30 Days of Prayer for the Persecuted.

Persecution is such a big word especially nowadays when we hear and know of how Christians from different places are experiencing this. With the recent news I would like to make a call to every Bible believing Christian to spend sometime in praying especially for those who are in places experiencing severe persecutions. I would like to suggest some ideas on how we could pray and also some prayer points which can be a guide to everyone.

The Bible declares that we wrestler not against flesh and blood (Ephesians 6:12) so, we are not to be emotional about these happenings. God wants us to act with wisdom and not putting His name in vain. 

Join me in crying out to the heavens just like the wise Daniel when the king would not reveal his dream yet asks for interpretations. The God of The Heavens revealed everything to Daniel.

This 30 days I pray that everyone who will participate will experience an open heaven which constitutes the revelation and wisdom of The King we are serving. Let us expect something from what we are going to do.


First Day:

Readings: 

Mark 5:25-34

Amplified Bible (AMP)

25 And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years,

26 And who had endured much [a]suffering under [the hands of] many physicians and had spent all that she had, and was no better but instead grew worse.

27 She had heard the reports concerning Jesus, and she came up behind Him in the throng and touched His garment,

28 For she kept saying, If I only touch His garments, I shall be restored to health.

29 And immediately her flow of blood was dried up at the source, and [[b]suddenly] she felt in her body that she was healed of her [[c]distressing] ailment.

30 And Jesus, recognizing in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around immediately in the crowd and said, Who touched My clothes?

31 And the disciples kept saying to Him, You see the crowd pressing hard around You [d]from all sides, and You ask, Who touched Me?

32 Still He kept looking around to see her who had done it.

33 But the woman, knowing what had been done for her, though alarmed and frightened and trembling, fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.

34 And He said to her, Daughter, your faith (your [e]trust and confidence in Me, springing from faith in God) has restored you to health. Go in [f](into) peace and be continually healed andfreed from your [[g]distressing bodily] disease.

We are aware of this woman's sickness and miracle. But rarely we recognized the reason behind her miracle. She didn't just pushed herself towards Jesus, she is weak but still finds the strength to go through the great crowd following The Teacher. 

As we start this 30 Days of Prayer for the Persecuted let us use every ounce of strength we have to draw nigh to The One who can grant our requests. Let us draw to Him with great expectations. The woman with the issue of blood came with great faith. She said, I just need to touch His garment. A seemingly possible feat for normal human but for one who had an issue of blood for 12 years is an impossible tasks. But she pursued Him and we all knew she received her miracle.

Let us Pray:

A. Let us pray with humility and ask the heavens to grant us the faithfulness to keep up with the 30 Days of Prayer. 
B. Let us ask for wisdom to pray with understanding especially with the immediate needs of the persecuted.
C. Let us ask for faith to believe even the impossible, for we know God is going to release unto us revelations which may be too hard for us to comprehend.

Pray in the Spirit:

Let the indwelling power of the same Spirit which raised Christ from the grave dwell in you to intercede in a language unknown to men but crystal clear to the heavens.

Be lead freely by The Spirit to perform His wonder as you intercede.

Be ready for more as we proceed with His power in us.

Be thankful for His immediate response to our cry.