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Monday, January 26, 2015 To hear an mp3 recording of the PrayerLine, click here. http://media1.imbresources.org/files/222/22271/22271-119540.mp3 “O may Your lovingkindness comfort me, According to Your word to Your servant.” (Psalm 119:76, NASB) Hi, this is Eleanor Witcher of IMB’s prayer office, praying with you for refugees. A crowded train station in the northern part of Italy signifies the arrival of a new wave of Syrian refugees who are fleeing their country and funneling through Italy in their pursuit of a better life. Tired, hungry and overwhelmed, they search out the route to Germany, Sweden, Denmark, or any other European country where they have heard there is work or a distant relative. As immigrants funnel through this major metropolis daily, pray that the Father, who gives new life, will help local believers meet their physical needs and share the hope and love of Jesus.  There are approximately 500,000 Sorani and Behdini Kurdish refugees living in a certain Central Asian city, and that number rises daily. Many of them escaped their homes with only the clothing on their backs and what they could carry. They live in tents, abandoned buildings, schools, churches, under bridges, etc. You can see the loss of human dignity they suffer on a daily basis, from cleaning themselves in toilet water to fighting over a small bag of clothes. If you watched the news this summer, you undoubtedly heard about the plight of the Yezidi people. They are a distinct Kurdish people group who practice a different religion than those around them. Many of them have suffered great persecution as a result of their religious and cultural differences, and they continue to suffer. Right now their main concern is surviving the winter and the rainy season.  * Please pray for provision for the immediate physical needs of hundreds of thousands of refugees as they cope with harsh physical conditions.  * Intercede for the local church as they rise up and care for its own and for workers to be sent into this harvest field of unreached peoples.  * Pray for refugees that they will hear of the hope found in Christ Jesus and respond with, “Yes, I believe.”

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