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Pray for the church to confront injustice with compassion

Pray for Government

A freight train on Morant's Curve below the Rocky Mountains
A freight train at Morant's Curve in the Canadian Rockies. Kabelleger / David Gubler / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

Isaiah 1:17 World English Bible

Reflection

When harm or unfair treatment goes unaddressed, quiet neutrality often functions as consent. Believers carry a responsibility to stand beside vulnerable neighbours and speak truth where hardship is overlooked. Ask God to awaken local congregations from complacency, replacing indifference with active care. Pray for discernment to spot wrongdoing, moral courage to voice concern without hostility, and deep empathy that moves communities to act alongside those who suffer.

Prayer

Pray that the church would not sit back in silence when injustice is seen, but would be awakened to respond with conviction and compassion.

This prayer point first appeared in NHOP's prayer strategy for 2 May 2026.