As I mentioned yesterday, I want to get back to praying for Europe on the blog. First up: Albania. The latest edition of Operation World starts out the list of challenges for prayer like this: "Albania’s experience with Communism has been economically, morally and spiritually devastating." The country has come far since the early 90's, however, and held general elections in 2005 in which "the Democratic Party and its allies won a decisive victory on pledges of reducing crime and corruption, promoting economic growth, and decreasing the size of government."
PRAYER:
God of truth and grace, we pray for the country of Albania. We ask that you would strengthen your people to be a subversive force of love and reconciliation, in light of the historical religious tensions that exist between political groups that disguise themselves with religious veneer. Raise up young men and women who are passionate about your Kingdom and about your fame and your purposes to bring a message of hope and divine connection through Jesus Christ.
Father, we recognize that, while Albania has recovered in big ways since the fall of Communism, it is still a nation of orphans and widows and those trapped in the grip of poverty and violence. We pray for stability in the region and for the Albanian fighters pursuing a "greater Albania" to be stopped, brought to justice, and eventually reconciled to their Creator. May Your will be done. And may your Kingdom come.
(This just in: The country of the day on the Operation World website just so happens to be Albania. Check it out. The OW website prayer schedule probably won't align with the schedule I've put together any more, however, since I'm focusing on Europe.)
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