Prayers for Afghanistan

Afghanistan is carried here through decades of war and its aftermath, through hunger, avalanches, earthquakes and floods, and through the education and rights of women and girls. Journalists, aid workers and teachers appear often, and thanksgiving is offered for those who keep schools and newsrooms going in hard conditions.

World News This Week In Prayer – Thursday, November 5, 2026

Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known, that our ancestors have told us. We will not hide them from their children; we […]

World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, October 29, 2026

6 Oh, that I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest! 7 I would fly far away to the quiet of the wilderness. Psalm 55:6-7 NLT 27“But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate […]

World News This Week in Prayer – Thurs., Sept. 24, 2026

Almighty God of peace, mercy, and compassion, hear our prayers. Today we come before You with heavy hearts, as we see communities around the world facing devastating weather and natural disasters. We pray for California, U.S., as the state prepares for a potentially historic El Niño season and has declared a state of emergency. We […]

Prayers for the World’s Waterways: Drought, Floods, and the Strait of Hormuz (August 6, 2026)

Spirit of God, as you hovered over the waters at the start of the creation, hover over the waterways of our world through navigation, water treatment, purification, desalination, and sewage treatment to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases. We pray for the safe passage of goods and supplies as nations use maritime waterways, where wars […]

May We Listen to Women: Prayers for Seven Activists from Afghanistan to Gambia (July 9, 2026)

I stand on the sacrifices of a million women before me Thinking what can I do To make this mountain taller So the women after me Can see farther Legacy, rupi kaur Zahra Joya is the founder of Rukhshana Media, Afghanistan’s first feminist news agency. The outlet’s name honors a 19-year-old girl who was […]

In Faith and Trust: A Pentecost Prayer for Nations at War, the Ebola Crisis, and All Who Tell the Truth (May 21, 2026)

We can think of intercession as expanding God’s being in every situation we open to Him. – Sr Margaret Mary, SPB in “Seeking God in the Silence” In intercession, we, the intercessors, need to know something of the circumstances to kindle our concern. God already knows it all, but it seems in the mystery […]

We See Christ Crucified Still: A Good Friday and Easter Prayer for a Wounded World (April 2, 2026)

Note from this week’s writer: I cannot separate Easter Day from Good Friday. One without the other is senseless to me. When I read or hear the news from around the world, there is always a mixture of the bleakness and helplessness of Good Friday and the hope and joy God brings out of chaos, […]

Resurrection Is New Creation: Prayers After the Kabul Hospital Airstrike, for Iran and Ukraine (March 19, 2026)

O God, you created us all in your image and declared us good, yet we question your judgment and act as though some lives are worth less than others. Our hearts are so often heavy with the news of the world, yet we do not carry it alone. Let us know that Jesus weeps with […]

We Pray for Peace: A Prayer for Iran, Israel, the United States, and Every Nation Drawn Into War (March 12, 2026)

We come before You with heavy hearts as war spreads and many lives are shaken. Many of David’s psalms called out to the Lord for protection, strength and victory against his enemies – we pray for divine peaceful intervention during this conflict. David trusted God and called upon the Lord to defend and scatter foes. […]

Peace Rather Than Bloodshed: A Lenten Prayer for Iran, Ukraine, and Antarctica’s Glaciers (March 5, 2026)

Holy One, whose tender mercy walks with us on our Lenten journey, we find the wilderness of our world both confusing and full of wonder. In this season of Lent, remind of us of the pilgrimage Christ made to the Cross, while we also walk alongside our global family filled with refugees, those holding pain […]