Day 9
Azerbaijan
Praise Points
Praise God for House Church leaders in Azerbaijan for their perseverance in discipling Christian Believers while facing extreme persecution (The Bible, Revelation 2:10).
Praise God for courageous journalists and anti-corruption activists who work tirelessly to bring justice to the people of Azerbaijan (The Bible, Matthew 5:6).
Prayer Points
Pray for God to raise His Children to high positions in the Azerbaijani justice system, who will root out corruption completely (The Bible, Psalm 1:1).
Pray for God’s protection for independent news agencies, journalists, and anti-corruption activists in Azerbaijan (The Bible, Psalm 62:8).
Pray for God’s Hand to safeguard the Azerbaijani Church as they boldly declare the Gospel of Jesus Christ (The Bible, Isaiah 25:4).
A Call to Salvation
Let the strongholds of corruption, greed, lust, and cruelty be demolished in Jesus’ Name in Azerbaijan. Let the Holy Spirit break through the hard-heartedness of the wicked in the land and convict them into repentance (The Bible, Luke 13:3).
Promise for the Nation
They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone are deliverance and strength.’” All who have raged against Him will come to Him and be put to shame (The Bible, Isaiah 45:24).
Azerbaijan is a Central Asian country that once produced almost half of the world’s oil output. The country recently fought a six-day war and annexed the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave while displacing over 150,000 Armenians living in the area. The country is led by Ilham Aliyev, who controversially replaced his father after the latter’s demise in 2003. Subsequent elections have come under scrutiny, with the opposition parties accusing the government of large-scale election malpractice. The independent media is constantly under threat in Azerbaijan. Journalists and anti-corruption voices face harassment, imprisonment, and torture frequently. The Church in Azerbaijan is under siege by criminal elements in the government. Attacks on home churches, in particular, are on the rise, along with discrimination based on faith.