- Father, in the name of Jesus, I lift a full heart of thanksgiving over last Sunday’s Thanksgiving and Victory service in Solution Chapel International. Thank You for the crowds that filled our courts, the songs of triumph that rose from the altar, the depth of the Word that reached every seat, the first timers who found their way to us, the new members already settling into this fold, and the fingerprint of Your goodness that has not lifted from our lives since that gathering, in Jesus’ name.
Psalm 116:12 — “What shall I render to the Lord For all His benefits toward me?”
- Father, in the name of Jesus, I remember today my brothers and sisters in Christ who are locked in prison cells, forced into hiding, dragged before hostile courts, and threatened with death simply because they carry the name of Jesus. Let me not pray about them as if they are far off. Let me remember them as chained with them, groan in prayer for them, and stand in the gap until their chains fall, in Jesus’ name.
Hebrews 13:3 — “Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.”
- Father, in the name of Jesus, let Your servant Pastor Adama Segbedji and his family be a stronghold of refuge for the persecuted body of Christ across the nations. Let intercession for the suffering saints deepen in his spirit, let his ministry become a voice for the voiceless, and let his home be an example that the Lord is good and He knows those who trust in Him, in Jesus’ name.
Nahum 1:7 — “The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.”
- Father, in the name of Jesus, let every new soul stepping into Solution Chapel International this week understand from their first Sunday that the faith they are receiving costs something somewhere. Let them join this commission with an awakened heart, aware that their brethren in other lands are pressed but not crushed, struck down but not destroyed, and standing at a cost most people never count, in Jesus’ name.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 — “We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.”
- Father, in the name of Jesus, let Solution Chapel International rise as a commission that touches the persecuted like touching the apple of Your eye. Let our altar burn continually for our brethren in nations closed to the gospel, let our prayers reach into hidden underground gatherings, and let the tears of the suffering church find comfort through the intercession rising from our house, in Jesus’ name.
Zechariah 2:8 — “For thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.'”
- Father, in the name of Jesus, remind me today that persecution is not a curse on the faithful but a blessing that the world does not have the eyes to see. Let me stop shrinking from the cost of the gospel, let me count it joy to bear the reproach of Christ where I stand, and let my love for suffering saints far away deepen my willingness to be a bold witness where I live, in Jesus’ name.
Matthew 5:10-12 — “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
- Father, in the name of Jesus, defend the poor and fatherless among the persecuted body of Christ, and deliver those who are being trafficked, exploited, and stripped of dignity for their faith. Let resources rise to relocate refugees, let funding reach underground pastors, let widows of martyrs be sustained, and let the wealth of the wicked be transferred into the hands of those who are suffering for the name of Jesus, in Jesus’ name.
Psalm 82:3-4 — “Defend the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy; Free them from the hand of the wicked.”
- Father, in the name of Jesus, let my household never see suffering saints on the news and turn the page. Let my children grow up praying for children in Iran, in North Korea, in Nigeria, in China, in Afghanistan, and let my family carry a fiery trial as our brothers do without being surprised by it. Let us rejoice that we partake in the sufferings of Christ, in Jesus’ name.
1 Peter 4:12-13 — “Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.”
- Father, in the name of Jesus, I lift up Covenant 2026 and I ask that this gathering become one where the persecuted body of Christ is remembered in every session. Let intercession for the suffering saints be woven into the fabric of the convocation, and let those from lands of oppression who somehow make it to the gathering find themselves hidden in the pavilion of Your presence, in Jesus’ name.
Psalm 27:5 — “For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.”
- Father, in the name of Jesus, I declare over the persecuted body of Christ around the world that they shall be faithful unto death and receive the crown of life. Let the enemies of the gospel discover that every believer they kill produces ten more, let the blood of the martyrs seed unstoppable revival, and let Solution Chapel International stand as one of the churches whose prayers never stopped rising for them, in Jesus’ name.
Revelation 2:10 — “Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.”