We continue to ask for the reuniting of families who are separated because of believers who were put in prison for the gospel. We pray for courage for believers who are in prison, and those who are out but live in fear, that they would all believe and live the truth of God with them and in them and for them.

“Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.” Heb13:3.

Remember their families as well. May God have mercy and orchestrate their release soon.

Our Father, please guard your children who are hated in this world just as Jesus was hated. Let them abide in the Son and hear the witness of the Spirit. Let them not fall away. John 15; 16:1

Keep praying for the believers held in prison for their faith. Ask the Lord to sustain their faith and hope, give them opportunities to share their faith, be with their families. And for their release!

A growing number of Sudanese believing families have moved into North African countries that have very little light. Pray that God would strengthen them to be a mighty witness.

Praise the Father for a new brother down south. He has many medical issues which makes connecting challenging at times. Ask that he would be reading the Word daily, would be healed from his illnesses and prioritize meeting with believers.

Our imprisoned brothers are now being held together. Pray that this would be a time of encouragement and strengthening in the Lord. They are not allowed to have Bibles; ask that they each remember what they have learned and share it. May they be a witness where they are and also be prepared for the moment they are released to boldly share with family and friends.

Praise for a new brother Harry who chose to follow Jesus this month! This is particularly exciting as ‘Abe’, a local who came to faith in 2020, was a key part of Harry’s journey to JC and ‘dunked’ him last week. Ask that as they meet to study the Word together, they would be an encouragement to each other and be bold in sharing with others.

The Sidi Bedouin have been calling out to God for centuries, yet they do not know the only One who is the Way to God: Jesus, the Messiah. Ask Him to answer their cry to Him by showing them the Way through Jesus Christ. Ask God to reveal Jesus to the Sidi Bedouin through dreams and visions and by sending messengers of the Gospel.

Please keep praying for our brothers and sister in jail for their faith in Libya.

“O God of hope fill them with all joy and peace as they trust in You, so that they may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. And trouble their captives so that they will let Your people go!”

Ask God to open doors to deeper spiritual growth among local brothers and sisters here, and that inner transformation would begin to fuel the growth of the local body. We pray especially for God to shape and mold young leaders in the city and give them hearts to nurture and disciple His people.

After years of faithful witness and conversions, there is still no known church in the old city. Believers are afraid to gather together. Pray for a breakthrough.

Please continue to pray for the believers in prison. Today marks 2 months since the verdict was announced for our brothers & sister in Libya. Pray that the Lord will accomplish His purposes in His timing. Pray that the lawyers & outside parties would be able to do something for our friends inside. We know it will be a mighty miracle so we continue to pray. May the Lord prevail upon the authorities to “Let My people go!”

Today is the biggest holiday of the year for our Cousins here. Normally each family would have been preparing for weeks, and would be killing a sheep today, to commemorate Abraham being provided a sheep in place of his son. This year however, the country’s leader prohibited the sheep sacrifice due to a low supply of sheep. Instead he will be killing one sheep on behalf of the nation. To us this is such a picture, a talking point for what the Father has done for us.Today as our neighbors celebrate with family but feel the lack of doing something that is so important in their way, would you lift with us that they would come to know the One who is the only true sacrifice, who gave himself as the ‘ransom for all’
Please pray for conversations today, that we would be able to point to the “Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world”.

Pray for whole households/groups to seek and come to know truth together. We long for groups to meet together to worship God and love and encourage one another.

Mighty God, we ask for humility, for hearts that are willing to consider honestly the gospel. We pray that you silence the lies of the enemy that offer false refuge in a false prophet and false religion. May Arabs hear and believe and find new family in Christ.

Pray for the country as they are feeling restless about not being allowed to sacrifice a sheep this upcoming Eid (June 6), when Muslims commemorate the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son. (There is a severe shortage of sheep due to drought.) Ask that from that anxiety they will look to the ultimate sacrifice for their sins.

Please remember the prisoners in Libya. Pray they would be of good courage by the power of the Holy Spirit. Pray for their families missing them dearly, children growing up without them. Pray the Lord would intervene and cause the authorities to change their minds and let them go.

We ask for the families of believers to see the reflection of Jesus’ glory in the face of His children. May believers always turn to look at Jesus, and be made more like him with ever increasing glory. As not-yet-believing family members see this glory, may they also turn to Jesus and the veil be taken away. May the Spirit of the Lord give freedom.

Pray for Frieda. She is trying to find enough work to cover rent and food for her and her family, while her husband is in a psychiatric hospital. Pray for the Lord to provide for her and to open her heart to spiritual conversations.

The prisoners were sentenced on Tuesday- the expat was given 15 years and the local men were given 8 years, and the woman was given 3 years. The 2 years they’ve already served are included in the sentences. We grieve the harsh sentence for these believers and their families. Please keep praying for our dear believers, for their families, and for the Libyan church to be fearless and faithful. Move Holy Spirit. Father, anoint your children with the resurrection power of Jesus and hope in His redemption.

Please pray for the believers in jail for their faith to stand strong. Tomorrow is their scheduled verdict. Pray the Lord would prevail upon the judge to “Let My people go!” Pray for the unconditional release of all the believers.

We acknowledge, “All things are possible for you, God”. The verdict for the believers in prison is set for April 15. We ask God, ‘Let this cup pass from’ them and let them be released. We long to see families reunited. It has been 2 years. We pray for a courageous growing church in Libya. And we sincerely surrender, ‘Not our will but yours be done.’

Continue to pray for the persecuted believers in prison. May they know the Lamb of God more intimately in their suffering. When the enemy whispers doubts: ‘Is He really the one?’ (Matt 11:3)… may the truth ring through their souls: Jesus is the Messiah who opens blind eyes and sets captive free.

