Prayer Journal

Please pray for our ministry among Afghan refugees. This week, a colleague will join our partners in a refugee camp, leading worship, meeting with Afghan families, praying for their needs, and sharing Christ’s love. Pray for God’s protection, guidance, and the Holy Spirit’s presence, that hearts may be touched and lives transformed by God’s love.

Please pray for the Afghans who have been affected by severe floods in the province of Baghlan and at least three other provinces in Afghanistan. Pray for those who have lost loved ones and pray for those who have lost all their livelihood.

On this day, when the whole world celebrates International Women's Day, please pray for Afghan women, who continue to be more and more marginalized and pushed out of society into their homes by the Taliban. Please pray that in the midst of all the oppression, pain, and poverty that the women of Afghanistan experience, that they would come to know true freedom in Jesus. Please also pray for the tens of thousands of Afghan women are leaving Afghanistan. Pray for their safety and that the Lord would be their provider.

Here is an article to read a little bit more on the situation: https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2024/3/8/why-afghan-women-are-leaving-afghanistan

On behalf of the whole Lumens of Truth team, we want to say happy International Women's Day to all the women who read this. We value you and you have infinite dignity, being made in the image of the God of the universe. May the Lord bless today and may you feel loved and cherished.

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2024/3/8/why-afghan-women-are-leaving-afghanistan

Please urgently pray for the 4 million Afghans, including 840,000 pregnant and nursing women, facing acute malnutrition. Please pray that the different NGOs working to bring aid may be able to do so swiftly and without much interference from the Taliban. If you want to help an Afghan family during these hard times, please connect with us.

You can read the Human Rights Watch Report here.

Human Rights Watch Report

Please pray for the people of Iran that experienced a horrible bomb blast that killed more than 84 people. Pray for peace and comfort for those who lost loved ones!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67888283.amp

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67888283.amp

Please pray for the collapsing Afghan economy as unemployment has drastically increased, humanitarian help is halved, and women can no longer work. Furthermore, over 400,000 Afghan refugees have been kicked out of Pakistan to return Afghanistan. With a weak economy, domestic violence increased. Please pray for us as we connect with many Afghans who are suffering both economically and psychologically. There is a lot of trauma. Please pray for the Lord to have mercy in this situation.

To read more about the current situation, please read this report from the United States Institute for Peace: Afghanistan’s Economy Once Again Nears the Precipice

Afghanistan’s Economy Once Again Nears the Precipice

Please pray for the tens of thousands of Afghans refugees who are being deported from Pakistan back to Afghanistan. Many of these Afghan refugees are there because there are no jobs in Afghanistan, and they just want to make a living in Pakistan. Some of them have lived in Pakistan most of their lives, and were even born there. Please pray for the Lord to have mercy in this very dire situation!

Here is an article from Washington Post if you would like to read more on this issue:

Pakistan opens 3 new border crossings to deport Afghans in ongoing crackdown on migrants - The Washington Post

Pakistan opens 3 new border crossings to deport Afghans in ongoing crackdown on migrants - The Washington Post