April 30th, 2013
Please pray for Central Asian women who live in cities but are very lonely even when they are with their families. Pray that they would experience trust and deep friendships with Christian women.
April 29th, 2013
Please pray for men to understand that women should be respected and that the tradition of bride stealing is degrading and uncivilized. Bride stealing is still practiced in certain areas of Central Asia, and a young woman is most often taken without her consent. Seldom does such a bride return to her family, because this would be dishonoring to her and her family.
April 28th, 2013
Please pray for women who lack understanding of God’s love and forgiveness to hear of God’s salvation through Jesus. The atheistic teachings of communism have blinded many to God’s truth. Folk religions and myths about Christianity have many lost in the lies of Satan. “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. … So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:32, 36).
April 27th, 2013
Please pray for the Russian government to continue to free Central Asian women who are trapped in slavery. Pray for Gwen and Vic Flaming.
April 26th, 2013
Please pray for Maria, Project Women's Health’s Central Asia prayer coordinator, as she encourages women to join the thousands of intercessors in 120 countries praying through the monthly prayer requests in 77 languages. Pray for the safety of women in Central Asia who courageously do the work of prayer.
April 25th, 2013
Please pray for prayer circles in Kyrgyzstan to continue to grow. Also pray for wisdom in developing Project Women's Health’s prayer ministry in the other Central Asian countries.
April 24th, 2013
Please pray for women who are qualified to produce the Turkmen Women of Hope programs. We need to form a new production team.
April 23rd, 2013
Please pray for Christian women who have unbelieving husbands. Pray that they would act wisely and that through their lives their husbands would come to Jesus. URGENT PRAYER REQUEST! Gwen and Vic Flaming.
April 22nd, 2013
Please pray for increased freedom for Turkmen believers to confess Jesus Christ and be able to meet for spiritual fellowship without fear. Turkmenistan is also closed to missionary work, so radio is very important. URGENT PRAYER REQUEST: Gwen and Vic Flaming.
April 21st, 2013
Please pray for Central Asian parents and husbands to lead the way for women who want to accept Christ. (It is considered disrespectful for them to go against parents’ or husbands’ decisions). As they listen to radio broadcasts, pray that God’s Spirit will fill them with understanding and give them courage to accept God’s gift of salvation.
April 20th, 2013
Please pray for parents to understand that their daughter should not be forced into a miserable marriage, which could lead her to the desperate act of suicide. Arranged marriages have increased the number of suicides by Central Asian women. Many times the husband is much older. In Kazakhstan, young wives drink acid or hang themselves to escape their misery.
April 19th, 2013
Please pray for mothers and children in Central Asia, where the health system is very poor. Pray that Christian mothers with sick children will have strength to endure the difficulties and not lose hope in God. “O Lord, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress” (Jeremiah 16:19a).
April 18th, 2013
Please pray for women who agree to be second or third wives, which leads to many conflicts and emotional wounds. Because men have to travel to find work, some towns have very few men.
April 17th, 2013
Please pray for Tajik women whose husbands leave the country to find jobs. These women carry all the responsibility for the home, and their children often work alongside their mothers. The divorce rate is rising, and with an absent father, the children are malnourished, girls are depressed and boys are more aggressive.
April 16th, 2013
Please pray for respectable jobs for Tajik women so they are not forced into prostitution. Many women cannot find work to provide food and housing for their children. As a result of prostitution, many women and their children have HIV/AIDS.
April 15th, 2013
Please pray for Christian women to be a good influence on their relatives. Pray especially for women whose husbands do not follow Jesus.
April 14th, 2013
Please pray for clean water to be provided to the Kyrgyz people. Many villages in Kyrgyzstan lack access to safe drinking water.
April 13th, 2013
Please pray for Kyrgyzstan, where the custom of bride kidnapping still exists. As a result, many unhappy women live without love in obedience to their husbands.
April 12th, 2013
Please pray for Central Asian women who have hardened their hearts in order to silence the pain and anguish of multiple abortions. Abortion is legal in Central Asia and remains one of the most popular methods of birth control.
April 11th, 2013
Please pray for Kazakh women who already believe in Jesus Christ. Pray that they would grow spiritually and be an example to those around them and that they would be involved in ministry among Kazakh women.
April 10th, 2013
Please pray for the improvement of the lives of women living in remote rural areas, especially those who are experiencing humiliation and abuse. “Hear my prayer, O LORD, listen to my cry for help; be not deaf to my weeping” (Psalm 39:12).
April 9th, 2013
Please pray for Kazakh families. The number of divorces is increasing, therefore the responsibility for the family often falls on the women.
April 8th, 2013
Please pray for women in remote areas to hear the Women of Hope programs and be spiritually strengthened. Uzbekistan, with a population of 28 million, is the largest Central Asian country. Most people live in rural areas, often in very poor conditions. URGENT PRAYER NEED: PRAY FOR ELIZABETH LARROSA.
April 7th, 2013
Pray for believers in Uzbekistan who experience severe persecution and do not have the right to gather for worship. Small, secret house churches are scattered throughout the country. This makes organized women’s ministries almost impossible.
April 6th, 2013
Pray for Central Asian girls who are forced into early marriages. Single women are afraid to say that they are unmarried because people will think that they are sick or that they have lost their purity. Many women marry at the first opportunity and then suffer for the rest of their lives. Pray that negative attitudes toward girls would be changed, leading to healthy families and love in marriages.
April 5th, 2013
Pray for women in Uzbekistan who are seen as second-class citizens. In many cases, husbands, even sons, humiliate them. Pray that these women deeply understand that God loves them and that they are precious to him.
April 4th, 2013
Pray for Christian women of Central Asia who are persecuted for their faith in Jesus Christ. Pray for Christian mothers who are threatened that their children will be harmed. “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me” (Psalm 23:4).
April 3rd, 2013
Pray for women who do not know the loving Jesus to find him and to know that he will be their strength through difficult circumstances and that he will give them peace and eternal salvation. “The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble” (Psalm 9:9).
April 2nd, 2013
Pray for safety, health and God’s anointing on those producing Project Women's Health’s Women of Hope programs in Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek.
April 1st, 2013
Please pray for a spiritual awakening among Central Asian women so that many would hear about Christ through media and come to believe in him.
©Project Women's Health April 2013