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Mar. 21, 2019 | Niger

Persecution Is Fertilizer for the Gospel

[317] prayers in [16] nations have been posted for Christian Leaders.

A VOM partner ministry worked with 144 local evangelists last year, providing discipleship training and opportunities to help them support themselves. The evangelists then visited communities throughout the country, sharing the gospel and teaching people about Jesus. As those hearing the gospel began to place their faith in Christ, some were threatened or expelled from their families. One Christian worker, however, said the persecution also had a positive effect. “Persecution became fertilizer for the spread of the gospel,” he said. In places where there was strong persecution, the evangelists observed more eagerness among the new believers to apply biblical principles to their lives. In some places, their dedication even made communities more accepting of Christians. “Extending discipleship to the persecuted will bring about a stronger church,” the Christian worker said. Pray that God will multiply these efforts.

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  • Dear God, May Your Spirit intercede. Thank You for the faith of all These people. Please help similar Christian efforts to arise, so that people can be helped and saved. Thank You. Please watch over these people and protect them. May You never abandon them. May they always know You are there for them. Thank You. In Jesus name Amen
    Rae M - USA
  • Thank You that You are building Your Church, and Your enemies cannot stop You. Bless those who are new to the faith but are especially committed to following You despite the cost. Empower their testimonies and use them to see many move from spiritual darkness to the Light of the World. May Your word be like honey on their lips and deeply satisfying .
    Toni D - USA
  • Our Father, thank You for guiding us to be in right places so that Your Word can do the work in our hearts and insted of being full of problem we can find the way out and bring others to You as well. Highly praised is our Lord Jesus Christ, in His name. Amen.
    Maria D - Finland
  • Bring millions to faith in Jesus through your gospel. Grant them peace and joy and eternal hope. Love and life through them. Make them see that you are Lord of all, that your troops outnumber, outrank and over power all of the troops of earth and hell. We are waiting for that time.
    mark m - USA
  • Help Christian Leaders find ways to spread the gospel.
    Debbie V - USA
  • Father Praise be to You that this area even in persecution is bringing the fruit of conversions and that your message is bring preached for the Hope and Peace they can find in You. Please continue to keep this missionaries in their effort to save and protect these new believers to continue to learn and be faithful to you no matter what. Amen
    Isabel S - USA
  • Psalm 1
    4 Not so the wicked!
    They are like chaff
    that the wind blows away.
    5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
    nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
    6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked will perish.
    Layne N - USA
  • Father I pray that the persecuted will hunger for discipleship and that their love for you would be greater than their fear of persecution. I thank you for how you change people's hearts so that they live their lives for you and live to make your name known. Father I pray that you will bless these brothers and sisters and draw them closer to you.
    Paul K - USA
  • Father I pray for protection for your people! I pray that you would guide and direct our paths! I pray Father that you would help the actions of the evangelists to go unseen by their persecutors! Open the eyes of the lost Lord that they would see your glory! I ask and pray in Jesus name, amen.
    Amy R - USA
  • Lord, multiply salvation in Niger. Help your people to press into you deeply and find strength to release themselves completly to your care. Grow them in faith and understanding, provide in ways that astound. Release your sprit of joy, of peace and trust, of love and forgiveness. Bind satan, he is defeated through your trumiph. Show yourself mighty.
    kathy C - USA
  • Father, thank you for refining the faith of Your children through the fires of persecution. Please strengthen their faith, give them wisdom and guidance so that your truth may continue to spread and reach the darkest corners of the Earth. May justice and righteousness be done and shine forth. Gather your children. In Yeshua's name, amein.
    Embriette H - USA
  • Father God, please bless VOM and continue their work to train disciples in Jesus. Give the evangelists strength beyond themselves and protect them from evil dear Lord. Help them to grow in their knowledge of the Lord and provide for all their needs. Multiply their good works. I ask it in the mighty name of JESUS who is able and lives forever!
    Kathy G - USA
  • Father continue to open a door for Your word so these evangelists may speak forth the mystery of Christ for which many are suffering. Give them Your eternal comfort and good hope, comfort and strengthen them in every good work and word so Your word will spread rapidly and be glorified. Rescue them from perverse and evil men. Fill them with your joy.
    Kendall P - USA
  • Heavenly Father, thanks and praise to You for the work You are doing in Niger! It is so beautiful! Please protect and provide for the evangelists and those who are being saved. May this work abound more and more for Your glory. In Jesus' Name. Thank You. Amen.
