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Prayer Requests
December 2025
“How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God's people to live together in harmony!”
Psalm 133:1, Good News Translation
God, on World AIDS Day, we pray for all the ministries who support those living with AIDS around the world. Thank You for the strides that have been made toward treatment and eradication. Be with those who are suffering and bring healing to their bodies and spirits.
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Our Redeemer, we know that You are close to those who are weary and heavy-laden. On this Day for the Abolition of Slavery, we join with the centuries of Christians who have added their voices to the cry for justice and freedom. Set the captives free, particularly women and children in the most heartbreaking situations.
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God, all over Atlantic Canada, women are stepping into roles as caregivers for their loved ones. On the International Day for Persons with Disabilities, we recognize the dignity of the lives of people with disabilities, and honour their contributions and their caregivers’ contributions to our communities. Draw near to these communities with renewed strength and commitment.
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God of wisdom, we pray for students at Crandall University and Acadia Divinity College, as they write their winter exams. Give them discernment, discipline, and grace as they prepare and test what they have been learning this year.
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Great Counsellor, on Canada’s Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, we pray for the leadership of Baptist World Alliance Women (BWA Women) as they prepare to send a delegation to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, gathering this coming March. As Christians, we will take up the command to speak up for those in need. May we be a light to all those we meet as we enter those rooms.
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God, we pray this year for our December Communion Offering Fund, which supports ministers in emergency situations, disabled or retired ministers, the widows and widowers of ministers, and their children in need. As we enter the holiday season, so many in our communities of ministry will be hard pressed with financial need. May our communities give generously, and may recipients feel the warmth of God’s love through this fund.
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God, we pray for Jean-Marie Atitso and Hortense Foligan, recently appointed by CBM to serve in Togo. May they receive the support they need for Jean-Marie to join the rest of the family in Togo this month. (Hortense went early so the kids could start school in Togo.)
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Lord, on Human Rights Day, we pray that You would continue to raise up leaders in our communities who would be a voice crying out in the darkness against injustice and evil. May we welcome the stranger and provide for widows, orphans and others in need. Give us the courage and the resources to speak up and to act.
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God, we pray for our Canadian Baptist Women (CBW) scholarship students as they study. In this halfway point of the school year, ease their worries and give them passion for the months ahead.
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Father, we thank you for the opportunity that Atlantic Baptist Women (ABW) President Katie Jamer Jewett, ABW Executive Director Tera-Mae Schut, and CBW President Gail Whalen-Dunn had to gather with other leaders at the CBW meeting in Mississauga in late October. We praise You for the ways You are working within Canadian Baptists Women of Ontario and Quebec, Heartland Baptist Women, and BC and Yukon Baptist Women. Strengthen our connections with our sisters across Canada, at this time when national union is more important than ever.
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Jehovah Jireh, our Provider, we pray that this Christmas season, Canadians would be moved to give to the Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM) account with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. May the stores be full to overflowing, so that CBM missionaries around the world can provide for those in need.
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Lord, thank you for the opportunity for students and Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada Youth & Family staff (Dan Pyke and incoming Associate Director Hannah Marriott) to meet recently at the CBAC offices at Crandall University. We pray as they plan for next summer’s SENT Dominican Republic trip (July 2026), that You would be with them in all the preparations, learning and decision-making.
Father, we pray for the Baptist Women of North America (BWNA) SALT program, which mentors young women in missional entrepreneurship. We pray for the women who commit to the program, that you would give them success as they foster positive change in their communities.
Lord, we pray for CBM’s Hopeful Gifts for Change this Christmas season. May Canadians be led to give generously to support pastor training, medical supplies, education assistance and more, around the world. Bless each act of generosity, and may it lead to incredible change, in Your name.
God, on International Migrants Day, we pray for all of those who are displaced from their homes by economic hardship, violence, famine, or persecution. Latest numbers from the UN estimate that there are 42.5 million refugees in 2025. We know that You care deeply for each person. May we carry that love and grace into our work.
Heavenly Spirit, we pray You would lead and guide our BWA Women leadership, Karlene Edwards, Ruba Abbassi and Merritt Johnston. Grant them peace and vigor as we wind down this year and prepare for the ministry in 2026.
Lord, we pray for Elie Haddad, CBM Global Field Staff in Lebanon, as he facilitates CBM’s Strategic Plan process. We pray for wisdom and clarity as Elie and his team seek input from all field staff and partner organizations for the year ahead.
On this fourth week of Advent, we pray with our Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada community for the gift of love to be evident in our actions and relationships.
Lord, as we enter a new year, we pray for the people of South Sudan. Please bring peace to their nation, and courage to their hearts. Be with our partners, the Faith Evangelical Baptist Church, as they work to bring healing and hope to their neighbours.
As we spend time with our families, Lord, we pray that you would heal the broken places, and bring strength, love and joy to our relationships. May this coming year be one of joyful reunion.
Father, thank You for the gift of Your Son, the most precious offering You had. Jesus, thank You for living among us, for going through the world as we do. Holy Spirit, thank You for continuing to strengthen and encourage us in our daily walk with You. Merry Christmas. God is with us.
Today on Boxing Day, we thank You for the gifts given to us by our community, known and unknown, physical and ephemeral: acts of service, hugs, words of affirmation, and more. May we be generous givers in all of the ways that those around us need, and may we accept the good gifts that You bring our way.
Our Healer, today is the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. For many in our communities, the pain of COVID never ebbed. Continue to heal our world from the negative effects. May we be kind to those we meet in everyday life, as all of us continue to grapple with the aftershocks of this global pandemic.
God, be with Bill and Janice Dyck in their work in Latin America and the Caribbean as they strengthen and equip pastors.
Jesus, be with students at Thailand Bethel Theological Institute (TBTI) and the Morning Light Center as they begin a new semester. Protect each precious student as they travel to school each day.
God, we give this New Year to You. Forgive us for the wrongs of 2025, and may we burn brightly for You in 2026. Inhabit our ABW sisterhood each of the 365 days ahead, so that we may do Your work, in Your name, in our communities and around the world. Amen.