Prayer
Pray for: As Christianity Grows in India, Burial Space Shrinks
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Christianity Today·November 10, 2026
Tears welled up in Sunitha Rani’s eyes and her voice softened as she recounted the agonizing wait her family had to endure to secure a grave plot for her husband, who died at age 66 last year. Rani and her children wanted to bury John Sukumar in the southern Indian city of…
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Maker of Heaven and Earth, we lift up the believers in India who face the challenge of limited burial space. You know every sparrow and have counted the very hairs on our heads. Comfort families like Sunitha Rani's, who wait and search for a place to lay their loved ones to rest. Provide spaces for Christian burials in southern cities, making a way where there seems to be none. Let Your Church grow strong even in this difficulty, and reveal Jesus to those around them as the hope beyond the grave. Strengthen these communities with Your peace that passes all understanding, and let them shine as a light in the darkness. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Anchored in
Luke 12:6-7
also: Philippians 4:7