Faces of Children is an ecumenical prayer ministry under the auspices of First Presbyterian Church of Midland, Texas. Our mission is to initiate ministries of prayer for children in churches, communities, and neighborhoods. In doing so, we seek to provide an opportunity for people of God to join together, learn about children and their needs throughout the world, and celebrate Christ's love (especially as it relates to children).Prayer Concerns for the week of 07/15/09
Democratic Republic of Congo
• Please pray for the girl children and women of the Democratic Republic of Congo who continue to be brutally raped and tortured. Rape cases have doubled or tripled in some areas since January and the perpetrators are almost never prosecuted or held accountable.
• Pray for the girl children born of rapes, who are now being raped.
• Pray for the healing-physical, emotional, and spiritual-of these terrorized girls and women.
• Pray that God will open the eyes of the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Africa's Great Lakes region and help them put a stop to rape as a weapon of war.
• Pray for an end to this 12-year nightmare of sexual terrorism for the women and girls of eastern DR Congo.
A report from The Washington Post
Northern Ireland
• Please keep in prayer the Romanian children and families affected by racist attacks against them in Belfast. Pray for their safety and that they will be able to live in peace in this community. Pray for an end to hate crimes.
• Give thanks to God for the people and churches that have come to the aid of these Romanian families.
A report from the BBC
Pakistan
• Pray for the estimated 200,000 children, youth and adults who work in more than 2,500 brick kilns across Pakistan. Pray for families that are trapped by debt bondage in this work. Pray that their children will be able to go to school. Pray that God will provide a way to break the cycle of poverty and debt to the kiln owners.
Pakistan
• Pray for the estimated 200,000 children, youth and adults who work in more than 2,500 brick kilns across Pakistan. Pray for families that are trapped by debt bondage in this work. Pray that their children will be able to go to school. Pray that God will provide a way to break the cycle of poverty and debt to the kiln owners.
• Pray that the 100 Christian families whose homes were looted, then burned down by Muslim extremists will know God's comforting presence and peace. Pray for the women who have had acid thrown in their faces, and for their children. Pray for their healing and safety.
More information from the Jubilee Campaign
Pakistan/Afghanistan
• Pray that God will protect the children of Pakistan from being recruited or kidnapped by the Taliban and used as suicide bombers. Pray for peace and stability in this region. Pray for those who would use children in this way.
Pakistan/Afghanistan
• Pray that God will protect the children of Pakistan from being recruited or kidnapped by the Taliban and used as suicide bombers. Pray for peace and stability in this region. Pray for those who would use children in this way.
A report from the Washington Times
United States
• Give thanks to God for the work of a coalition of diverse groups in Atlanta working together to eradicate the commercial sexual exploitation of children in their community. An estimated 200 to 300 children are prostituted in Atlanta each month, according to the Juvenile Justice Fund,
• Pray for children who are caught up in this sexual abuse. Pray for their safety, their healing, and their restoration.
• Thanks be to God for the efforts of this coalition and for their help in securing additional safehouse for children who have been prostituted.
• Pray that God will continue to bind this group together in their efforts to end the exploitation of children.
• Pray for doors and minds to open to their work and to a vision of wholeness for each child.
• Pray for those who sell children's bodies and for those who use them.
A report from the Atlanta Journal Constitution
Zambia ( CURE International )
• Pray for the disabled children receiving treatment at the CURE International Hospital in Zambia and for the medical staff and caregivers there.
• Please also pray for these 13-year-old boys: Masauso and Kabuku.
Faces of Children
• Please continue to pray that more churches and individuals will join with the ministry of Faces of Children in spreading awareness about children in crisis and inviting more people to pray for children at risk.
United States
• Give thanks to God for the work of a coalition of diverse groups in Atlanta working together to eradicate the commercial sexual exploitation of children in their community. An estimated 200 to 300 children are prostituted in Atlanta each month, according to the Juvenile Justice Fund,
• Pray for children who are caught up in this sexual abuse. Pray for their safety, their healing, and their restoration.
• Thanks be to God for the efforts of this coalition and for their help in securing additional safehouse for children who have been prostituted.
• Pray that God will continue to bind this group together in their efforts to end the exploitation of children.
• Pray for doors and minds to open to their work and to a vision of wholeness for each child.
• Pray for those who sell children's bodies and for those who use them.
A report from the Atlanta Journal Constitution
Zambia ( CURE International )
• Pray for the disabled children receiving treatment at the CURE International Hospital in Zambia and for the medical staff and caregivers there.
• Please also pray for these 13-year-old boys: Masauso and Kabuku.
Faces of Children
• Please continue to pray that more churches and individuals will join with the ministry of Faces of Children in spreading awareness about children in crisis and inviting more people to pray for children at risk.
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