Tearfund Prayer

Tearfund asks us to join them in prayer for the countries they are working in.

Since December 2013 the conflict in southern Sudan has claimed thousands of lives and driven nearly 4 million people from their homes

Lord, bring peace

Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world

Lord, bring peace

 

Conflict broke out in Syria in 2011.  Over 400,000 people are estimated to have been killed, and many millions have been forced to flee their homes

Lord, bring peace

 

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), violence is destroying lives and livelihoods across the country.  One in four women experience sexual violence in their lifetime.

Lord, bring peace

 

Yemen faces the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.  Conflict means more than 24 million people are in urgent need of food and clean water.  The country is on the brink of famine. 

Lord, bring peace

 

The conflict provoked by Boko Haram in North East Nigeria has led to more than 20, 000 people being killed and forced 2.1 million from their homes. 

Lord, bring peace

 

In every country where violence and conflict is destroying lives and pushing people further into poverty –

Lord, bring peace

Amen