Tonight or Thursday night is the ‘Night of Power’ in the cousin’s month of fasting, depending on when they started. Prayers and good deeds performed on this night are considered to be of greater value than all the prayers and good deeds done in a thousand months. This night is also known as the “Night of Destiny,” when many believe that their fate for the following year is determined. Therefore, it is especially important for cousins to pray for forgiveness and blessings on this night, and many will pray throughout the night. It is also a time to seek forgiveness from others, to forgive others, and to repair relationships.

As we approach this climactic religious time for our cousins, please ask Father to prepare their hearts to meet Him. As they do their ritual readings and prayers, bowing on their rugs, ask that Father confront them with visions of the Son saying, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life.’ and that they will choose to follow Him!

We’ve just been reflecting on how the reciting of the Koran is actually an enchantment of sorts and so we pray all the more for a breaking of the spiritual darkness as Muslims recite it each evening of Ramadan and again during the night of power on Thursday. Please pray with us.

Ramadan is starting tomorrow. It is the holiest month of the year for Muslims, when they fast from sun up to sun set hoping to please God by their piety.

“What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, ‘This is the work of God,
that you believe in him whom he has sent.”’ (John 6:29) Lord, we pray that as people strive to do your work and to please you through offering sacrifices, fasting, and prayers, that You would reveal to them that the acceptable work is to believe in the One whom you have sent. We pray that Muslims would experience the futility of works-based righteousness and be open to the grace of God.

If you would like daily prayer requests focused on Muslims in the biggest cities, please sign up by following the link: https://www.110cities.com/en_gb/blog/muslimguide/

Almost two years ago, Passion Week 2023, several believers in Libya were taken from their homes and streets and put in prison.

Now the announcement of their verdict has been postponed until Passion Week 2025 (Tuesday, April 15th.)

The timing is significant.

As Jesus allowed himself to be arrested, he said: This is the hour of the power of darkness (Luke 22:53). And after Jesus died, in the days of uncertainty and waiting and fear…the disciples hid together. Together locked in the room. Together going to the tomb. We continue to pray together remembering those who are suffering… let us not stop.

We wait for the next ‘togethers’…
Together eating with the risen Jesus, together seeing his wounds, together hearing his voice and feeling his breath as he breathed on us His Spirit…

As Lent begins in a few weeks and we remember the dark days before the cross… please keep praying for God’s children suffering around the world.

Once again we are asking for prayer for the release of the believers in prison for their faith. I believe God is greatly honored as we continue in prayer and surrender, asking, and asking again.

Tuesday, February 18th, is the date they now say they will give the verdict. The previous date given for the verdict was Feb 4…but they delayed it 2 weeks. On Feb 6, in response to a UN report, the internal Security Agency gave an international press conference, saying that they had done their job and had turned the “dangerous ones” over to the court. We are not sure what this reveals about international pressure, but it felt like quite a defensive stance deflecting blame regardless of how the court rules.

We pray for the fear of God to fall on all — for those against Him to tremble, for those that are His to shine in awe, worship, joy and peace.

And we pray for the next steps for each one. If God should see fit to release them, pray for families that receive them, for communities that still walk in the dark.

For some reason, the verdict for those in prison got pushed back to February 18th. Still no word on why. Pray for them. They need super natural peace and strength in Jesus. And let’s not forget their families. They’re longing to be with their loved ones. We’re hoping for a quick & quiet resolution so everyone can come home soon.

The believers in prison in Libya for their faith will appear before the judge on Tuesday and hear the verdict. Please pray the Lord would trouble the judge and those involved in deciding the sentence and they would ‘let His people go’. Pray for their unconditional release and reunion with their families.

We ask for humility, and for the strongholds of power and control to be broken. May they become poor in Spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of God.

After almost 2 years in prison (from March/April 2023), we were recently told the verdict for the believers jailed for their faith will be given February 4th. Please join us in praying for their release. Here is the link to invite you to join us in praying/fasting Feb 2-4 for the believers imprisoned in Libya. Feel free to pass this on to others who you know will pray with us. We will be turning to Jesus as our Advocate, our Intercessor, and our Deliverer.

https://pray4libya.pray4movement.org/

Thank you for praying with us.
*The hearing did take place.
*The lawyers presented the case.
*The defendants were all present.
These are actually quite big milestones. It has been a long road to even get to having people show up and hear the case, but the final result of the hearings was to declare that the verdict would be given on Feb 4, 2025.
Please pray for mercy and for all the prisoners imprisoned for their faith to be released unconditionally.

Pray for believers to learn how to trust and be trustworthy, to speak the truth and believe others, to forgive when hurt and to ask for forgiveness quickly. We pray with Jesus for the Arab church to be one, to use the gifts given for the encouragement of the body, to gather faithfully.

We pray for those caught in places of war and violence, to not be hardened or made callous to suffering. Keep their hearts tender and longing for the peace only Jesus gives. May they forgive quickly those who have wronged them and leave revenge to God. May they come and worship Jesus who said, ‘Forgive them for they know not what they do.’

The rain has not kept up here and the farmers are having to decide soon to plant their grain or not. Our friend Hank planted grain last weekend. We told him we are asking the father to send rain and give his family favor. May the rain come and bless this dry and weary land but only if that’s what will soften their hearts to the Son!

I’ll be having Iris and her kids over sometime soon to visit and bake cookies. May our time be full of things that open their eyes to the Son and his goodness and truth!

It’s the rainy season now and we’ve had a few good days of rain. May the Father send even more rain to help fill the reservoirs and his Holy Spirit to rain on the hard soil of their souls. ‘Lead us to the ones who are ready to hear and follow oh Lord!’