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October 01, 2014
Please pray for perseverance for the thousands of women in hundreds of Project Women's Health prayer groups in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe who are praying together through the monthly prayer requests in more than 75 languages.
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October 02, 2014
Please pray for prayer ministries from around the globe that will join The Summons October 1-5 to unite in prayer for the media epicenter of the world – Hollywood, California. Hundreds, and perhaps even thousands, will pray in the streets, at studios, and with media executives, actors, writers, musicians, producers, and production workers. News, television, advertisements, music, radio, and movies influence what we think about, what our opinions are, how we feel, and how we respond to challenges, opportunities, and people.
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October 03, 2014
Please pray for God’s protection, guidance, and blessing on Project Women's Health workers around the world who face many challenges as they reach out to women who are in need of friendship and God’s love. *Please pray for Project Women's Health’s staff using the list on the back of Marli’s letter or on our website: projecthannah.org/prayer/focus.html.
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October 04, 2014
Please pray for those who are working to rescue children who are used as prostitutes (10 million worldwide), many of whom are forced to service more than 10 men a day. Pray that these children would have a safe place to heal, live, and learn about God. “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy” (Proverbs 31:8-9).
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October 05, 2014
Please pray for women who are considering ending their pregnancy through abortion. Many are forced to do so by family members, boyfriends, or community officials, and others choose to abort their babies because they have been taught that their babies are just masses of tissue.
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October 06, 2014
Please pray for Women of Hope programs in 64 languages to continue to encourage women who have lost hope; to strengthen women who feel weak; to lift up the fallen; to challenge the healthy; to help those who need assistance; to inspire all the listeners to walk closely with the Lord; and to remind the isolated believer that she is not alone. Praise the Lord that Women of Hope Oshivambo went on the air in Namibia this year.
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October 07, 2014
Please pray for women and girls living in cultures where so-called honor killings are allowed to happen with little or no punishment for the murderers. Pray also for families whose teenage daughters have been kidnapped and forced to convert to another religion.
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October 08, 2014
Please pray for women who live in cultures that allow females to be imprisoned or stoned for adultery, even when the woman or girl is raped or merely speaks to a man who is not a family member.
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October 09, 2014
Please pray for parents who force their daughters, some as young as 5, to marry because their culture teaches that this will save them from the shame of being raped before marriage. Pray that community leaders will teach parents the dangers of these cultural practices.
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October 10, 2014
Please pray for those who are working to expose slavery in our world today (there are reportedly 27 million slaves worldwide). Pray that leaders would do more to punish those who exploit humans for labor and sexual purposes.
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October 11, 2014
Please pray for women who kill their newborn baby girls because their husbands’ families desire male children. Pray that community leaders would do more to stop these cultural practices.
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October 12, 2014
Please pray for young girls who are forced by family members and cultural practices into early marriages. These young brides usually must leave school; often are exposed to violence, diseases, and exploitation; and may even lose their lives during pregnancy, childbirth, or other complications.
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October 13, 2014
Please pray for women who endure grueling work for long hours and receive meager wages. Pray also for women who walk long distances daily to gather firewood or water in addition to having to tend crops, care for children, and prepare family meals.
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October 14, 2014
Please pray for those who experience domestic violence in their homes where violent words, controlling behavior, or physical and sexual abuse by a family member, caregiver, or family friend cause them to live in fear and humiliation. Rape is one of the most unreported crimes because of the prevailing attitude that it is shameful for the victims’ families. In many areas there is no protection for victims, who are often harmed again by those who should be protecting them.
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October 15, 2014
Please pray for women who are isolated by their families and culture and are not allowed to make choices about their futures. Some are not even allowed to speak to anyone other than their husbands.
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October 16, 2014
Please pray for the estimated 4 billion oral communicators in the world who can’t or choose not to learn by reading, that the Lord to provide the opportunities for them to hear about God’s love and salvation.
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October 17, 2014
Please pray for widows, abandoned wives, and orphans who are struggling to survive. “Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked” (Psalm 82:3-4).
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October 18, 2014
Please pray for organizations that courageously work with world leaders to secure justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation, and other forms of violent oppression.
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October 19, 2014
Please pray for midwives to receive proper training to care for women giving birth. Pray that nurses and doctors would be willing to help women suffering from fistulas, prolapsed uteruses, and female circumcisions.
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October 20, 2014
Please pray for Project Women's Health teams visiting and teaching women in prisons in Angola, Albania, Brazil, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nepal, Paraguay, Portugal, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, and other countries.
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October 21, 2014
Please pray for mothers to teach their children to love God, respect their neighbors, and cherish their family members. Pray for single mothers who are struggling to care for their children.
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October 22, 2014
Please pray for women who suffer the scars of female circumcision and fistulas, which hinder childbirth and could cause death for their babies or for the women themselves.
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October 23, 2014
Please pray for women who receive God’s Word through radio programs while socially isolated in Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.
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October 24, 2014
Please pray for God to provide Project Women's Health’s financial needs so that Women of Hope can continue to be broadcast in 64 languages and produced in additional languages; radios can be purchased; listeners and prayer groups can be contacted and encouraged; and the poor can receive skill training.
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October 25, 2014
Please pray for more women and girls to courageously take steps to better their lives and abstain from early sexual activity. HIV is the leading cause of death and disease among women of reproductive age worldwide (U.N.).
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October 26, 2014
Please pray for courageous women who work hard to provide clean water to prevent disease and death among their families and communities, thereby encouraging healthy living that glorifies God.
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October 27, 2014
Please pray for women listening to Women of Hope programs on the radio, Internet, and other media devices to understand God’s love for them and to accept his gift of salvation.
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October 28, 2014
Please pray for wives who have no control over their husbands’ relationships with girlfriends, prostitutes, and multiple wives. Besides the loss of dignity and overwhelming loneliness, they also fear getting sexually transmitted diseases or being abandoned. Many do not have an education or employment and consequently cannot provide for their children.
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October 29, 2014
Please pray for women and girls who are in areas of war or are in refugee camps. Many are in danger of starvation and rape.
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October 30, 2014
Please pray for women and girls to know their identity in Christ and their value to their families and society. Pray that fathers, husbands, and brothers would treat women and girls with respect and dignity.
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October 31, 2014
Please pray for women and girls to reject the bondage of witchcraft, ancestor worship, and other false religious practices and come to Christ and receive new life. “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 6:12).