    Christienne D - USA
  • Heavenly Father, You alone almighty God are able to increase faith through persecution. Thank you for your sustaining grace and hope through hours of persecution. May Your Holy Spirit speak comfort and encouragement as your children oppose the enemy. May more be willing laborers to share the message of Jesus and more hearts open to Word. Pat USA
    Patricia S - USA
  • Thank You, Father, for working all things together for good for these Nepal believers! You are able to do exceedingly abundantly beyone all that we can think or ask! Continue to pour out Your Spirit on this nation that many will come to know Jesus as Savior and Lord! In Jesus name!
    Carolyn L - USA
  • Father thank You that You deliver us out of the hand of temptation. Thank You that You deliver us from evil. I pray that You would help those who are persecuted for Your Names Sake and thank You that persecution is causing Your Word to spread. Please help VOM fulfill the great commission and please Jesus send more laborers into the harvest.
    Kia W - USA
  • Dear Heavenly Father,
    What amazing work You are doing through those in Niger! Like those in Acts two, they are gladly receiving Your Word. Thank You for our new brothers & sisters. Give them courage & strength as they face persecution; may their faith be a shining light for You. Bless them above measure and fill them with Your Spirit.
    In Jesus, Amen
    Madison F - USA
  • Father in heaven, I lift up children of yours as they face persecution. Give them courage to press on and not give up. Over whelm them with your presence, and may their persecutors find Jesus. In Jesus name amen.
    David H - USA
  • Father, as always, Your ways are not our ways and what some might call a curse i.e., the persecution of the saints in Niger, is actually a blessing and one way in which Your name is being declared throughout the world. Thank You for our faithful brothers and sisters in Niger who willingly suffer hardship for the kingdom of God and the cause of Christ.
    Patrick V - USA
  • Holy Father, continue to bless Your church. Give these leaders wisdom and grace so that they can lead Your people. May the church continue to grow and be a blessing to those around them. In Jesus' name, Amen
    Eli S - USA
  • Father God I am grateful for the work of spreading the gospel in Niger through evangelists and the affect of persecution that has brought more to the cross of salvation in Jesus name. I pray that you give evangelists strength and determination to go out and touch more souls with your word. I ask all that in the name of Jesus Christ.
    Dumezweni M - South Africa
  • Lord Jesus, how we praise You for the spread of the gospel through this persecution. Please continue to strengthen and build up Your church even through suffering. May these believers know and believe Your word, may they receive the discipleship they need. May the evangelists continue with boldness and love as they proclaim You.
    Danielle H - USA
  • Lord God, bless and anoint the works of the hands of those who are persecuted. Amen. Let them have hinds' feet to scale the high places; may multitudes come to Christ; that every knee would bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God and the deliverance of His people. Holy Spirit, bring salvation to the families.
    Laura N - USA
  • Lord I praise You that no one is ever too far away from You to accept You and love You and serve You. I pray for all the new converts, that they would take deep roots in their faith and not be blown by the winds of the world. I pray Lord that they would hold fast to You and to the truth. I pray for efforts to be multiplied and for Your love to pour out
    Joy H - USA
  • Heavenly Father, praise be to Your Name for the work of the Holy Spirit in Niger! Please continue to strengthen and provide, encourage and protect these believers as they spread the Good News of our Savior. Touch the hearts of the persecutors so that they come to know You as Savior and turn away from their evil ways. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
    Carolyn S - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for Christian leaders in Niger: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stand firm in faith, committed to Christ, Guide them as they lead the church & multiply their efforts. May the Church grow & thrive & impact their community. May peace come to Niger. In Jesus' Name. Amen
    Lisa D - USA
  • Almighty God, I give you thanks for these Christian workers who trust in you and are so committed to you that they are bold and brave in sharing your word. Help them to remember that they have
    resurrection power to rely on. I pray a hedge of protection around them as they share the good news of Jesus.
    Linda W - USA
  • Lord Jesus, Thank You for the boldness of these workers as they share the gospel. May faith continue to grow in the midst of persecution and may the persecutors see the Power of the Lord Jesus Christ and give their hearts and lives to You. Encourage these evangelists to keep on with the work that you have called them to. Strengthen Your Church Jesus!!
    Sharon G - USA
  • Dear Heavenly Father bless those who are being persecuted for Your name. Let their trials and tribulations be a testimony of their faithfulness and desire to worship You only. Let it draw men to You that they may see the beauty of Your holiness. Strengthen the church, protect and provide for their needs. Give the peace I pray in Jesus Name Amen.
    Norma C - USA
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