Some of the Christians driven from their villages want to retun home.
Some of the Christians driven from their villages want to retun home.
Dec. 05, 2019 | Central African Republic

Refugee Hopes to Reestablish Local Church

[285] prayers in [15] nations have been posted for Matthew and Family.

Like thousands of other Christians in the Central African Republic, Matthew and his family left their town in 2017 when it was overrun by Muslim rebels. They fled into the bush with nothing more than the clothes they were wearing and have lived as refugees ever since. Matthew and his family hope to return to their hometown to reestablish the church, but their house and farmland were burned and some of the Muslim rebels still live there. Nevertheless, Matthew and his family are willing to risk their lives if God leads them to return.

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  • Dear Father, give these refugees wisdom & your direction. They long for their homes & familiar surroundings. But you may have a new thing in your plans for them. Show them the way. Open their minds to possibilities. Bless their faithfulness to you. In Jesus Name, Amen.
    SM D - USA
  • Dear Lord,
    Thank You for Matthew and his family and the other Christians of Central African Republic. Please bless and provide for their needs, and bless their ministry. Please give them faith and hope in the face of danger and loss. I pray You'd work in the hearts of the lost to know You.
    In Jesus's Name I pray
    Amen
    Taylor C - USA
  • Lord, you prepare a table for Matthew in the presence of his enemies. Help his love for Jesus and for others create a hunger in those who persecuted him. Give him favor that he could not even imagine! Fight the enemy of our souls on his behalf, and fight for the salvation of those who persecuted him. Teach him the sensitivity to hear your voice .
    Karen S - USA
  • Lord, Please bless Matthew and his family as they desire to preach the word again in their hometown. Thwart the work of the enemy and the rebels to interfere with the growth of the gospel. May the church live wherever this family abides. May their lives be the beacon of life that leads others to you. Protect and provide for their needs in Jesus name.
    Joyce A - USA
  • Lord, please fill M with the spirit of wisdom and help him to clearly hear your voice as he determines ways to serve you. Bless and keep safe his family, providing for their needs. Bring to nothing the work of the enemy as he attempts to stop the spread of the gospel. Multiple believers coming to you. I pray in your powerful name, Amen.
    Joyce A - USA
  • Heavenly Father, please bless Matthew and his family and other refugees in the Central African Republic. Help them to be able to return home and live their lives there as Christians. I ask for this in Jesus' Name, amen.
    Barbara B - USA
  • dear father, i thank you for courageous matthew and his family. i ask that you may guide them to find a new home where they can be safe. please make the muslim rebels leave their village so they can return and establish a new christian community. please provide for them in the meantime and keep them out of harms way. in jesus name, amen
    esther l - Germany
  • Dear God, Please pour out your Spirit on Matthew and his family. Thank you for their faith. I pray that they are doing well.I pray for them and the others like them. I pray that they will be able to return home soon if it is a good thing for them to do so.Please change the hearts of those who persecute them.Thank you. Don't be far.In Jesus' name, Amen
    Rae M - USA
  • Our Father, You are our Provider and High Tower. Please bless and protect Matthew and his Family, level their path and meet their needs. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
    Maria D - Finland
  • Dear Heavenly Father,
    Please help Matthew and his family as they decide whether or not to return to their old homes or start new elsewhere. Help them share Your gospel witness with old friends and family, neighbors and even enemies. Win many to the gospel for Your glory through them and strengthen them in Your word. Protect them. In Jesus name, amen!
    Caroline O - USA
  • Lord Jesus, I do pray that Matthew and his family would know Your comfort and peace as they seek to make future decisions. May they have wisdom and unity as they consider options, and be able to find a place to rebuild their lives. May they boldly proclaim Your truth and make choices that demonstrate they belong to You alone.
    Danielle H - USA
  • Lord Jesus, I do pray that Matthew and his family would know Your comfort and peace as they seek to make future decisions. May they have wisdom and unity as they consider options, and be able to find a place to rebuild their lives. May they boldly proclaim Your truth and make choices that demonstrate they belong to You alone.
    Danielle H - USA
  • Lord Jesus, I do pray that Matthew and his family would know Your comfort and peace as they seek to make future decisions. May they have wisdom and unity as they consider options, and be able to find a place to rebuild their lives. May they boldly proclaim Your truth and make choices that demonstrate they belong to You alone.
    Danielle H - USA
  • My Father, Smile Your favor on Matthew and his family. Let this tragedy be used to bring glory to Your name. Protect these dear Christ Followers. Lead them home and prosper them. Give Matthew and his family a Holy Ghost boldness to proclaim the name of Jesus continually. We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against the powers of darkness.
