Pray for India “I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth” (Isaiah 62:6-7) Population : 127.08 crores Christians 6 crores approx. (More than 5% - assumed) States : 29 Union Territories : 7 Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Members : 780 MLA’s : 4,120 Approx. 30% of them have criminal backgrounds Villages : 7 lakh approx. (No Churches in 5 lakh villages) Towns : 31 (More than 10 lakh population) 400 approx. (More than 1 lakh population) People Groups : 4,692 Languages : 460 (Official languages - 22) Living in slums : 6,50,00,000 approx. Pray for Rulers of our Nation President of India : Mr. Ram Nath Kovind Prime Minister : Mr. Narendra Modi Lok Sabha Sepeaker : Mrs. Sumitra Mahajan Central Cabinet, Ministers of state, Deputy ministers, Opposition leaders and members to serve with uprightness. Governors of the states, Chief Ministers, Assembly leaders, Ministers, Members of Legislative Assembly, Leaders and Members of the Corporations, Municipalities and Panchayats to serve truthfully. General of Army, Admirals of Navy and Air Marshals of Air force. Planning Commission Chairman and Secretaries. Chief Secretaries, Secretaries, IAS, IPS, IFS Officials. District collectors, Tahsildars, Officials and Staff of the departments of Revenue, Education, Public works, Health, Commerce, Agriculture, Housing, Industry, Electricity, Judiciary, etc. Heads, Officials and Staff of Private sectors and Industries. The progress of farmers, businessmen, fisher folks, self-employed, weavers, construction workers, computer operators, sanitary workers, road workers, etc. Rulers, officials and staff of all departments to accept Jesus Christ as their saviour, repent and revived. Praise God for the BLESSINGS God has given for our Nation for the stable Government; for India being a secular nation inspite of being ruled by a non-secular party. for having most number of Engineers and Scientists in the world. for having first place in the world in the production of cashew, wind energy, milk, mango and second place in rice and wheat. for the Governments’ plan to give skill development to 40 crores people. for the growth of Indian Economy from 6.7% in 2017 to 7.3% in the current year. for ranking first in the export of Information Technology services. for the upward change in the life style of people by the work of NGO’s in the field of education, medical servies, drinking water and small industries. efforts taken against evils in the field of education, health and community development during these 200 years since the arrival of William Carey in India. for the establishment of more than 3 lakh Churches. for the revival in Punjab, Mizoram, Nagaland and Southern states. Pray for BIBLE TRANSLATION There are about 1,721 spoken languages in India, of which only about 1,000 languages have scripts. Full Bible is available only in 74 Indian languages. 85 languages have only New Testament. A few portions of the Bible are translated in 58 languages. Bible translations are in progress in about 400 languages, it is learnt. Pray: that Bible is translated soon in all languages so that everyone can read Bible in their own mother tongue. for more people to get involved in Bible translation and God to give special wisdom and language skill to them. for the needed resources to be available for translation work. for everyone who have the Bible in their mother tongue to read it with care. Pray for the SOCIAL EVILS in India prevention of terrorist attacks in various parts of the nation. The dominance of Naxalites and Maoists to be removed. 28.7% of school students are drug addicts. They use banned tobacco products, ganja, brown sugar, etc. They should be freed from this evil habit. about 28 lakh Indians suffer from TB. Many of them are not able to take proper treatment because of low income. Pray for the healing of these patients. about 25 lakh Indians are cancer patients. Every year about 7 lakh patients are added. About 5,56,000 die every year. Pray for the complete destruction of these germs and people to receive complete healing. Social Evils Crime against aged: Two-third of the 10 crore aged people in India are abandoned by their families. Pray for the happiness and safety of these elders who suffer from loneliness, sickness etc. Suicides: About 34% of suicides happen due to family problems and 17% suicides are due to ill-health. Pray for the counselling centres to counsel such people so that suicides are completely prevented. more than 7,000 farmers in Maharastra, Telungana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Tamilnadu have committed suicide during the last two years. 38% of them are due to debts. Pray for the change of this situation. Crime against children: There are about 10.5 crore child labourers, many of them are bonded labourers. UNICEF reports that out of the number of child marriages taking place in the world one-third happen in India. About 30 lakh Indian girls of 10 - 14 years do not attend school. Pray for the bright future and safety of these children. Crime against women: 3,14,674 women went missing in India in 2016. 