Women who convert to Christianity in Benin are often forced to marry older Muslim men.
Women who convert to Christianity in Benin are often forced to marry older Muslim men.
Mar. 07, 2024 | Benin

Christian Convert Flees Forced Marriage

[155] prayers in [11] nations have been posted for Aisosa.

Aisosa’s father is a traditional tribal sorcerer in Benin. When he started performing ceremonies for a certain local god, his family members began to die. Eventually, all of Aisosa’s siblings and her mother died. Then Aisosa became sick, and her father wanted her to sacrifice a chicken to his god, but Aisosa did not want to worship her father’s god any longer. A Christian woman in her village reached out to the 23-year-old and invited her to church. The pastor prayed for her and taught her how to pray; shortly afterward, she was healed of her sickness. Even though she became healthy, her father ordered her not to visit the church. When she snuck out to attend services anyway, he would beat her. He decided to marry her off to an older sorcerer like himself. She refused, and he threw her out of the home on November 12, 2023. Local Christians are currently providing her with a place to live.

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  • Lord God, please show Your mighty power over evil spirits and sorcerers. Please heal Aisosa from any physical and emotional wounds of being rejected. Thank You she escaped a forced marriage; please protect her from her father and from further abuse or harassment. Thank You for her boldness; please increase that boldness. Shower her with Your love. IJNA
    Allison F - USA
  • Dearest Lord, please protect and deliver Aisosa from the enemy's plans and devices and bring salvation to her father and family through Jesus Christ, Your Son. Hebrews 7:25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. In Jesus name, Amen.
    Sarah A - USA
  • I have added Aisosa to my prayer list.
    Clint D - USA
  • Continue #3 _ Lord I love Your ways being above our ways and thoughts (Isaiah 55:8-10). Thank You again for saving this young lady "Aisosa" from a forced marriage. Thank You Lord for being a God of Liberty, Peace, real & true Love, Lord please continue to save our young sisters from being forced to do anything against their will. In Jesus name, Amen...
    Anthony D - USA
  • Continuation 2 _Lord I thank You again for blessing Aisosa and setting her free for this false religion. Thank you for Your Holy Spirit making a way for her to learn the truth that You alone are the One and Only True God. Lord may You also touch the heart of her earthly father and lead him to Christ in Your own Omnipotent and All Wise Way. (Cont to #3)
    Anthony D - USA
  • Oh my Father God in Heaven. This story in particular has touched my heart to no end already. Lord I thank you so much for saving this young, precious sister. I even thank you for the smile that I see on her face in this precious photograph. Lord I thank you for so many miracles that You have performed already in Aisosa's Life. Thank you Lord. (Cont #1)
    Anthony D - USA
  • Heavenly Father I trust You are giving this woman refuge and You are protecting her, please protect all those like her and do not allow them to be forced into marriage to older Muslim men!
    christine s - USA
  • Lord thank You for this young woman strength and endurance. Keep her safe and grow her faith in You. Open the eyes of her father that he to may be saved. In Jesus name Amen
    Machelle C - USA
  • Father, I lift up Aisosa to you. I pray you send others to her that will help her in her Christian faith. Strengthen her Lord, become real to her as you have to me. I pray you watch over her and provide for all her needs. I pray you would speak to her father. Father, move in this situation as only you can. Rebuke all fear and speak peace.
    Polly C - USA
  • In the truthful name of Jesus, our heavenly Father, Yahweh El Elmeth, God of truth, as brothers and sisters in Christ, we praise You that Aisosa knows Jesus as the truth, way and life. We ask for a hedge of protection, angels direct from heaven to encamp around and minister to her. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Father, thank you for being the protector and provider for Aisosa, and we ask that you strengthen her with your grace and continue to show her the way. Thank you for her escape from forced marriage. Please give her a Christian husband and community. May she grow in her faith and follow you always.
    Jackie V - USA
  • Father I pray for safety for Aisosa and I pray for her faith to take root and be strong. I pray Lord for You to reach out to her father through a dream or a vision or the Spirit and show him truth. I pray Lord for You to provide for Aisosa and her needs and keep any man from hurting her and using her. I pray for her dad to see Your power in action.
    Joy H - USA
  • Dear sister in Christ. I pray for you and all members of the body of Christ everyday. Stand firm and take comfort that Jesus is coming back. Little does the enemy know they've already been defeated. God loves you. Awaiting His return!
