World Prayers for Nov. 26 – Dec. 2: Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore

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A row of wooden kelongs (fishermen huts on stilts) in Sentosa, Singapore. 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 November 26 – December 2: Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore

O God, 
keep our churches faithful in bearing witness to your great love for all humanity. 
Deliver us from intolerance and all that hinder others from seeking you. 
Bless our country and guide our political leaders so that their fruit may abound 
and the interest of the people is served. 
Grant grace to our priests, pastors and ministers so that they may be diligent in the study of your Word and in the discharge of the work they have been called. 
Amen.
(Lee K. Tham, Singapore, September 2014)

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

Brunei: Not available
Malaysia: 3.8
Singapore: 26

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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