prisoners to be released
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for lawmakers to enact legislation and amendments that voters approved. Pray for lawmakers to support legislation that helps those in poverty
Source: Link
Summary: PRAISE: Utah has passed a law to require biological fathers to pay half of pregnancy-related medical costs
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for family and friends grieving the deaths of their loved ones due to mass shootings
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity to be thoroughly investigated and for those responsible to be held accountable for their actions, even as we pray for them to repent
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 places entering lockdowns due to rising cases
Source: France
Summary: Pray for places with rising cases
Source: Central & Eastern Europe and Brazil and Canada (2nd Link)

Summary: PRAISE: England is offering 2 free rapid results virus tests each week to its residents
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for those stressed about finding work in a pandemic
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for vaccines to meet quality standards. Pray for vaccine manufacturers and distributors. Pray for those developing and testing vaccines
Source: Link and Link and Link
Summary: Pray for all people of all countries to have access to vaccines. Pray for an end to conflicts.
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for places that are starting to open up. Australia and New Zealand are forming a travel bubble
Source: Australia & New Zealand (2nd Link), California

Summary: Pray for people to listen to reputable sources, investigate fear-mongering claims, and not spread misinformation about vaccines. Pray for people to not let unfounded conspiracy theories keep them from being vaccinated
Source: Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for people facing eviction in Texas after their courts signal they won't enforce the federal eviction freeze
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for places facing virus varients
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for religious groups to do their part to minimize spreading the virus & take appropriate safety precautions. Pray for religious people to not take the maximum freedom they can legally do in a pandemic, but to willing choose to follow safety guidelines
Source: Link

Praying the News Summary 14

Summary: Country of the Week: Sudan
Source: Link

Racial Injustice

Summary: Pray for a decline in hate crimes/prejudjce/discrimination/bullyin against people of Asian heritage in the US. Pray for the perpetrators to be caught (better still prevented) and to face the just consequences of their actions, even as we pray for them to repent and seek forgiveness
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link and Link
Summary: Pray for a just trial of the police officers accused of killing George Floyd
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for a decline of sexism and racism in the online workplace. Pray for people to work to create a discrimination-free and harassment-free environment

Source: Link

Summary: Pray for an end to racism and discrimination in arrests, sentencing, and criminalizing minority communities
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for changes in the medicial system and in communities so minority communities will not be hit harder by disease and pandemics
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for people to be treated humanely regardless of their sexuality, sexual orientation, or sexual identity
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for countries to learn about/from racism and discrimination in their history, as they make amends and craft a more just future
Source: Link

Other Requests

Summary: Pray for a just peace to prevade the world, especially in places such as: Myanmar (also pray for an end to the killings. 110+ killed according to the 2nd link) and Mozambique (also pray for an end of ambushes. Dozens killed according to the 2nd link) 
Source: Myanmar (2nd link, 3rd link) and Mozambique (2nd link)
Summary: Pray for the 14 people injured in a Palm Sunday church bombing in Indonesia
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for just gun reforms to be put into place so there will be fewer deaths from mass shootings. Pray for those grieving the death of loved ones due to mass shootings
Source: Link and Link (2nd) and Link

Summary: Pray for places facing natural disasters, such as: Lebanon (facing the aftermath of an oil spill), Nashville, TN (facing flooding), and Indonesia (volcanic eruption)
Source: Lebanon and Nashville and Indonesia

Summary: Pray for library programs aimed at helping people who were formally incarcerated
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for people planning mass shootings to be discovered and restrained before the shootings take place
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for people seeking refuge and asylum as they flee from poverty, violence, and persecution. Pray for countries to accept them
Source: Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for the millions at risk of losing power due to unpaid high bills after the storms
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for a decline in extremism (both far right extremism and far left extremism)
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the people hurt in the Capitol riot to get justice and compensation for their injuries
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for Christians to share the Gospel with non-Christians

Source: Link

Summary: Pray for immigration reform, so just laws will be made & enforced, even as people who are immigrants are treated humanely
Source: Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for the families grieving after a derailed train in Taiwan kills dozens
Source: Link and Link
Summary: PRAISE: New York has banned solitary confinement for more than 15 days. Pray for US state and federal prisons to abide by the Mandala Rule which views solitary confinement as torture
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for just voting reforms, so more hurdles will not prevent eligible people from voting, while preventing fraud
Source: Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for a decline in drug overdose deaths
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the police officer killed in a new attack at a checkpoint at the US Capitol 
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Pray for all allegations of war crimes to be thoroughly investigated
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: PRAISE: Serbia has been vaccinating those in neighboring countries after Serbia had a surplus of the vaccine
Source: Link
Summary: Live Updates:
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Live Updates: Over 128.8 million cases including 2.8 million deaths globally
Source: Link
Summary: Live Updates:
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for youth who are struggling in the pandemic while incarcerated
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for places experiencing a virus surge, such as the US and Brazil and India and France and Italy
Source: US (2nd) and Brazil (2nd link) and India (2nd, 3rd) and France and Italy

