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Friday, November 8, 2013 To hear an mp3 recording of the PrayerLine, click here. http://media1.imbresources.org/files/188/18858/18858-104476.mp3  “Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.” (Proverbs 4:23, HCSB) Hi, this is Eleanor Witcher of IMB’s prayer office, joining you in praying for women. Word spread that a special speaker would address the monthly mothers’ meeting at the Bihari tutorial center in Bangladesh. Bihari women packed the room. Everyone agreed that when girls do not feel loved at home, they begin looking for love outside the home. All the women, some accompanied by their daughters, then heard why it is important to guard your heart, mind and body, to guard your marriage--even before marriage--and to guard your witness or reputation. After the meeting, one mother shared that her Bihari neighbors are prostituting their daughter nightly right in their small home. The teacher encouraged the mother to share with her neighbors the message she had just heard.  F slowly unties her colorful head wrap to reveal the row of stitches on the side of her head and behind her ear. There are bruises and bite marks on her arms. Her husband overheard her plans to go to church with a fellow Zimbabwean--a man. Although her intent was innocent, for a Tswana woman to go anywhere with a man other than her own husband is considered betrayal. Her husband became insanely jealous and beat her with a chair and a wooden plank. He works at the local mine and has a steady income. This provided stability for F and her family back in Zimbabwe. She didn’t foresee the stitches.  Many Deaf women in Southeast Asia, who lack education and job opportunities, are forced into prostitution by their families. These women live dark and lonely lives. * Please pray for Deaf women working in the red light district to see and understand that Jesus is the Light. * Pray for F to be wise in her faith and to share the Word of God with other women who need to hear. Pray for her husband to realize his need for a Savior. * Fervently pray for the Bihari woman to speak with her neighbors and help free her neighbor’s daughter from such unspeakable suffering.

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