Source: Prayercast email, March 2, 2014
On Sunday, March 9, the world will join in prayer for Myanmar (Burma), a nation steeped in poverty and ravaged by 60 years of civil war. Most live on US$1 a day, and two thirds of children are malnourished. Violent military dictatorships have killed thousands and displaced millions. Although freedom is increasing, forced labor, property destruction, and attacks on civilians continue across the nation.
With Christianity strongest among minority groups, ethnic- and religious-based violence often targets [their] particular villages. Even so, the church is growing within and beyond the minority, even into the Buddhist majority. Many Burmese are deeply entrenched in Buddhism and are in bondage to spiritism and the occult. Millions remain unreached.
Mark your calendars for the Global Day of Prayer for Burma; join the body of Christ around the world in intercession.
» See also Doctors Without Borders Expelled from Myanmar (ABC News).