Day 24

AUGUST | 2023

Libya

PRAYER FOR THIS COUNTRY

Lord, we pray for Libyan leaders to hear Your voice and draw plans for their country. It is a bad mistake for people to plan their lives without Your counsel. We pray for the merchants in the Church and those who do trade not to forget Your directions. We pray for those who are adamant and do not depend on You to know their future is not in their hands. Lord, You alone know the future and it makes no sense to plan without You. Planning for the future is good but it must be with You because Your plan is above all other plans and never fails. Cause the Libyans to realize that human life on earth is like a mist, or smoke. It is here for a little while and then it goes away (The Bible, James 4:13-14).

MORE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY

Libya remains in 5th position in the World Watch Report 2023 by Open Doors for severe Christian persecution. Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibeh is a Libyan politician who is the current Prime Minister of Libya’s interim Government of National Unity. Incumbent Mohamed al-Menfi has been the president since 15 March 2021. Libya’s government has been unstable for a decade. The situation for Christians in Libya changed drastically after the Gaddafi regime fell. The country fell into chaos, and weapons and Islamist ideologies flowed across the relaxed borders of Egypt. Islamist militia groups such as Ansar al-Sharia, the Nusra Front, and ISIS firmly embedded themselves in Libya and began to hunt down Christians. The world will never forget that on a beach ISIS beheaded Coptic Christians for their faith in Christ.

CHIEF OF STATE
President Mohamed al-Menfi
HEAD OF GOV.
PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
POPULATION
6,412,000
CHRISTIANS
3.2%
EVANGLICAL CHRISTIANS
0.3%
DOMINANT RELIGION
Sunni Islam
PERSECUTION RANKING
5
REFUGEES
399,935
LIFE EXPECTANCY
78.34 yrs
LITERACY RATE
94.2%
POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE
32%

Day 24

AUGUST | 2023

Malaysia

PRAYER FOR THIS COUNTRY

Thank you, Heavenly Father, that You have a plan for Malaysia. You desire to see this nation follow after You and walk in Your ways. Please strengthen the Christian Believers to be able to know Your will and plan for their lives and their churches and ministries. And strengthen them to be able to obey and follow after You. For those who do not know what Your will is, please show them. For those who do not know You as Lord and Savior, please save them. For those who don’t yet recognize the voice of the Shepherd, tune their ears, that they may know what Your will is so that they can obey it (The Bible, James 4:15).

MORE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY

Ismail Sabri Yaakob was appointed Prime Minister last year, the third in three years. Political uncertainties have been the dominating factor in the life of the nation for the past 2 years and will likely continue to be so until the general elections are held, at the latest, in September 2023. Ethnic and religious divides characterize this nation. Fundamentalist Muslims carry a significant presence in Malaysia. Over the past decade, the government conducted widespread crackdowns to silence, harass and lock up hundreds of critics. A significant criticism of the way the government handled the COVID-19 pandemic has also been divisive. However, perhaps because of the pandemic, the last two years have also seen a significant increase in the number of prayer initiatives and watches across the nation, bringing together Christian Believers in united prayer for their nation and for God to protect and breakthrough.

CHIEF OF STATE
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdullah of Pahang
HEAD OF GOV.
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin
POPULATION
30,514,000
CHRISTIANS
8.4%
EVANGLICAL CHRISTIANS
3.2%
DOMINANT RELIGION
Sunni Islam
PERSECUTION RANKING
43
REFUGEES
270,621
LIFE EXPECTANCY
74.75 yrs
LITERACY RATE
93.1%
POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE
3.8%