Maintaining residency can be difficult for Christians who move to Arab nations.
Maintaining residency can be difficult for Christians who move to Arab nations.
May. 07, 2026 | Middle East

Praise Report on Eritrean Christian

[152] prayers in [13] nations have been posted for Ishaq.

An Eritrean Christian evangelist living in the Middle East has successfully received his residency permit. In January 2025, VOM posted a request to iCommitToPray.com for Ishaq. His residency permit had expired, and he faced potential deportation to Eritrea, where Christians are regularly tortured and imprisoned, some for more than two decades without charge or trial. Readers of the post wrote 150 prayers for Ishaq, and he shared that he is grateful. In the fall of 2025, he was arrested during a traffic stop and taken to jail. On the way, he sent a text asking Christians to immediately start praying for him. “And he happened, by the providence of God, to know the manager of that police station,” said a front-line worker, who added that if he had been taken to any other police station, no one could have helped him. Ishaq was released from jail and received his residency permit shortly afterwards.

Write your own prayer for Ishaq

  • Father, thank you for working to get the residency permit for Ishaq. Continue to work in his life in wonderful ways for your glory and to draw others to Jesus through him. Amen.
    Vicki Y - USA
  • All glory to our God who is faithful and true. We praise You for your love and mercy endures forever. Please bless Ishaq with all fruitful endeavors as he continues to evangelize the people in Eritrea. In Jesus' Name, i pray. Amen.
    TM H - USA
  • Thank you Jesus for your faithfulness you are always faithful God nothing can separate us from your love please be with Ishaq watch over him Lord thank you for the ministry that you have called him to may your name be glorified and everything that he does and says give him wisdom and understanding keep him strong oh God to spread the gospel for you
    Nancy T - USA
  • We praise your name, O LORD! Your love & mercy lasts forever. Thank you for intervening in the affairs of Ishaq. For providing an advocate for him. May the manager be drawn to the circumstances of Ishaq's salvation & your intervention on his behalf. Save his soul. You have done great things. May Jesus name be glorified in Eritrea forever. Amen.
    Shelly D - USA
  • Mighty Father God, thank You for providing a permit for Ishaq. Help him to continue his work for You & bless him as he seeks the people of peace to proclaim Christ & Him crucified. Provide him employment & growth in Christ. Bring in Your remnant in the Middle East. Be glorified through him. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen
    Rebecca C - USA
  • Lord,
    Thank You for Ishaq and his faithfulness in following You despite the troubles it has caused him. Thank You for granting him favor with the governing officials and for demonstrating that You hear our prayers. May You continue to grant him favor and enable him to keep his residency permit as You will. Please be with him and encourage him.
    Lysander S - USA
  • Lord I praise You for the permit for Ishaq and for how You provided for him. I praise You he knew the officer at that station and was given reprieve. I pray for his communion with You to be rich and for Your mercy and grace to abound in his heart and life. I pray for him to keep witnessing to those around him of Your goodness and faithfulness.
    Joy H - USA
  • Thank you Lord for your protection of Ishaq and for receiving his residency permit. Have mercy on the believers in Eritrean give them patient endurance of their suffering. I ask you Lord for a regime change and a ruler who will allow freedom to worship
    Joe P - USA
  • In the providing name of Jesus, our heavenly Father, Jehovah Jireh, God who provides, as brothers and sisters in Christ, we bless You for faithfulness of Ishaq. We ask for provision, hedge of protection, heavenly angels to encamp around and minister to him. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on your faithful.
    Peter K - USA
  • In the brave name of Jesus. our heavenly Father, El-Elyon, Most High God, as brothers and sisters in Christ, we glorify You for bravery of Ishaq. We ask for provision, hedge of protection, heavenly angels to encamp around and minister to him. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Glory to you Yahweh, for your grace in Ishaq's life. We thank you and praise you, our Lord of Hosts who sends your Spirit to fill and bless believers. The name of Jesus is spread abroad in dangerous Eritrea.
    Mary M - USA
  • Dear Lord, I thank You and praise You for Your kindness to Ishaq, shown through the prayers of many and his arrival at the one police station where he was shown mercy and released!! Thank You that his residency permit was renewed. I pray also for those imprisoned in Eritrea, that You would sustain and strengthen them. In Jesus' name, amen.
