{"id":26466,"date":"2019-11-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/prayer-diary-persecuted-church-4462\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:57:28","slug":"prayer-diary-persecuted-church-4462","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/prayer\/prayer-diary-persecuted-church-4462\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Diary: Persecuted Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0b9e04df6e0b838b992b09dc7260017f.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month we mark both the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (17 November) and Red Wednesday (27 November), a day for raising awareness of those facing injustice because they are Christians. This week join us in praying for people who are suffering for their faith; for their persecutors; and for the rest of the Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>For all those discriminated against, imprisoned and even facing death on account of their faith in Christ, we pray:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loving Father, you satisfy our every need; protect, comfort and sustain your children. Merciful Jesus, you experienced unimaginable pain and sorrow for our sake. Strengthen and encourage your servants who are enduring trials. Spirit of Comfort, you accompany us in times of sorrow and of joy. Be with your people today and fill them with a renewed hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>For all those who are causing the suffering we pray:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almighty Father, you hold all of creation. May the hearts of those who persecute your children be transformed. Victorious Jesus, you conquered sin and death. May those responsible for cruelty, and suffering be convicted of their error, and seek truth and justice. Spirit of Truth, move in the hearts of persecutors today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>For us, we pray:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bountiful Father, you created us in your image and likeness. May we never take for granted the extravagant gift of freedom you bestow upon us. Compassionate Jesus, you always sought out those in need. Teach us your ways of mercy that we might be attentive to the suffering of others. Spirit of Fortitude, you give us the courage to stand up for the truth. Move our hearts to action and prayer whenever we see injustice against your Church.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month we mark both the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (17 November) and Red Wednesday (27 November).<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6850,"template":"","regions":[],"class_list":["post-26466","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41136,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26466\/revisions\/41136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}