    Susan R - USA
  • Father, thank you for the faith of Aisosa and for delivering her out of the terrible situation she was in. May you continue to protect her and give her the resources she needs to serve you in Jesus' name.
    Matthew E - USA
  • This Easter, help Aisosa to rejoice that she too is able to suffer with Jesus. May she find great encouragement and strengthening through him.
    Rebecca H - New Zealand
  • Thank you for the bravery of Aisosa. Thank you for the family you have put her in. I pray her father and other relatives will one day be saved and reunited with Aisosa as a sister in Christ. In his name amen
    Peggy A - USA
  • In the sacrificing name of Jesus, our heavenly Father, Messiah, as brothers and sisters in Christ, we praise You that You display Your work in life of Aisosa. We ask for healing, a hedge of protection, angels direct from heaven to encamp around and minister to her. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Lord I ask that you would strengthen Aisosa.
    Thank you for her strong faith in you! Please help her not to become bitter at her father.
    Give her of your grace, mercy, and love! Also break the shackles that are keeping her father captive in sin,and bring him to the saving power of Christ!
    Sam S - USA
  • Father, thank You for providing Aisosa with a way of escape from her father and his wicked behavior. Break the demonic stronghold in Aisosa's father and bring him to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Help Aisosa not to harbor any bitterness or unforgiveness towards her father, but instead pray that he'll turn away from sorcery, repent, and be saved.
    Patrick V - USA
  • Lord, I pray for Aisosa, that you would help her and her time of need. I pray that you would pour out your spirit on her, that she may know you better with the spirit of wisdom and revelation, and you would become her everything. Her provider, her father, her husband, her protector,. I pray that you would cause her to flourish. In Jesus name amen.
    Nancy G - USA
  • Jesus thank you for taking care of a Aisosa. Lead and guide her and keep providing through other Christians until she's able to provide for herself.
    michele r - USA
  • Father, Aisosa is standing firm in her faith despite her father's treatment but You are her refuge and her high tower and her hiding place! Please remind her over and over again that You're in control and that she does not have to afraid. Grant her grace and peace and thank You for fellow believers willing to take her in and provide her basic needs.
    Forrest B - USA
  • In the miracluous name of Jesus, our heavenly Father, Elohim, God of miracles, as brothers and sisters in Christ, we praise You for miracles to Aisosa. We ask for more miracles, a hedge of protection, angels direct from heaven to encamp around and minister to her. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Lord God, I thank You for rescuing Aisosa and helping her stand firm in the face of persecution. Please encourage and comfort her in the face of so much loss, and I pray that she would be well loved by the believers around her. May she have a way to provide for herself and have hope for the future because she is Your child.
    Danielle H - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for Aisosa & other local believers: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for their faith! Bring Aisosa's father to repentance. In this way, may all Benin be saved. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

    Lisa D - USA
  • Dear Father, I pray for Aisosa & others, protect them keep them safe. Send your angels to guard and protect them. I join with all the prayersvin this chat. We all believe that every prayer for Aisosa and others is being answered.
    Touch her father's soul too. Let your Precious Blood bring salvation to her father and family. We pray this in faith Amen
    max d - India
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for Aisosa & other local believers: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for their faith! Bring Aisosa's father to repentance. May all Benin be saved through reached families. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Jesus, pray for the Christians in Benin. Be there light and let them be a light to others. I pray that you give them boldness and protection. In Jesus Christ name, amen.
    Robert C - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for Aisosa & for other believers in her village: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for their faith! Bring Aisosa's father to repentance. Through families like hers, may all Benin be saved. In Jesus' Name. Am
    Lisa D - USA
  • Dear Heavenly Father I amen these previous prayers. We thank You for Your protection over her. May it be one day her father sees the true power that God possesses that Jesus Christ gives her daughter. That he may repent & that he may believe & be saved from the evil of his ways. In Jesus' Holy Name, we cast down that spirit. In Jesus' Mighty Name amen.
    Johnathan K - USA
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