    David C - USA
  • Father, thank You for sparing Matthew and his family from the rebels. Their heart is to return home and rebuild the church there one day even though some rebels now live there and his home is gone. Please enable Matthew to provide for his family, protecting them from harm, comforting their hearts in Jesus. When the time comes, reveal Your plan
    Gail M - USA
  • Father God, Matthew needs direction from you after living as a refuge in his own country. Direct the way he should go to build his life since fleeing attacks in 2017. He is determined to follow your instructions. Help the family to rebuild their lives either in the country or in exile depending on your will for them.
    Dumezweni M - South Africa
  • Dear Lord in heaven, please send Your wisdom and faith to these believers. We know You will provide for their needs. Their faith in the face of persecution is an example to everyone else. May they be reminded of 1 Peter 4:14--"If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you."
    Betty A - USA
  • Holy Father, bless Matthew and his family with wisdom to know Your will, and courage to act on it. May they be ministers to everyone they meet, where ever You place them. May they continue to grow in love for You and those around them. In Jesus' name, Amen
    Eli S - USA
  • Dear Father, please bring wisdom and direction to Matthew and his family. That "home" is a place where Jesus lives. Lead them in their next steps and help them not to be attached to a physical plot of land, because it all belongs to you. Please protect and strengthen them by Your Spirit and ensure them that You will make a way. Thank you Father God.
    Kathy G - USA
  • Lord, please direct Matthew and his family about how to proceed. Give them community, peace, provision, and anything else they need.
    emily g - USA
  • Dear God, I praise you for the faith and endurance of Matthew and his family, and for other, like persecuted saints. Please provide a place and church for him to proclaim your goodness, truth, and the Word so those held captive by the enemy may expand Your kingdom, and know the beauty and glory of our God.
    Meg K. P - USA
  • Lord I praise You for the willingness of Matthew and his family to leave all in order to follow You. I pray for wisdom, discernment and hope as they travel and for their hearts to be steadfast for You. I ask for clarity in Your guidance for them and for Your heart to be made known to them. I pray for provision and all that they need to live to be given
    Joy H - USA
  • Father I loft Matthew and his famuly up to You. Father I pray that by Your grace him and his family can return home amd further Your kingdom. Father I pray that You keep Matthew and his family safe and bless them with Your mighty strength. Father I pray that those rebels are moved by the Holy Spirit and come to Christ. In Jesus' name I pray Amen.
    Scarlett L - USA
  • Dear Lord,
    I pray with all my heart for Matthew and his family, and the thousands who also lost everything. If it is Your will that they should return home, pave the way for them. Soften the hearts of the Muslims there, that they may see and desire Your Light. May they know, with no doubts in their minds, that You are the One leading them.
    Amen
    Madison F - USA
  • Dear Lord, We pray for Matthew & his family and the church in Central African Republic. Please open the path for them to return to their home town to re-establish the church. Prepare the hearts of people there, please Lord, with dreams & visions. Amen
    Susan G - Australia
  • FAther, I thank you for Matthew and his family and that you have kept them through this trial. Please continue to meet their every need giving them ongoing faith and confidence to know that you are leading and that you will never leave them or forsake them. Please give them wisdom concerning going back home. Help them to discern and follow Your will.
    Vicki W - USA
  • Father God, thank you for protecting Matthew and his family during this time. Please guide and lead them as they make decisions to return to their homeland. Let them see clearly the path you have before them and keep them safe as they obediently trust you for their future. Father, grant them peace and security as they share the hope that is within them
    Julia F - USA
  • Lord, I lift up my dear brother Matthew, his family, & others like them who are fleeing due to turning to You. May they have Your continued peace & rest wherever they turn..may they hear Your voice telling them which way to turn & to return or not. Let there be confirmation in Jesus' Name. TY they have made a decision for You and may they neverTback
    Lisa T - USA
  • Lord Jesus I lift up my brother Matthew & his family & villagers to you for protection and safety. Please fill them with your Spirit, lead their steps as to where you want them to go & what you would have them to do. Prepare the hearts of the blind and lost to receive the good news of your love from them. Strengthen them with boldness Jesus, AMEN!
    Niccole E - USA
  • Praying for Matthew and his family who have been forced to be refugees. Help them in their difficult life to survive and meet their needs. Praising You for their testimony and that they are willing to risk their lives if You lead them to return to their village and face these rebels. Praying for the salvation of their persecutors
    margaret m - USA
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