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Embrace’s Christian partners face many challenges working in situations of conflict, injustice and poverty. We ask you to join us in praying for the health and resilience of all our partners and their communities. You can download our prayer diary and find more prayer resources in our Prayer Room.
Weekly devotion: Open the eyes of our hearts
This week we’re reflecting on what happens when we live with our spiritual eyes wide open. We’re also giving thanks for an incredible project that supports visually impaired children in economically marginalised areas of Egypt.
Weekly devotion: Beacons of light in Bethlehem
This week, we’re praying for a new project we’re supporting through the Palestinian organisation Anar, which helps young people in Bethlehem to find hope in a context of occupation, military presence and restriction of movement.
Weekly devotion: Pray for the olive harvest in Palestine
This week, we’re praying for the olive harvest in the West Bank. Using the words of Psalm 1, we are also reflecting on what it means to make a stand for righteousness and justice.
Weekly devotion: Pray for Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza
In recent weeks, Al Ahli Hospital has once again become a main responder to the increased violence currently playing out in the north of Gaza. It is taking the dead and injured from Al Shati camp, as well as patients from the three hospitals in the north. It is short on blood, medicines and food.
Weekly devotion: ‘Do not forget to do good’
This week, we’re praying for a project in Egypt that trains young people to mentor primary-age children, to encourage them to stay in school. We’re also reflecting on the biblical mandate to help others, and challenging ourselves to be a blessing to those around us.
Weekly devotion: Pray for those living in fear in Lebanon
This week we are praying for our partner, Tahaddi, in southern Beirut. As the bombs fall near to Tahaddi's building, we lift up the staff and families they serve to God.
Weekly devotion: Living as one household of God
This week we are giving thanks for for all of those who are no longer with us, but whose memory lives on through their ongoing support of Embrace’s work.
Weekly devotion: Empowering at-risk girls in northern Israel
This week we’re praying for a project we help fund in northern Israel, which supports at-risk Arab-Israeli girls with education and family challenges.
Weekly devotion: How does your social network reflect your priorities?
This week we’re praying for the children and their families at Fairhaven School in Alexandria, Egypt - and meditating on Jesus’ grace-filled interactions with people who were socially stigmatised.
Weekly devotion: The God who sees
Gender-based violence is an issue of growing concern in Syria. This week, join us in praying for a project that is supporting women and girls who have experienced abuse.
Weekly devotion: How do you respond to uncomfortable realities?
This week we’re praying for our partner, Aviv Ministry, which runs a drop-in centre for people living on the streets of Tel Aviv.
Weekly devotion: What does ‘genuine love’ look like?
This week we’re praying for our partner BLESS in Egypt, which supports marginalised communities to improve their educational, health and environmental situations.
Weekly devotion: Caring for children with disabilities in Gaza
This week we’re praying for the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre’s vital work in Gaza, which supports children with acute injuries and long-term disabilities.
Weekly devotion: How can we put love into action?
This week we’re praying for children at risk of violence and exploitation in Beirut - and we’re reflecting on what it means to put love into action.
Weekly devotion: How can we maintain hope?
This week we’re praying for children with disabilities in Palestine. We’re lifting up the work of the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre, which treats children and supports their families - and we are reflecting on the powerful hope we have as Christians.
Weekly devotion: What does it mean to be the light of the world?
Inspired by the SKILD Centre in Lebanon, we’re reflecting on what it means to be a light-bearer in a dark world.
Weekly devotion: Speaking up against injustice
This week we’re learning about an important project Embrace funds that advocates for Palestinians’ freedom of movement in the West Bank. We also reflect on what it takes to speak out on behalf of the voiceless.
Weekly devotion: What can YOU praise God for today?
This week we’re praying for two specialist education schools we support in Palestine - and reflecting on God’s care and compassion for individuals.
Weekly devotion: Bringing others to God
Discover how our partner is responding to deep spiritual thirst in a marginalised community in Cairo - and ask how you can point others to Jesus in your own context.
Weekly devotion: Let us not become weary in doing good
This week we’re learning about the incredible work of the Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation - and challenging ourselves not to become weary in doing good.