    Lynne W - USA
  • Thank you dear Lord Jesus for all you have done and I pray with do for Ishaq. Give him strength and guidance to help others come to know you as Savior.
    Pamela F - USA
  • Lord God, I praise You for Your work in Ishaq's life. Thank You for Your providential protection even in the midst of his arrest, and that he has received his residency permit. I pray that he would continue to grow in his faith, that he would learn and grow through Your word and be discipled and encouraged by other believers.
    Danielle H - USA
  • In the powerful hands of Jesus, our heavenly Father El Shaddai, God Almighty, as brothers and sisters in Christ we praise You that You listen as Ishaq cries out to you. We pray for provision, hedge of protection, heavenly angels to encamp around and minister to him. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Lord, thank You for intervening for Ishaq. Surely You have prepared a fruitful ministry for him. Grant him wisdom, guidance, protection and all his practical needs as He serves You. Establish Your church there and in Eritrea and bring a harvest of souls.The harvest is plentiful and may the workers be plentiful to meet the great need.
    Beth P - USA
  • Father, thank you for this positive and encouraging outcome, and for the prayers of the saints. Please continue to bless Ishaq as he brings the gospel to people somewhere in the Middle East.
    Mark R - USA
  • Father God, thank you for working powerfully in Ishaq's life and protecting him. I pray that you will continue to show him your great love for him and help him to fully dedicate his life to Jesus Christ. I pray that there will be many more people in the Middle East who place their faith in Jesus Christ. Continue to draw these people to yourself, Amen.
    Julia F - USA
  • Giving Jehovah Father God the Honor and Glory. Thank You because you are still working through Your people. Thank You because Your people have chosen Your Son Jesus Christ and are following Him. Invisible but True Living Father we need more "Milagros". It has to be You no onenothing else will do. You're bigger, greater, stronger. I plea, "Come." Amen.
    Kimberly L - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in Eritrea & believing Eritrean refugees: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Free all in prison, healing those like Ishaq from trauma & reuniting them with their families. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Thank You, Father, for the testimony that Ishaq has because of You. Thank You for setting him free so that he can continue to evangelize in the Middle East. I ask that you bless the Christians who prayed for him. I am so grateful that You hear the cries of Your children and lavish Your love upon them. Keep Ishaq safe from harm. In Jesus' name, amen!
    Jessica M - USA
  • Our Father, thank You for the answered prayers for our brother, Ishaq, and allowing him to receive his residency permit. Let him be a witness to others who are scared, and facing deportation. May he bring them comfort and remind them of Your love and care. In Jesus' name, Amen
    Elizabeth S - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in Eritrea & Eritrean believing refugees: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Free the hundreds in prison. May those freed like Ishaq be given all they need for trauma recovery. Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Lord, we bow and worship in gratitude to you for divine rescue of Ishaq. May you please bring about more lenient and tolerant government in Eritrea, and open more hearts to your gospel and the solution for true freedom among men. Comfort Christian prisoners with your supernatural presence while preserving and strengthening each of Christ's sheep, amen
    Barry P - USA
  • Amen! Praises to Our powerful God!
    Colleen S - USA
  • Holy Father, I pray for believers in Eritrea & Eritrean believing refugees : Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Free all in prison, as Ishaq was freed; heal him from trauma. Save all Eritrea & the Middle East! Amen.

    Lisa D - USA
  • Thank God, he was freed!
    Shawna W - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for believers in Eritrea & Eritrean believing refugees: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. Praise You for them! Free all the imprisoned in Eritrea, freeing them like Ishaq; heal him & them from trauma after release. Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Thank you for the encouragement of seeing answered prayers. Bless Ishaq and continue to provide and guide him. Let this answer to prayer be a witness to many. For your children in Eritrea, strengthen, comfort them, guard them, heal them. Give them an extra measure of faith and sense of your presence. Fill them with joy & forgiveness. Glorify your name.
    Elizabeth M - USA
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