January 21-27, 2024 | Praying for the Palestinian Territories and Türkiye

Thank you for joining us this week as we pray for our global Baptist family and for God's work around the world. If you unite in prayer with us weekly, you will pray for every country in the world this year!

Palestinian Territories

1 BWA Member Partner

Council of Local Evangelical Churches in the Holy Land

13 Churches
1,000 Members

We were grateful to welcome the Council of Local Evangelical Churches in the Holy Land as new members during the 2023 BWA Annual Gathering in Stavanger, Norway.

Praise:

We give thanks for the faithful witness and service of our Baptist sisters and brothers who are seeking to serve others even in the midst of unimaginable hardship. In partnership with the BWA, the Council of Evangelical Churches in the Holy Land has provided livelihood support and food for more than 100 families living in the West Bank as well as food and hygiene items for hundreds of families who had been sheltering in the Baptist church in Gaza.

Prayer:

The Baptist church in Gaza has suffered damage from the recent bombings and will require resources to repair and rebuild. Join us as we intercede for peace to reign in the entire region. Join us also in prayer for the Lord's protection and provision. To learn more about how you can respond in prayer and support, visit our website. We also continue to pray for our other member partners in the region, including the Association of Baptist Churches in Israel.

Türkiye

1 BWA Member Partner

Turkish Baptist Alliance

5 Churches
175 Members

In the wake of the massive earthquake that struck the area in 2023, Baptists from around the world mobilized to respond and provide care and resources for those in need.

Praise:

Join us in giving thanks for the ancient beauty of this country and the cultural and regional significance it holds.

We also give thanks for Hürrem Carolin Çevik who serves as one of our BWA United Nations Representatives.

Prayer:

Join us in prayer for the work of Baptists in Turkey among Syrian refugees. Pray that the work would be sustained and be a blessing to all. We also join in prayer for the BWAid's continued partnership with the Turkish Baptist Alliance to respond to the destruction caused by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the region last year.

We also join in prayer this week for the people of Cyprus and Greece. We give thanks for the 2,000-year presence and witness of the church in Asia Minor (now Türkiye, Cyprus, and Greece) – the region in which Paul and other apostles first planted the seeds of the Christian faith. We join in prayer for those struggling because of economic crises in this region, and we ask for healing of memories and wounds inflicted by early 20^th century genocides of Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian communities.

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A Prayer

Christ our God, who at all times and in every hour are worshipped and glorified in heaven and on earth; long-suffering, generous in mercy, and rich in compassion; loving to the righteous and merciful to the sinner; you call all to salvation through the promise of blessings to come: Lord, in this hour accept our prayers and direct our lives in the way of your commandments. Sanctify our souls, purify our bodies, correct our thoughts, cleanse our minds, and deliver us from all affliction, evil, and distress. Encompass us with your holy angels, so that guided and guarded by their company we may reach the unity of faith and in the knowledge your unapproachable glory, for you are blessed unto the ages of ages. Amen.

(From the Office of the Hours)

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