Prayer for a Brother in Afghanistan

Below is copy of a letter obtained from a Christian brother held prisoner in Afghanistan. You can read about the circumstances at World Magazine. Click Here for the article. Please pray for this man and his family. Pray that he would be strong and resolute in his faith.


"We desire in our prayers to remember them that are in bonds for the testimony of Jesus, as bound with them, and them which suffer adversity, as being ourselves also in the body. O send from above, and deliver them from those that hate them, and bring them forth into a large place.
O let not the rod of the wicked rest upon the lot of the righteous, lest the righteous should put forth their hands unto iniquity.
O strengthen the patience and faith of thy suffering saints, that they may hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee, and according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that for thy name's sake are appointed to die."
- Matthew Henry, Method for Prayer, Christian Focus Pub., 2006 p. 108