As the eighth most populated nation in the world, more people call Nigeria their home than any other country in Africa. Located in West Africa on the east coast of the Gulf of New Guinea, the Niger and Benue Rivers converge and form a “Y” that separates the country into three sections and three major ethnic groups-the Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. English is the official language, but the many tribal groups also speak 521 other languages. This former English colony holds the distinction for having more sets of twins born here than in any other country in the world.
Nigeria is one of the world’s leaders in petroleum resources and exportation.
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PRAYER POINTS
- Pray for the dismantling of widespread corruption which cripples all levels of society – especially the government and including the church.
- Pray for an emphasis on discipleship and balanced Bible teaching in the Nigerian church, which continues to experience massive growth but whose teaching is often syncretistic and propserity – based.
- Pray for increasingly persecuted Christians in Islamicized northern states to be characterized by supernatural love and forgiveness.
Father.
May love and knowledge of you increase in Nigeria. May your church stand firm for truth in the midst of persecution. Dismantle the corruption that is in Nigeria. Jesus teach us self-control and contentment. Provide for our daily needs and keep us from greed.
Honor and glory and power to you alone,
In Jesus Name,
So be it!
Pray specifically for the Faith Alive clinic in Jos and its director Chris Isichei. The clinic has a wonderful holistic, thoroughly Christian , approach to HIV patients and serves everybody independent of their faith background.