This Week's United in Prayer Blog

Only five families were at home when a gunmen descended on a cluster of nine houses occupied by Seventh-day Adventist pastoral families in Venezuela. Waving weapons, the attackers forced the families into a single house, where they separated the men, women, and children. Police arrived and surrounded the house, leading to a standoff that ended peacefully 10 hours later when, at 3 a.m., the gunmen fled into a forest behind the house...

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Previous Prayer Blogs

Mission Path to Spain, Part 1
Luis fell ill shortly after he was baptized and enrolled as a theology student at Venezuelan Adventist University. At first, he thought it was the flu. But the symptoms worsened and he struggled to breathe, physicians suggested that he might be allergic to the pollen from the orange trees that blossomed around the university. He received many injections, but his lungs still wouldn’t allow him to breathe. Physicians advised him to quit his studies and return home, but he didn’t want to leave. He continued to get tested...

How “Standing in the Gap” changed my Life
As the pandemic surged in 2020, times were becoming more and more difficult for me and many others. I saw many suffering from depression on all sides. I’d only been an Adventist for 5 years at the time, and I longed for someone who could teach me more about God’s Word and about prayer. I also longed to have a prayer partner and an opportunity to share hope and encouragement with those around me. After a member of our Filipino community in Thailand committed suicide, I was determined to do something. And so, I began to pray, “Lord, please show me how to help lift the burdens of those who are struggling so that they will know they are not alone in this pandemic and crisis. Also send me someone to pray with so that I will not feel so alone. I need someone to lift me up in prayer when I’m tired and weary..."

Sabbath of Attacks
Sometimes, Satan attacks you with an onslaught in one day. If he cannot overcome you one way, he will try another. Sabbath morning. I woke up early to work on the sermon buzzing around in my brain throughout the week. I prayed and started organizing my verses, but I still could not figure out where it was going. It seemed I had two sermons stuck together, but I kept at it and let it be. The final sermon often does not come together for me until I stand in front of the congregation...