Please pray that God’s love and mercy would fill the lives of children suffering from cancer in Nicaragua. Pray they would have the opportunity to know God through his word, and that his love would fill their hearts, and he would bring them healing and eternal life through faith in Jesus.

Pray too for street children in the slum areas of Sri Lanka’s cities, for children in orphanages, children from ethnic minorities, children with disabilities and children living in poverty. Pray that they would be protected, loved by their families in the way they deserve, and have the opportunity to learn to read and write. Pray that God’s word would give them hope, and form in them faith to face their future.

Bring before God the children living in refugee camps in Lebanon and thank God that Bible Society can reach into their lives and share words of love and reconciliation with them. Pray for strength and wisdom as Bible Society staff share drama presentations and shows based on the Bible, the book of hope. Pray that the program would help heal their wounds of trauma.

For girls and young women in The Gambia, please pray that discrimination around education would end, so they can learn to read and write. Pray for Bible Society’s work amongst them, that the Bible-based literacy program would be successful. Pray that each beneficiary encounters God and is filled with faith and hope for their future.

Thank God for young lives being changed in Egypt, as they are encouraged to develop literacy skills through Bible Society’s program. Thank God that as students learn to engage, question and think about God’s word, they are also learning to read and participate in church life. Thank God that these children are learning the skills to build their future.

Thank God for the Bibles which have been distributed to Kenyan and Tanzanian school students with Bible Society Australia’s support. Pray that having a Bible of their own would transform these students’ lives, as they seek God for their source of wisdom, love and hope for the future.

Thank God too for the twelve years of distributing Bible Society Australia’s Bible Memory Verse Calendars to students in South African schools. Pray for the children memorising Scripture, that God would set them free and open their spiritual eyes as he reveals the truth to them through his word.