Prayer List: Three Baton Rouge Police Murdered

The Associated Press reports, “A former Marine dressed in black and carrying extra ammunition ambushed police in Baton Rouge, shooting and killing three law enforcement officers less than two weeks after a black man was fatally shot by police there in a confrontation that sparked nightly protests that reverberated nationwide.”

Prayer List

* Pray for the Holy Spirit to comfort the families, friends and co-workers of the police officers and the victims of police brutality so they may recover from the emotional pain following these tragic deaths.
* Pray for justice for the victims of police brutality.
* Pray for healing for the three injured police officers.
* Pray for God to give discernment to police officers so they will not cause harm.
* Pray for people exploiting racial tensions to repent.
* Pray for victims of racial prejudice to forgive the perpetrators.
* Pray for unity in the body Christ that will transcend racial divisions and be a witness to the world.
* Pray for racial reconciliation throughout the world.

Recent Prayer Lists

* 294 Killed in Failed Military Takeover of Turkey
* Food Shortages in Venezuela Lead to Riots
* Five Dallas Officers Murdered

Prayer List: 294 Killed in Failed Military Takeover of Turkey

Flag of Turkey

Police and troops loyal to Turkey President Erdogan stopped a military takeover this weekend resulting in 294 deaths, 6,000 arrests and 1,400 injuries, according to official government statements. Much confusion remains. Journalists are speculating about who was responsible for the coup attempt.

The BBC reports, “Nothing is certain for now, but a military coup would be the last thing Turkey needs while it is struggling with the spill-over of the Syrian War, the threat of the Islamic State group, and the Kurdish insurgency.”

Prayer List

* Pray for the Holy Spirit to comfort the families and friends of the deceased.
* Pray for healing for the injured.
* Pray for peace in Turkey.
* Pray for Turkey’s politicians, police and military officials to have discernment in dealing with the aftermath of this coup attempt.
* Pray for Christians in Turkey to share the love of Christ with their neighbors.

Prayer List: Food Shortages in Venezuela Lead to Riots

Photo: Neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela

The Associated Press reporting about Venezuela’s food crisis:

“Soldiers armed with tear gas and assault rifles often stand guard over supermarkets and supply trucks to maintain order. But the National Guard has killed three people and arrested hundreds this summer while trying to control nationwide food riots.”

Prayer List

* Pray for improved food distribution to reach the hungry.
* Pray for Venezuelans’ physical and spiritual needs to be met.
* Pray for Venezuela’s economy to recover.
* Pray for the peaceful replacement of Venezuela’s socialist president.
* Pray for Venezuelans to learn about salvation available through Jesus Christ, “the bread of life” (John 6:35).

Prayer List: Five Dallas Officers Murdered

NBC’s Dallas TV station reports, “Five officers are dead — four Dallas police officers and one Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer — in what authorities called a sniper ambush on police officers at the end of a peaceful protest against nationwide officer-involved shootings Thursday night.”

The violent attack followed the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two black males at the hands of the police.

Prayer List

* Pray for the Holy Spirit to comfort the families, friends and co-workers of the police officers and the victims of police brutality so they may endure emotional pain following these tragic deaths.
* Pray for justice for the victims of police brutality.
* Pray for healing for the injured police officers.
* Pray for God to give discernment to police officers so they will not cause harm.
* Pray for people exploiting racial tensions to repent.
* Pray for victims of racial prejudice to forgive the perpetrators.
* Pray for unity in the body Christ that will transcend racial divisions and be a witness to the world.
* Pray for racial reconciliation throughout the world.

Prayer List: Iraqi Terrorist Attack Kills 200

CNN reports, “The death toll from Saturday’s suicide bombing in Baghdad has risen to 200, the deputy head of the security committee of the Baghdad Provincial Council, Mohamed al-Rubaye‎, said in a televised phone interview Monday.”

Prayer List

* Pray for the Holy Spirit to comfort the families and friends of the deceased.
* Pray for healing for the injured.
* Pray for the Holy Spirit to convict terrorists of the sin and hatred in their hearts and to draw them to repentance.
* Pray for protection for people listed on ISIS kill lists.
* Pray for Iraq’s politicians to have discernment in dealing with terrorists.

Prayer List: Terrorist Attack in Turkey

The BBC reports, “A gun and bomb attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport has killed 41 people, at least 13 of them foreigners, and injured more than 230, officials say.”

According to CNN guest writer Soner Cagaptay, “If ISIS is indeed behind this attack, as the U.S. and Turkey say, this would be a declaration of war. Turkey’s vengeance will come down like rain from hell.”

Prayer List

* Pray for the Holy Spirit to comfort the families and friends of the deceased.
* Pray for healing for the injured.
* Pray for the Holy Spirit to convict terrorists of the sin and hatred in their hearts and to draw them to repentance.
* Pray for protection for people listed on ISIS kill lists.
* Pray for Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his administration to make wise political decisions regarding the safety of Turkey.

Prayer List: Parenting After Father’s Day

The Boston Herald reports, “Too often both parents have to work full time to pay the bills. And many fathers are forced to look for a second job. This plays a heavy toll on the family.”

Prayer List

* Our heavenly Father has given us the gift of life and His only begotten Son died as a sacrifice for our sins. Praise Him.
* Thank God for our earthly fathers.
* Pray for fathers to be the spiritual leaders in their homes by being godly role models for their children and sacrificially loving their wives.
* Pray for fathers to be born again that do not know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

Prayer List: Male Sex Slavery in Afghanistan

AFP reports, “The Taliban are using child sex slaves to mount crippling insider attacks on police in southern Afghanistan, exploiting the pervasive practice of “bacha bazi” — paedophilic boy play — to infiltrate security ranks …”

Prayer List

* Pray for the Gospel to reach the Taliban in Pakistan and for them to repent of their sins and find salvation in Jesus Christ.
* Pray for sex slaves to obtain freedom and to experience salvation through Christ and emotion healing from the abuse they’ve endured.
* Pray for Afghanistan’s Christians to be bold in sharing their faith.

Prayer List: Massacre at Orlando Gay Nightclub

CNN reports, “An American-born man who’d pledged allegiance to ISIS gunned down 49 people early Sunday at a gay nightclub in Orlando, the deadliest mass shooting in the United States and the nation’s worst terror attack since 9/11, authorities said.”

ISIS recently released a kill list including more than 8,000 names. Infowars reports that the list included eight females in Orlando.

Prayer List

* Pray for the Holy Spirit to comfort the families and friends of the deceased.
* Pray for healing for the injured.
* Pray for the Gospel to transform the lives of Pulse nightclub employees and attendees.
* Pray for the Holy Spirit to convict terrorists of the sin and hatred in their hearts and to draw them to repentance.
* Pray for protection for people listed on the ISIS kill list.

Prayer List: Unreligious Outnumber Christians in the UK

The New York Times reports on the decline of Christianity in the United Kingdom: “For Christian believers, the most alarming news came in recent days in a report based on a British Social Attitudes survey, which concluded that, for the first time, the number of people in England and Wales identifying themselves as having no religious affiliation (49 percent) exceeded those who cleaved to Christianity (44 percent).”

There is also a growing number of unreached people groups in the United Kingdom because of immigration. According to the Joshua Project, these 32 people groups represent 4,758,000 people.

Prayer List

* Pray for repentance and revival in the Church of England.
* Pray for the Holy Spirit to bring conviction on adults that grew up in the church but abandoned their faith.
* Pray for Christians in the UK to have discernment and reject the prosperity gospel and other false teaching.
* Pray for new church plants to evangelize and disciple the unreached people groups.