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School children head home after class, wearing their World Vision backpacks in Kalawa Area Program in Kenya.

Prayers

Backpacks loaded with prayer

Financial hardship, hunger, and lack of clean water keep many children from getting the education they need to have a chance at a better life. As you fill your child’s backpack, use this guide with your family to pray for other children who face big obstacles to getting a good education.

Christian Faith

God is with people suffering from disaster — the refugee, the earthquake survivor, the family facing famine. He calls us to follow Him in offering hope to the most vulnerable in their hour of greatest need.

Prayers

Matthew 25: Pray for refugees, disaster survivors

God is with people suffering from disaster — refugees, earthquake survivors, families facing famine. Join us in prayer for all who find themselves “strangers,” as Jesus calls them in Matthew 25:35.

Refugees
South SudanCentral African RepublicDemocratic Republic of the CongoIraqLebanonSyriaThailandUnited States

Syrian refugees in Lebanon informal tented settlement. Aysha, 29, a Syrian refugee in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, sits inside the tent where her family lives since fleeing from Syria. Her children include (left to right) Islam, 2 ½; on her lap, Ahdy, 1; and Catherine, 5.

Prayers

Hope in hard places: Pray for Syria

Syrians desperately hope for peace, and children shouldn’t grow up in a war zone. Pray for Syria, whose people are enduring their ninth year of civil war.

Refugees
SyriaIraqJordanLebanon

844 million people around the world don't have access to clean water; that's more than 1 of every 10 people around the world. Join us in prayer for children and families who are thirsty and lack this most basic necessity.

Prayers

Matthew 25: Pray for the thirsty

844 million people around the world don’t have access to clean water; that’s more than 1 of every 10 people around the world. Join us in prayer for children and families who are thirsty and lack this most basic necessity.

Clean Water
KenyaAfrica

World Vision representatives walk for a meeting with a congressman in Washington, D.C.

Prayers

How to pray for your government leaders

The Bible tells us to pray for those in positions of authority. As new Congress members take office, let’s lift up both new and veteran leaders — who can all be voices of change.

Christian Faith

A double rainbow appears over a village in Tanzania.

Change Makers

Don’t give up on your miracle: How to pray when you’re tired

What continues to weigh on your heart? Maybe it’s a failing marriage or a prodigal child. Maybe it’s a health crisis or an international crisis. Whatever it is, when you’ve been praying for something for so long and given up hope, take heart. Here are ways to pray when you’re tired of praying for your miracle.

Christian Faith

Hope shines a light in the darkness. It’s infectious, even healing. But what is there to be hopeful for? Let’s look at the year ahead with 19 reasons to have hope in 2019 — and how to pray them into reality.

Change Makers

19 reasons to have hope in 2019

Hope shines a light in the darkness. It’s infectious, even healing. But what is there to be hopeful for? Let’s look at the year ahead with 19 reasons to have hope in 2019 — and how to pray them into reality.

Christian Faith
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Prayer is one of the most powerful weapons God has given us.

Prayers

8 keys to a more powerful prayer life in 2019

Prayer is one of the most powerful weapons God has given us. Marilee Pierce Dunker reflects on how to plug into the power, perception, and purpose that can only be found in God’s presence.

Christian Faith

A sponsored child in Zambia is silhouetted against the sky.

Prayers

Praying for your sponsored child

Praying the Scriptures is one of the most powerful ways to talk to God. Pray Psalm 139 over your sponsored child using the prompts below that correspond with verses in the Psalm.