7,634 women died in 2015 due to dowry harassment. One women is raped every 34 minutes, one woman is attacked every 3 minutes by husband or relatives. The women are to be respected and protected. Accidents: 26,066 persons have died in train accidents and 4,82,389 in road accidents during 2015. Of them 15,633 were children. This kind of deaths are to be prevented and drivers to drive their vehicles carefully. Prostitution: It is reported that 20 lakh women and 5 lakh girls are active in prostitution. More than 20,000 women are active in the red-light areas of Kolkatta. Girls from Bangladesh, Nepal, etc. are trafficked for this. Its saddening that 76% of brokers in this flesh trade are women. Pray the Government should severely punish those involved in this activity and for the repentance of them. Religious Extremism: There is a trend to impose religions extremism in the educational curriculum of this secular nation. The aggressive activities of these in the Government against Indian sovereignty is to be curtailed. educational curriculum is to be developed by secular educationalists. the anti-conversion act in Uttarakand, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Odisha, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Himchal Pradesh and Jharkhand be repealed. Terrorism: 927 terrorist attacks occured in 2016. For the prevention of riots, loss of life and damage to propertics. In India more than 66 terrorists groups are active. The activities of them are to be controlled fully. Pray for PROSPERITY of India that all the welfare projects announced by the Government in the areas of education, health, medical fields, drinking water, etc., to reach all villages. there are about 8 crore school drop outs in the elementary education. This situation should change. preventing all murders in the name of cow protection. Government to take all efforts to bring back all black money from foreign countries. health hazards increase as 33% of the population do not have toilets. Government to provide facilities in the needed areas. diseases have spread due to the sale of time barred medicines and medicines of inferior quality. For the protection of the people suffering from TB, diabetics, cancer, etc. agriculture is affected due to the destruction of forests and non-silting of water bodies. Agricultural wealth of the nation should not be affected. Indian Labour Organisation (ILO) has reported that in 2019 as many as 1.9 crore people will be unemployed. Job opportunities are to be created for all people. for the peace in Kashmir and leaders to handle the problem with wisdom. right and just decisions are to be taken in Cauvery River Water issue. Nation to prosper with good monsoon all over. all attacks against Christians to cease and their safety to be ensured. all efforts to develop solar cities to be successful. “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few” - this situation is to change. More labourers are to be employed in all states, India to prosper. Pray for MISSIONARY Organisations Praise God for the numerous missionary organizations in India. Let's pray to the Lord for the growth and development of these organizations. Pray for: the Leaders and Missionaries to involve in the ministry wholeheartedly and for the protection of the missionaries. the Leaders to develop and bring up future leaders for the organizations. the needs of the organizations and missionaries are met. the oppositions of religious fanatics to the mission activities are contained. the missionaries are not discouraged by the opposition faced by them. all organizations to function without any prejudice and hatred within them. all the organizations to set prayerfully long term and short term goals to achieve their vision. Organizations to prepare annual budget and follow financial norms and practices. the media to be used to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ clearly. the following missionary organizations and their missionaries. GFA, CCCI, IET, NMM, OM, FMPB, New Life, IEM, IEHC, IMS, IMM, NMS, GEMS, ICC, BYM, CGMM, ICGM, Shalom, SISWA, HEM, MVM, KEA, COME, TVGM, IBT, UCMSI, IMA, MUT, CIM, CBN, EFICOR, CMS, BSI, IBL, IGL, KRUPA, ELS, CLS, Mizo Presbytarian, Brethren Mission, Vishwavani, ‘Jesus’ film teams, Word for the World, Dying Seed, World Vision, Grace Ministry, Compassion India, New Life Good News Ministry, Bethel Outreach Movement, Shyloh Good News Ministry, Christian Messenger, Arise and Build Christian Fellowship. for Al Bashir which works among people of Islamic faith. for YWAM, YFC, UESI, EUs, EGFs, RZIM, HAGGAI, YGCLEAD, NILT, SFJ, Campus Crusade which work among youth and intellects.