Reading: Luke 12:49-53 ESV

“I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

Prayer: Lord Jesus – I pray today for divided families… divided between believers and unbelievers. And I pray particularly for Muslim Background Believers. Strengthen them… give them the courage and grace to endure rejection and abuse for their faith. Protect them and guard them from the schemes and snares of the Evil One. Hear their prayers when they cry out to you in their anguish. And do not let them be put to shame for their belief and trust in you. To God be the glory. Amen.

Spiritual Song: “Break Every Chain” – Jesus Culture