Kemi and her son were shunned but have received help and healing through Christian counseling.
Kemi and her son were shunned but have received help and healing through Christian counseling.
Dec. 04, 2025 | Congo, Republic of the

Emotional Healing for Survivors

[177] prayers in [12] nations have been posted for survivors.

Kemi, her husband and several others were abducted in 2017 by radical Islamists. The militants killed most of the Christians, including Kemi’s husband, but spared Kemi. Instead, they marched her into the forest and abused her. For nine months she prayed that God would rescue her. One day, while fetching water, she was able to escape her captors. After living on wild fruit for three weeks, she finally stumbled onto a road, describing it as a miracle. Later she learned she was pregnant, and her community rejected her and the baby. Kemi became depressed, and she had trouble sleeping and taking care of herself and her child. With the help of VOM and a local counseling ministry, Kemi has received spiritual and emotional care. She can now sleep, work and serve in her local church. Front-line workers requested prayer for spiritual and emotional care for others like Kemi who have suffered for their faith.

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  • Dear Father, please heal Kemi and others like her. Have mercy.
    Rebecca H - New Zealand
  • Gracious Father God, have mercy on Kemi and her son. Grant her favor and blessing in all that she needs to provide for herself and her son. We pray that her church would walk alongside her and build her up in the faith. We also pray for spiritual and emotional care for others like Kemi who have suffered for their faith. In Jesus' precious name amen
    Alvin A - USA
  • Dear Father, I praise you for my sister Kemi and her son. Thank you for the emotional and practical care You have provided; for her sleep, work and serving. May she continue to heal and teach her child to follow Jesus. Please "redeem the years that the locusts have eaten" and may she be blessed in all she does in this new year. In Jesus' Name! Amen.
    Jennifer T - USA
  • HEAVENLY FATHER,

    Thank You for being Jehovah Rapha, the God who heals
    May You do a new thing in Kemi & her son's life that they may no longer remember the former things
    May Your Holy Spirit heal their hearts
    Crush Satan under the feet of Your servants in the Congo & provide them w all good things to continue saving souls

    In JESUS MIGHTY NAME
    AMEN !
    Esther A - Belgium
  • Father, I lift up my sister, Kemi, to You. Thank You for the salvation You have given her, & for sustaining her through unimaginable pain, fear, & persecution. Thank You for rescuing her from the horrible situation she was in. Please continue to provide for her & her son, physically, emotionally, & spiritually. Comfort & shower them with Your peace.
    April D - USA
  • Our compassionate Father- thank you for Kemi's rescue and the aid you let her receive. Counsel her and similar abused saints for her restoration to church and your service. Help these women and girls to abide in Christ's love each day and then shepherd them into heaven when their days here end. We honor you for your faithfulness and abiding love.
    Barry P - USA
  • Father, Your care & love for the abused outshines any known to man. Pour out Your love on these who have suffered so much for Your Kingdom. Flood their hearts with Your peace & love & provide them with boldness with godly wisdom. Thank You for their faithfulness. Be with them as they travel this pilgrimage. Give them hope in You.
    Ann S - USA
  • In the kind name of Jesus, our heavenly Father, God of kindness, as brothers and sisters in Christ, we adore You for kindness of Christian survivors in Congo. We ask for Your continued kindness, deliverance, hedge of protection, heavenly angels to encamp around and minister to them. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in the Congo: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Guard, heal, console & sustain them, especially anti-Christian attack survivors. Bring their attackers & others to Christ, bringing hope! Amen

    Lisa D - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in the Congo: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Console, heal, provide for & sustain them, especially anti-Christian attack survivors. Bring Muslims & others to Christ, bringing hope! Amen.