Summary: Pray for a pandemic treaty to be signed to ensure a global response to and international cooporation in future pandemics
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for people facing eviction and homelessness due to the pandemic
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for at-risk populations that have less access to the vaccine to get more access. Pray for vaccine suppliers to find local key areas of communities to distribute the vaccine since many neighborhoods with minority populations lack access to grocery stores, pharmacies, and clinics/hospitals
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for wisdom for businesses, governments, and organizations deciding how to shape safety policies as more people get vaccinated
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for vaccine manufacturers to work with poorer nations to ensure everyone has access to the vaccine
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for vaccine manufacturers to meet quality standards
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for businesses to balance reopening with worker safety
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for countries that are opening up more to do so safely
Source: Link and Link

Summary: PRAISE: vaccine studies with pregnant women show the vaccine to be safe & effective
Source: Link

Praying the News Summary 13

Summary: Country of the Week: Syria

Source: Link

Racial Injustice

Summary: Pray for justice for the 8 Atlana shooting victims. Pray that the murderer repents, even as we pray for him to face the consequences of his actions. 
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Pray for a just trial of the police officers accused of killing George Floyd
Source: Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for an end to racial disparities in education. Pray for minority children to have the same opportunities and resources as white students
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for just reforms to ensure pedestrian safety and reduce minorities' overrepresentation in pedestrian injuries and deaths
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for voting reforms to not restrict eligible people (especially minorities who seem to be disproportionately impacted by new legislation) as the reforms address ineligible voting and fraud
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link and Link
Summary: Pray for people of Asian ancestry in the US who are afraid of being attacked or killed. Pray for people to treat other people humanely
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for Jacob Blake's lawsuit against the officer who shot & paralyzed him to have a just investigation. Pray for God's justice to be done. Pray for reforms to come from this tragedy
Source: Link

Other Requests

Summary: Pray for those affected by natural disasters
Source: Flooding in Australia (2nd link, 3rd) and Tornado in Alabama/Georgia
Summary: Pray for peace in Afghanistan (journalists are being targeted by the Taliban) and Myanmar (coup/protests/arrests/more deaths: 2nd link: a child was shot and killed)
Source: Afghanistan and Myanmar (2nd link, 3rd, 4th)

Summary: Pray for voting reforms to not restrict access of eligible voters to vote
Source: Link

Summary: Pray from the families of the 10 people killed in a grocery store shooting in Boulder, Colorado. Pray for the shooter to repent
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for the unaccompanied children being held in detention centers. Pray for the people supervising the children to treat them humanely and compassionately. Pray for immigration reform. 
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link
Summary: Pray for the Rohingya refugees who experienced a fire at their refugee camp. 
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for the death penalty to be abolished as restorative justice is utilized. PRAISE: Virginia has abolished the death penalty
Source: Link and Virginia

Summary: Pray for just reforms for processing the claims of asylum-seekers, refugees, and immigrants to take place globally. Pray for countries to collectively address the violence, poverty, and danger driving people to flee as they seek asylum and/or refuge. Pray for refugees and asylum-seekers to be treated humanely
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for the Capitol rioters to get just trials
Source: Link and Link and Link
Summary: Pray for a decline in far right and far left extremism
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the US refugee program to get the support and funds it needs to assist its charges
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for a decrease of gun violence in the US. Pray for just and legal gun reforms to take place. Pray for Christians to beat their guns into gardening implements
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for our leaders to be guided by God to create & enforce just and humane policies
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for reforms to minimum wage, so people working full-time and/or multiple jobs can buy all their necessities
Source: Link

Summary: PRAISE: New Zealand approves paid leave after a miscarriage
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for people (overweight, obese, underweight, or healthy weight) to be able to afford, prepare, and eat healthy, wholesome foods. Pray for people to make healthy changes to their diet, exercise, and lifestyle, instead of looking for easy answers such as diet pills or fad diets
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: Live Updates: Over 123.9 million cases including over 2.7 million deaths

Source: Link
Summary: Live Updates:
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for the children (and adults) who have gained weight during the pandemic to be able to use a healthy diet and exercise to reach and maintain a healthier weight
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for people struggling to focus on work in the midst of a pandemic
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the leadership around the world responding to protests over lockdown measures. Pray for just negotiations and compromises to be reached
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for people under lockdowns to follow government guidelines. (Update: there is no new lockdown for Germany as previously announced due to too short a time to implement it well)
Source: Link and Germany (update)

