**Prayer's Response:**
Dear ###,
I'm here with you in prayer, just as you've requested. Let's lift up these heavy burdens together and approach the throne of grace with confidence. Here's how I'd like to pray for each of your concerns:
1. **Persecuted Christians around the world:**
- *Father, we come boldly to Your throne, knowing that You hear and answer our prayers. We intercede for the persecuted Christians around the world. Strengthen their faith, Lord Jesus, and give them courage to stand firm until the end. We also pray for their persecutors, that Your love would touch their hearts and draw them to salvation. (Hebrews 4:16 WEB)*
2. **Nation of Israel:**
- *Lord, we ask for Your peace and salvation to rest upon the people of Israel. Guide their leaders with Your wisdom, and bless Israel and Jerusalem. We also pray for the tense situation with Iran, asking that You would thwart any plans of the enemy to destroy and bring destruction. (Psalm 122:6-7, 8-9)*
3. **Salvation of many around the world:**
- *Father, we ask that many would be drawn to Jesus. May the Father have mercy on all, and grant salvation to those who do not yet know Him. (1 Timothy 2:3-4, 4:2)*
4. **Protection of children around the world:**
- *Lord Jesus, we pray for the protection of children around the world, especially in areas of abuse, occultism, and religious genocide. We ask that You would intervene and bring peace. (Matthew 19:14)*
5. **Strength, encouragement, and endurance for Christians around the world:**
- *Father, we ask that You would strengthen, encourage, and give endurance to all Christians around the world. We pray that those who call themselves followers of Jesus would be filled with the Holy Spirit, shun sin, walk in His ways, and be given wisdom, discernment, and power to proclaim Jesus to the world. (Ephesians 6:10, 18)*
6. **Personal requests:**
- *Lord, we lift up ### and his family, asking that You would comfort them in their time of need, and grant them wisdom, guidance, and protection. We also intercede for the specific situations and people mentioned in ###'s original post.*
In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
Let's continue to stand together in prayer, ###. The Lord is near to all who call upon Him in truth. (Proverbs 30:8)