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Prayer Requests
January 2026
“How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God's people to live together in harmony!”
Psalm 133:1, Good News Translation
1. Lord, thank You for the gift of a New Year. May 2026 be a time when Your love reaches to the far corners of the earth. May we be the voices of that love wherever we go.
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2. Reveal Yourself God
In the promise which is everywhere about us
Hold us God
In the longing for a new world and new living
Cradle us God
In the hunger for justice that aches in us
Feed us God
In the search for healing in our broken world
Find us God
In the gathering round the table
Gather with us God
In the breaking of bread and spilling of wine
Share with us God
In the community of faith
Reveal yourself God
(Adapted from a litany on the Church of Scotland’s Starters for Sunday website)
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3. Thank you, Father, for the recognition of CBM’s partner Canadian Foodgrains Bank as been recognized as a Top 10 Impact Charity in Canada by Charity Intelligence. May You continue to strengthen their partnership as they work against food insecurity in places like DR Congo and Lebanon.
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4. Repeat prayer from yesterday
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5. God, we pray for Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM) Global Staff member Evangeline Hammond who serves in Lebanon. We pray that you would keep her and her husband Khalil safe as, despite a ceasefire between the IDF and Hamas in October, drone strikes and shelling continues to claim lives. We thank You for her ministry with women in a detention centre. Give her peace and perseverance as she enters their lives with your love.
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6. Lord, we pray, along with our sisters at Baptist Women of North America (BWNA) for immigrants and citizens who have been targeted by unjust legal proceedings in the United States. Jesus, you were a refugee once, and know the pain of feeling unwelcome in a foreign land. May we as Christians practice welcoming the stranger in our lives, and in our prayers.
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7. Thank You, Jehovah Jireh, for your providence on the Baptist World Day of Prayer, where thousands of dollars were raised for projects that will help women and children in need. We pray for those who will carry out and benefit from these programs. May Your blessings be exponential from these funds.
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8. Lord, we pray with CBM workers Darrell and Laura Lee Bustin for our partner, CBCA, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The two largest cities, Goma and Bukavu, remain under the control of rebel militia groups. The hardships and trauma being caused by this situation are very difficult and, at times, dangerous. Elsewhere in the area, other rebel groups continue to attack and terrorize the population. Protect the people in this area, particularly the churches as they minister to those around them.
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9. God, thank You that ABW President Katie Jamer Jewett had the opportunity to meet with Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy, the executive director of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research recently. May their work, particularly that of the Religion and Family Violence Research team, be blessed. May lead researcher Stephen McMullin from Acadia Divinity College in particular, be granted increased vigour in pursuing this important topic.
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10. Father, we pray for CBM Global Worker Kathryn Scott in the Dominican Republic. Bless her work there Lord. We pray for churches in the eastern regions and as they seek to start youth groups. Be with Baptist leaders as plans begin to be enacted for 2026.
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11. Repeat prayer from yesterday.
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12. God, we pray for those of us who are wise in years this winter. Many may find it difficult to get out this winter and might be especially lonely. Bring friends and family into their worlds for fellowship, and may they be drawn closer to You through the contemplative months ahead.
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13. Lord, this winter we are mindful that many families are without enough food in Canada. Our food banks are struggling to keep up with demand, especially after the holidays. Please bring new provision to our neighbours in need. May we be generous givers in 2026, as You have given to us.
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14. God, we pray for our neighbours who are living rough in the cold weather. This is the hardest season to be without a home. Bring people into their lives who can provide for their needs.
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15. Lord, we pray for our hospital chaplains in Halifax and St. John. Grant them peace and compassion as they minister to patients, families and healthcare workers. We recognize the weight of this ministry and pray for their mental, physical and spiritual health this year.
16. God, be with our pastors all over Atlantic Canada as they enter a new year of ministry. Give them a renewed sense of vision, abundant strength and compassion, and peace as they step out in faith to love and serve You in our congregations.
17. Father, we pray for the young women and men in our lives, that we would be good examples to them. May we demonstrate what godly relationships look like. Guide them as they work out Your plan for their lives.
18. Repeat prayer from yesterday.
19. We pray for the VBS leader recruitment that is currently running. God, please lead the right people to be teachers and mentors for our children this summer. Move in their hearts as they go through the application process. Guide our decision-makers as they choose our next generation of leaders.
20. Father, we pray for Laura Muema, who serves alongside the CBM Africa team. In particular, we pray with her for partners and citizens in CONGO (DRC) during conflict and war, as they work to rehabilitate the displaced, the hungry and victims of violence.
21. God, we pray for Rabih Wazir, MENA Region Integral Mission Coordinator for CBM. We thank you for his tenure so far, and all he and his partners have been able to accomplish in strengthening leaders across the Middle East and North Africa region. We pray for their focus on displaced Sudanese and Yemeni communities in Egypt, where the need for hope and healing is needed most.
22. Lord, be with Suraj Komaravalli, CBM’s Regional Team Leader, Asia. We pray for his good health, and the strength to continue to serve with his whole heart. Be with him as he and his team face the growing challenges of religious extremism in various parts of Asia, that they may continue to stand firm in faith and witness.
23. Bless Patty Nacho Vargas, Regional Team Leader, Latin America in the International Partnership Department at CBM. We ask You Lord for Your grace as she walks with You in her role, ministering to Latin America. We pray also for encouragement and inspiration in the hard walk that our partners have to travel in the initiatives of justice and faith in their communities.
24. On this International Day of Education, God we pray for students starting their semester at Crandall University and Acadia College of Divinity. May they have renewed strength and wisdom for the coming months.
25. Repeat prayer from yesterday.
26. Lord, we pray for the generous spirit of Canadians as they continue to give to the work of CBM to provide relief for the destruction of Hurricane Melissa across the Caribbean. Be with CBM’s local partners and networks as they ensure people are cared for both physically and spiritually.
27. God, we pray today for Baptists in Myanmar as they continue to live out their faith in the face of violence and unrest. We pray for peace and for justice to prevail in the region.
28. Lord Jesus, we pray for those all over the Asia-Pacific region who are grappling with the effects of flooding and landslides. We pray that relief efforts will be quick and effective. We pray also that you will strengthen Baptist churches and leadership in their outreach to these communities.
29. Father, we take the time today to pray for moms. As they wake with little ones in the middle of the night, as they pick up after messes and do all the mundane tasks that come with raising precious children, help them know that they are not alone. Bring people into their lives who can support and encourage them. Be their peace.
30. Lord, we pray for children in our communities this year, that they would learn more about You and Your great love for them. May we be mentors, encouragers and agents of that love and joy in their lives. Raise them up as a new generation who are called by Your name. Provide for their physical, emotional and spiritual health through Your divine providence.
31. God, we remember last year during November and February, when the Baptist World Alliance led an initiative called The Red Chair Project, where participants designated a red chair in a public place, covered with red fabric, that represented the many women who have been needlessly killed by domestic violence. Father, we pray that the fruits of that campaign would be a worldwide decrease in violence against women. In our communities, may we as ABW members be champions for women and girls who are hurting, making their voices heard, and creating spaces where they can feel safe and loved.