Estimates for child labourers in Iran vary from 1.5 million to 7 million and children as young as 12 were reported to have been recruited as soldiers earlier this year. Pray for legal breakthroughs that protect children from exploitative work environments and any form of conflict.

“You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror” (Psalm 10:17-18). Praise God for His compassion and ask Him to fill you with it.

Across the MENA, issues pertaining to freedom – of religion, speech, assembly and more – are often at the centre of social unrest. Pray that people of influence in the region will be drawn to the Christian vision of freedom.