Prayer List: Mass Starvation Killing Hundreds of Venezuelan Children

Venezuelan selling food in 2012, before the oil prices dropped and the economy failed.

In a heartbreaking news article, The New York Times reports that in 2018 almost 400 Venezuelan children died from starvation at nine public hospitals following emergency room visits.

Dr. Livia Machado told The Times, “Never in my life had I seen so many hungry children.” Dr. Milagros Hernández describes the tragic conditions of her patients, “Children arrive with the same weight and height of a newborn.

Prayer List

* Pray for Venezuela’s starving citizens to receive the food and nutrients they need for physical health.
* Pray for the Holy Spirit to comfort the parents and siblings of children grieving the loss of family members.
* Pray for the physical, emotional and spiritual health of parents, doctors, nurses and other care givers struggling at this time.
* Pray for Venezuela’s political leaders to change their destructive economic policies or be replaced by politicians that will pursue policies that would rebuild the economy.

Prayer List: Stampede Kills

A graduation celebration turned into a nightmare when a fight began and a tear gas canister exploded. 500 people were in the Venezuelan club in Caracas and 17 died during the ensuing stampede to escape. The Associated Press reports, “Family members wept and embraced one another after identifying the remains of their loved ones at a nearby hospital.”

Prayer List

* Pray for the Holy Spirit to comfort the families and friends of the deceased.
* Pray for physical healing for the five people injured in the incident.
* Pray for the teenagers detained for allegedly using tear gas in the club to repent of their sins.
* Pray for Christians to provide emotional support for the people impacted by the explosion and stampede.

Prayer List: Ten Pastors and Spouses Killed in Plane Crash

A jet crash in Cuba killed more than 100 people Friday. The BBC reports the crash was “the country’s worst air disaster in decades.” A group of ten pastors and spouses were among the jet fatalities. According to the Church of the Nazarene website, ” … several children, adolescents, and young are left orphans without their fathers and mothers. Some of them have no extended family.”

Prayer List

* Pray for the Holy Spirit to comfort the families and friends of the deceased.
* Pray for healing for the three survivors.
* Pray for guardians to take care of the children who lost their parents.

Prayer List: 82 Politicians Murdered in Mexico

Mexico’s drug cartels are at war killing their political opposition. According to Reuters,  “At least 82 candidates and office holders have been killed since the electoral season kicked off in September, making this the bloodiest presidential race in recent history …”

The news service also reports, ” Cartels with names like Los Ardillos (The Squirrels) and Los Tequileros (The Tequila Drinkers) are fighting there over extortion rackets and control of heroin and cocaine smuggling.”

Prayer List

* Pray for the Holy Spirit to comfort the families and friends of Mexico’s murder victims.
* Pray for justice on behalf of the victims.
* Pray for members of the drug gangs and cartels to leave behind their lives of crime and to seek honest employment.
* Pray for politicians to practice discernment and to glorify God by following the golden rule.
* Pray for the Gospel to change the hearts of Mexico’s criminals and for salvation to come to men and women with hardened hearts.
* Pray for safety for judges, juries, witnesses, attorneys, reporters and honest police officers pursuing justice.

Prayer List: 17 Killed in School Massacre

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Sheriff Scott Israel announced Wednesday, “I’m saddened to say that 17 people lost their lives.” The Orlando Sentinel reported, “Fifteen victims died at the school. Seventeen victims were taken to four area hospitals, and two of those victims died at the hospital.” Police are holding former student Nikolas Cruz as the sole suspect for the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

According to Time Magazine, “It also marked the 18th school shooting of 2018 for the United States.”

Prayer List

* Pray for the Holy Spirit to comfort the families, friends and acquaintances of the deceased. Pray for their emotional and spiritual health as they deal with grief and loss.
* Pray for speedy healing for the fifteen injured.
* Pray for people to compassionately reach out to mentally ill, depressed and angry students that are considering violent attacks on their classmates.

Prayer List: 25,339 Mexicans Murdered

The Day of the Dead is symbolic of Mexico’s culture of death.

Reuters reported, “There were more than 25,000 murders across drug-ravaged Mexico in 2017, the highest annual tally since modern records began, government data showed.”

Americans buying illegal drugs, help fund the cartels and gangs that are blamed for the devastatingly destructive violence in Mexico.

Prayer List

* Pray for the Holy Spirit to comfort the families and friends of Mexico’s murder victims.
* Pray for justice on behalf of the victims.
* Pray for members of the drug gangs and cartels to leave behind their lives of crime and to seek honest employment.
* Pray for the Gospel to change the hearts of Mexico’s criminals and for salvation to come to men and women with hardened hearts.
* Pray for safety for judges, juries, witnesses, attorneys, reporters and honest police officers pursuing justice.