    Lisa D - USA
  • God, I hear of the pain Kemi suffered, and I cry out to You, for healing, for hope, for a way forward - for Your love to reach Kemi and heal every wound. I praise You for the healing she already has, and I ask that her son would grow strong in the faith, that he would always be wholeheartedly Yours, and know You deeply. Rescue them from despair. Amen.
    Kesse R - USA
  • Lord,
    Our hearts break for Kemi and other brothers and sisters who have suffered at the hands of radical Islamists. Thank You for providing for her spiritual and emotional needs. I pray that You would use all things to work together for the good of those who love You and for Your glory. May she and others like her receive spiritual and emotional care.
    Lysander S - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in the Congo: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Console, guard, heal & provide for them, especially anti-Christian attack survivors. Bring their attackers & others to Christ! Amen.

    Lisa D - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in the Congo: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Heal, console, provide for & sustain them, especially anti-Christian attack survivors. Bring their attackers & others to Christ! Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in the Congo : Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Console, heal, guard & sustain them, especially anti-Christian attack survivors. Bring others, especially whole families, to Christ! Amen,
    Lisa D - USA
  • In the saving name of Jesus, our heavenly Father, our Savior, as brothers and sisters in Christ we praise You for service of Congo Christians. We ask for comfort, for healing, for provision, for hedge of protection, and heavenly angels encamp around and minister to them. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in the Congo: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Comfort, heal, guard & provide for them, especially anti-Christian attack survivors. Bring those around them to Christ, bringing peace & hope!

    Lisa D - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray Psalm 3 for Kemi and other survivors. Be her shield. Be her glory so that no shame can stand against her. Lift her head. Answer her prayers. Provide for her son. Sustain her to have peaceful sleep. Save her. Your blessing be upon her.
    Rachel Albro H - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in the Congo: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Guard, heal, provide for & console them, especially survivors of anti-Christian attacks. Bring their attackers & others to Christ, bringing peace! Amen.

    Lisa D - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in the Congo: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Heal, guard, console & sustain them, especially anti-Christian attack survivors. Bring their attackers & others around them to Christ! Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in the Congo: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Console, guard, provide for & strengthen them, especially anti-Christian attack survivors. Bring their attackers & others to Christ. Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Lord God, I pray that dear Kemi and her son would continue to find hope and healing in You, that they would know the great love that You have for them and the value You have placed upon their life. Please aid those who are working to help abuse survivors; may they have the biblical wisdom they need for true heart change.
    Danielle H - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in the Congo: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Console, guard, sustain & provide for them, especially anti-Christian attack survivors. Bring their attackers to Christ! In Jesus' Name. Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in the Congo: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Console, provide for, guard & sustain them, especially anti-Christian attack survivors. Bring their attackers to Christ & peace. Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Jesus, like Kemi, save and heal many people Jesus! Use Kemi in her continued healing to be a testimony of Your Power and Might! Like Kemi's miracle bring forth many transformed lives and faith to these communities who are hurting because of persecution. Father bless each person, heal and restore to them all that the enemy tried to steal and destroy!
    Norma A - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for believers in the Congo: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Provide for, guard, heal & sustain them, especially anti-Christian attack survivors. Bring their attackers to Christ! In Jesus' Name. Ame
    Lisa D - USA
  • In the faithful name of Jesus, our heavenly Father, Ha'El hanne'eman, God Who is faithful, as brothers and sisters in Christ, we adore You for trust of Congo Christians and survivors. We ask for hedge of protection, heavenly angels to encamp around and minister to them. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in the Congo: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Provide for, protect, heal & console them, especially anti-Christian attack survivors. Bring their attackers & others to Christ, bringing peace!
    Lisa D - USA
  • Father God, I lift up my precious sister in Christ, Kemi, and her son. I ask that you will bring complete healing to her physically and emotionally. I pray that she will experience the great power of God in her life and be able to tell her story of the miracle she experienced. I ask that you will continue to provide for her and her son. In Jesus' name,
    Julia F - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in the Congo: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Protect, provide for, console & sustain them, especially anti-Christian attack survivors. Bring their attackers to Christ! In Jesus' Name. Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
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