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Embrace’s Christian partners face many challenges working in situations of conflict, injustice and poverty. We ask you to join us in praying for the health and resilience of all our partners and their communities. You can download our prayer diary and find more prayer resources in our Prayer Room.
Weekly devotion: Bringing others to God
Discover how our partner is responding to deep spiritual thirst in a marginalised community in Cairo - and ask how you can point others to Jesus in your own context.
Weekly devotion: Let us not become weary in doing good
This week we’re learning about the incredible work of the Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation - and challenging ourselves not to become weary in doing good.
Weekly devotion: What does the Bible say about welcoming refugees?
This week we’re reflecting on what the Bible says about ‘welcoming the stranger’ and how we can put our compassion into action when it comes to refugees.
Weekly devotion: How can we turn from despair to hope?
This week we’re praying for the Karagheusian Medical Centre in Lebanon - and reflecting on finding hope in dark situations.
Weekly devotion: Christ’s compassion and concern for children
Find out how our partner is helping traumatised young Palestinians in the West Bank - and be inspired by the heart of Jesus towards children.
Weekly devotion: Seek the welfare of your city
This week we’re praying for young people struggling with unemployment in Egypt - and asking God’s blessing on a project in Alexandria that is upskilling Christian and Muslim youths.
Weekly devotion: How can we change lives for the better?
Inspired by the Learning Centre for Deaf in Lebanon, this week we’re reflecting on God’s heart for justice and how we can love our neighbours better.
Weekly devotion: As famine looms, pray for Gaza
In a context of ongoing violence, displacement and sky-high inflation, our partner Caritas Jerusalem is continuing to faithfully serve people in need. Find out what they are doing and how you can pray for them.
Weekly devotion: Empowering women in rural Egypt
This week we’re praying for the Soteria project in Egypt. Soteria is a Greek word, meaning salvation, safety or deliverance. The project works with young women from Qussia, an area in Egypt’s rural south.
Weekly devotion: Nothing can separate us from the love of God
This week we’re praying for a project we support in Cairo, which supports marginalised families by preventing family separation and helping to build loving, safe and nurturing home environments.
Weekly devotion: God is no stranger to poverty
This week we’re praying for our partner, Tahaddi, which serves families facing extreme economic hardship - and meditating on God’s identification with the poor.
Weekly devotion: The God who listens
This week we’re learning about the Zvartnotz Centre in Lebanon, which offers education and vocational training to students with disabilities. We’re also reflecting on the comfort of knowing that God listens to us - especially in hard times.
Weekly devotion: Christ is risen!
This week we’re rejoicing in the resurrection message of hope at the heart of the Christian faith. We’re meditating on some encouraging words in 1 Peter and offering supplications for our Christian partners in the Middle East and the marginalised communities they support.
Weekly devotion: Pray for our partners in Gaza
Even before the devastating violence that began in October 2023, healthcare in the Gaza Strip was under extreme pressure due to the Israeli blockade. This week, join us in praying for our partner the DSPR-NECC as they provide vital healthcare services at their Rafah clinic.
Weekly devotion: A surprising encouragement from the parable of the talents
This week we’re praising God for our incredible volunteers, who selflessly give their time and energy to support Embrace. We’re also meditating on a surprisingly encouraging lesson we can learn from Jesus’ parable of the talents.
Weekly devotion: What does it mean to hope in God?
This week, we’re praying for a project we support in northern Iraq, which is helping the Christian community to rebuild their damaged homes and businesses. We’re also reflecting on what it means to hope in God.
Weekly devotion: Challenging our preconceptions about God on International Women’s Day
This week, we’re praying for the Life School project in Egypt - and reflecting on Jesus’ treatment of women, and how this can encourage us today.
Weekly devotion: Knowing God’s presence in dark times
This week, join us in praying for Al-Kafaat’s Notre Dame School in Lebanon, an inclusive school that supports children with disabilities to thrive in a mainstream environment.
Weekly devotion: Social justice is not an optional extra
This week, to mark the World Day of Social Justice, we’re praying for our partners across the region as they strive for peace with justice amid some of the most challenging situations in the world.
Weekly devotion: Learning from others
This week we’re praying for a project we support that works with young people to tackle some of the root causes of growing violence in Arab communities in Israel. We’re also reflecting on the biblical idea of mentorship, and why it is important.