Tensions have deepened in a Khmu village where two families have come to Christ and one lives next door to a high-ranking solider, who despises Christians.
Recently, a Christian from another village came to speak with the two families, who had asked him to show them how to accept Christ. When the Christian leader arrived, the neighbour interrupted them, asking the Christian leader why he was there. The Christian calmly explained he had been invited to show the families how to accept Christ. When the neighbour protested that it was against the law to convert, the Christian leader corrected him, telling him it was legal to convert to Christianity in Laos. The neighbour made no reply and he left, and the Christian leader led the families to Christ that day.
Since that time, the neighbour continues to harass and threaten the Christians, but the Christian leader encourages them to stand firm. “Pray for these Christians,” a VOM partner wrote, “as many of the Christian communities face similar threats.”
Source: The Voice of the Martyrs USA
- Praise God for the way He is working throughout Laos – building His church.
- Ask the Lord to strengthen and protect those who face opposition early in their Christian walk.
- Pray for those who currently oppose the Lord and His church. Ask God to reveal Himself to the neighbour and give him a desire to come to know the path to salvation, through Jesus.
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Lord Jesus, I praise you that the witness to Laotians continues and you are building your church.
These new and established Christians need to experience the Lord of protection who allows them to be persecuted as God did with Jesus.
Please bring conviction and salvation to those who oppose the Church in Laos, whose country allows freedom of religion.
Dear Father in Heaven,
We praise You and thank you for the growth of the church in Laos. Thank you for the work of this Christian leader caring for these new Christians and encouraging them in their faith. May Your Holy Spirit continue to work through him as he supports them. Please also bless, strengthen and protect those he is shepherding and may the love and light of Christ shine brightly in and through the Christians in this village. Please Lord, touch the heart of this unbelieving neighbour and others within this village who do not yet know you. Open their eyes, their ears and their hearts to the precious good news of Christ. Arouse in them a deep curiosity and spiritual hunger as they see Jesus in the lives of those who now belong to you. Dear Lord, multiply the harvest in this village. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.
Lord we thank you these two families accepted you as their God. We pray for their continual protection against the harassment of the neighbour. We pray you teach them your ways, and help them to grow in you and learn what it means to be a christian. We pray as they do grow in you they become light and salt to the neighbour,so the neighbour cant deny you anymore. We pray for the neighbour’s salvation. May your name be glorified always in this situation.
Praying
Our gracious God and Father thank you for your work of faithfulness in calling a people to yourself through your servants as they share the Gospel of Jesus. Thank you for these believers as they seek to know you better and trust you more. Give them grace and perseverance, patience and a deep love for those who oppose them especially this neighbour and may he turn to Christ in deep repentance and faith. Pour out your Spirit on the nation of Lao as your people seek to bring the Gospel to each one.