Afghanistan has seen plenty of violence.
In January 2018, attackers targeted a military university located in the heart of Kabul, killing 11 soldiers and wounding 16.
The attack came on the heels of a weekend bombing on a crowded street in Kabul. More than 100 people were killed and over 200 injured when members of the Taliban detonated an ambulance packed with explosives near a major hospital.
The week before, a 15-hour siege on the Intercontinental Hotel, the largest hotel in Kabul, killed 22 people, most of whom were foreigners working for an Afghan airline.
These assaults mark one of the most violent periods in Afghanistan’s 16-year war. They are reminders that, in spite of the government’s efforts, security is elusive. Attacks have intensified, striking locations that were previously considered safe. And Kabul’s residents are terrified.
As the Taliban and ISIS claim more lives in this vulnerable country, we ask God to pour out His mercy on Afghan families. And we pray for His Kingdom to come in this nation.
Peace may seem like a distant hope for Afghanistan, but God is moving. Frontiers workers in nearby countries report that Afghan refugees are more open to the Gospel than ever before. Dozens of Muslim-background Afghans have become followers of Jesus Christ, and their numbers are multiplying.
Please join us in praying for Afghanistan.
- Ask the Lord to bring the peace, reconciliation, healing, and hope of Christ to all the peoples of this nation.
- Pray for solutions to the threats of violence and for the political stability needed for a healthy economy and just government.
- Ask God to send more laborers into the harvest to bring the Gospel of peace to Afghanistan’s 70 unreached Muslim people groups.
- Pray that many Afghans put their trust in the eternal hope and security that cannot be shaken.
- Lift up Afghan men and women who are seeking the truth to boldly embrace a new identity in Jesus Christ.
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Original article: www.frontiersusa.org/blog/article/pray-for-afghanistan