Pray for Sudan this week

A missionary serving in Africa shared the following with us:

“Perhaps you have heard on the news that the political party of Southern Sudan (called the SPLM—Sudan People’s Liberation Movement), has decided to withdraw from participation in the national government. They’re saying that the national leaders, based in Khartoum in the North, have failed to carry out the requirements of the North-South peace agreement signed in 2005. What this means for Sudan, I don’t think anyone knows. The government in Khartoum is now facing enormous pressure from all sides, within and without—there is the Darfur conflict raging in the west, there is political dissatisfaction brewing among the tribes of the far north and east, the Southerners are protesting after less than two years under a peace deal, and international attention is focused on this nation like it probably never has been before. I get the feeling that Sudan is on the brink of something major. All-out war could be imminent, and underneath it all is where the real battle is being fought—the spiritual one. This is a crucial moment.”

“Pray specifically for:

• The believers in Sudan, who are scattered throughout the country:

• that they will be united in a spirit of repentance and humility;

• that they will lead the way in putting aside all pointing fingers and malicious talk, all corruption and exploitation (Isaiah 58);

• that they will cry out to God for the sake of their nation, with a 2 Chronicles 7:14 spirit. It seems to me that no amount of prayers from the outside could have the same effect as prayers coming from within Sudan, from the Sudanese themselves.

• Pray that they seek God’s face, in this moment.

• Also pray for the leaders of the government, that they will act humbly, in full recognition that their decisions affect the 37 million people of Sudan. Ask God for this to be a turning point for good in this nation.”

We were asked to fast and pray for this country and this missionary this week. Will you join us?