Summary: Pray for at risk populations to have access to and receive the vaccine
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for people to vacation responsibly
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for those distributing and processing virus test kits, as well as those administering and receiving vaccines
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for places experiencing a virus surge, such as India and Brazil
Source: India and Brazil

Summary: Pray for those who are food insecure and those providing food in the pandemic
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for people to research and fact-check claims about the virus and vaccine before sharing online or in person
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for countries to share vaccines with other countries, so fewer variants will pop up, prolonging the pandemic
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for a decrease in hate and discrimination due to the pandemic
Source: Link

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

Praying the News Summary 11

Summary: Country of the Week: India

Source: Link

Racial Injustice

Summary: Pray for a just trial for the police officers involved in George Floyd's death. Pray for repentance and reform
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link
Summary: Pray for just investigations into the deaths of black people
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for people to repent of using hateful and racist words. Pray for them to be held accountable for their words even as we pray for them to learn empathy and compassion
Source: Link

Summary: PRAISE: George Floyd's family was awarded 27 million dollars by Minneapolis over George Floyd's death
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for Breonna Taylor's family as they seek accounability and reforms over her death
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for housing reforms for reduce racial inequality in housing
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for a just investigation into allegations of covering up details of Daniel Prude's death
Source: Link

Other Requests

Summary: Pray for Little Arabia to be formally recognized as a cultural center in California
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for a decline of misinformation and conspiracy theories
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for Texans stuck with insanely high power bills after the fierce storm
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for a just peace...in Senegal...and Afghanistan...and Yemen...and Myanmar...and Mexico...and Mozambique
Source: Senegal and Afghanistan and Yemen and Myanmar (2nd, 3rd, 4th) and Mexico and Mozambique

Summary: Pray for just and equitable voting laws and reforms
Source: Link and Link
Summary: A series of explosions in Equatorial Guinea led to 31 dead and 600 injured. Pray for the injured, those treating them, and those grieving the death of a family member
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for Sweden as it moves forward after a vote banning Muslim face coverings in public
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for those involved in the Capitol riot to get fair & just trials, even as we pray for their repentance and salvation
Source: Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for those impacted by changes in immigration law. PRAISE: Venezuelans in the US with an undocumented status can get protected status due to the unrest in Venezuela
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the nearly 1 in 3 women who have experienced violence. Pray for perpetrators to repent and make amends

Source: Link

Summary: Pray for individuals who identify as LGBTQ to be protected from physical amd verbal abuse. Pray for Christians to treat these individuals as humans made in the image of God (i.e. with love and compassion). 
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for the unaccompanied minors seeking asylum at the US border. Pray for programs aimed at fixing the problems causing people to flee & seek asylum, even as we work on welcoming asylum-seekers now
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for 30 students who have been kidnapped in Nigeria. Pray for the kidnappers to release the students
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for human traffickers to be stopped and for their victims to be rescued. Pray for traffickers to encounter Christ and to repent
Source: Link

Summary: PRAISE: The US is offering residents of Myanmar protected status due to their unrest

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: 116 million cases including 2.5 million deaths globally
Source: Link
Summary: Live Updates: 118 million cases including 2.6 million deaths globally
Source: Link
Summary: Live Updates:
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for communities who are wary of getting the vaccine, such as the Latinx community
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for nurses and doctors, especially in communities where anti-masking sentiment runs high. Pray for medical staff to take care of themselves
Source: Link and Link

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

Summary: Pray for Brazil and its medical staff as rising cases swamp its hospitals
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for those with high-risk disabilities to have access to the vaccine
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for the high risk populations, such as black communities, to be prioritized in virus distribution
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for Asian Americans who are experiencing discrimination and violence due to people's ignorance & fear. Pray for the perpetrators to repent and make amends, even as they face the consequences of their actions
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for obese people to have access to the vaccine as their weight magnifies their risk for the virus. Pray that the government will shift its subsidies to healthy produce to combat obesity
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for businesses owners, particularly black business owners, to survive the changing markets due to the pandemic

Source: Link
Summary: Pray for concerns over vaccine safety to be thoroughly investigated
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for people experiencing lockdowns
Source: Link and Link

Summary: Pray for people to respect the mask rules of the businesses they frequent
Source: Link

Summary: Pray for countries to participate in the COVAX vaccine program to ensure all nations have access to the vaccine
Source: Link

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
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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
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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
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Summary: Pray for places that are reopening to follow safety guidelines and protocols still
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Summary: Pray for places without access to clean water, especially in a pandemic
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Summary: 28.7 million cases including 519,000 deaths in the US
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Summary: Pray for those responsible for an explosion outside of a Dutch viris testing site to be apprehended and repent of their actions. 
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Summary: Pray for countries to share the vaccine
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Summary: Pray for the millions of children unable to attend school due to the pandemic
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