World Prayers for Jan. 29 – Feb. 4: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara, and Tunisia

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Ghorfas of Medenine, Tunisia. Bernard Gagnon/Wikimedia Commons.

Bread for the World believes prayer is central to the work of ending hunger by 2030. Hunger happens in every corner of the world. In this blog series, we will provide a prayer for a different group of countries each week and their efforts to end hunger.

This prayer series will follow the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, a list compiled by the World Council of Churches that enables Christians around the world to journey in prayer through every region of the world, affirming our solidarity with Christians all over the world, brothers and sisters living in diverse situations, experiencing their challenges and sharing their gifts.

We will especially be lifting up in prayer the challenges related to hunger and poverty that the people of each week’s countries face. In prayer, God’s story and our own story connect—and we and the world are transformed. In a prayer common to all of us—the Lord’s Prayer/the Our Father—we pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.” This line from this prayer can also be a prayer for the end of hunger.

We invite you to join Bread in our prayers for the world’s countries to end hunger. And we encourage you to share with us your prayers for the featured countries of the week or for the end of hunger in general.

For the week of Jan. 29 – Feb. 4: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara, and Tunisia

Prayer on the road of life

God of life, there are days 
when the burdens we carry are heavy on our shoulders and weigh us down, 
when the road seems dreary and endless, the skies grey and threatening, 
when our lives have no music in them, 
our hearts lonely, 
our souls losing their courage. 
Flood the path with light. 
Turn our eyes to where the skies are full of promise; 
tune our hearts to brave music; 
give us the sense of comradeship with heroes and saints of every age. 
So quicken our spirits 
that we may be able to encourage the souls of all, 
who journey with us on the road of life, 
to your honour and glory.
(attributed to Augustine of Hippo)

Percentage of the population of these countries living below the national poverty line:

Algeria: Not available
Libya: Not available
Morocco: Not available
Western Sahara: Not available
Tunisia: 15.5

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators as found in the 2017 Hunger Report.

Prayer is a central part of Bread for the World’s work. Learn more about how you can get involved with prayer at Bread. 

 

 

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