流離失所的民眾
據聯合國難民署最新報告,在2017年，每兩秒鐘就有一個人在世界某角落被迫離開常居地。截至去年底，因戰亂、暴力和逼害而被迫逃離家園的人，達到六千八百五十萬，這是史無前例的。
流離失所者可分為境內和國際兩個類別。前者在自己國境內被迫離鄉背井，後者被迫越過國際邊界成為難民。他們往往獲安置在環境欠佳的難民營。據聯合國難民專員公署報告，流離失所者當中，過半數是兒童,而大部分都與父母失散。
發展中國家
受影響最大的是發展中國家，流離失所的絕大部分是它們自己的國民。在2017年,除了舉世觸目的敘利亞難民潮,還有非洲剛果共和國的危機、南蘇丹的戰亂以及七十萬羅興亞難民從緬甸湧進孟加拉。這些地區的局勢都令流離失所者的數目激增。聯合國數字又顯示:全球難民有三分之二來自五個國家–敘利亞、阿富汗、南蘇丹、緬甸和索馬利亞。這還沒計算長期受聯合國照顧的巴勒斯坦人。
至於收留難民的國家，在2017年首推土耳其，它境內共有三百五十萬難民。若以難民對東主國人口比例計算，最高的是黎巴嫩。
為發展中國家禱告
– 劉袁䓝萓傳道
主耶穌，我們記得當祢仍是小孩，祢已經是難民。天父上帝啊，祢的愛子也曾與約瑟和馬利亞逃難，遠走它鄉。現在求祢側耳細聽眾多難民的呼求，憐憫這些飽受仇恨、戰亂、暴力、貪婪和飢餓摧殘的人。
我們為加拿大和所有國家禱告。願管治人民的領袖珍惜每一條生命，以至誠服務大眾，以公平對待國民，並且定意尋求和平解決紛爭。
求祢幫助我們以和平修補分裂，讓我們更深地憐憫流離失所的人。不要讓我們將他們視為有待解決的問或威脅；讓我們看見被迫離鄉背井的寶貴生命。
神啊，我們知道難民和流離失所者正面臨生死攸關的抉擇。求祢憐憫他們。求祢憐憫那些帶著兒女逃命的父母。求祢憐憫那些不能離開原居地，卻要面對嚴重後果的人。求祢憐憫那些無處容身的難民，顧念他們正飽受風霜日曬之苦。
我們為各地的局勢禱告，也為散播極端思想，高壓政權，販賣人口的不法分子禱告。願他們認罪悔改，免得祢的審判降在他們身上。
求主使我們有憐憫的心，讓我們幫助流離失所的人。賜我們勇氣和力量，面對複雜和艱鉅的難題，伸張公義。我們深信祢愛世人。求祢使我們成為你的器皿，讓世界經歷祢的慈愛與和平。奉主耶穌的名禱告，阿們。
如果你想瞭解更多關於城北在發展中國家的和平福音工作，或有負擔參與這方面的服侍，請以電郵方式聯絡劉袁䓝萓傳道。
Displaced People
Every two seconds, someone in the world was forcibly displaced in 2017, according to a new report by the U.N. Refugee Agency. Due to wars, violence and persecution, 68.5 million people were forced to flee their homes by the end of 2017 — a record high and a trend that has continued for five years.
Displaced people include internally displaced people (people who remain in their own countries) as well as refugees (people who cross international borders). They often end up in large camps where environmental health measures are insufficient. More than half of those displaced were children, many unaccompanied or separated from their parents, the UNHCR’s Global Trends report found.
Developing Countries
The vast majority of the displacements affected developing nations, and overwhelmingly consisted of people who fled their homes but remained inside their own country. Apart from the Syrian refugees, the crisis in Democratic Republic of the Congo, war in South Sudan and the plight of 700,000 Rohingya refugees who fled from Myanmar into Bangladesh, were big contributors to the displaced population in 2017. Just these five countries — Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar and Somalia — accounted for two-thirds of all the world’s refugees, if excluding long-term Palestinians under the U.N.’s care. In 2017, Turkey remained the largest host nation, with a population of 3.5 million refugees, while Lebanon had the greatest number in comparison to its population.
Praying for developing countries
– Pastor Maymie Lau
Lord Jesus Christ, we remember that in your infancy you were a refugee. God of protection, whose Son fled violence from his own home with Joseph and Mary and sought refuge in a foreign land, hear the cries of all who suffer because of hatred, war, violence, greed, and famine.
God Who makes us One, we pray for our nation and all the nations of the world, that those who govern the people and have authority over them may consider each life to be of value and may serve the people of their nation with equity and fairness, dedicating themselves to peaceful resolution of conflict.
Help us to peacefully mend our divisions, to grow in compassion for those who are displaced from their homes in our day. Help us not to see them only as problems, statistics or threats. Help us to see refugees as fellow humans who have been forced to flee their homes.
O God, we know refugees and displaced persons must make excruciating decisions, and we ask for your mercy upon them.
We ask for mercy for parents who take children from their homes. Mercy for those who choose to stay for whatever reasons and who live with severe consequences for those choices. We ask for mercy for those whose housing is inadequate – cold in winter, hot in summer, insufficient for privacy or hygiene or satisfaction.
We also pray for the situations that have led to the refugee crises in our world. We pray for those who promote extremist ideologies, we pray for repressive regimes, and we pray for human smugglers and traffickers, may they repent from their sinful acts lest your judgment falls on them.
Help us O Lord, to be compassionate and to know how we can help those who have been displaced. Give us courage and strength to be people of compassion and justice in the face of complex and overwhelming demands. We know that you love all people, dear Lord. Help us to be the instruments of your love and peace in the world. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.
If you are interested in knowing more about RHCCC’s PEACE program in developing countries or would like to participate in this ministry, please contact Pastor Maymie Lau.
流離失所的民眾
據聯合國難民署最新報告,在2017年，每兩秒鐘就有一個人在世界某角落被迫離開常居地。截至去年底，因戰亂、暴力和逼害而被迫逃離家園的人，達到六千八百五十萬，這是史無前例的。
流離失所者可分為境內和國際兩個類別。前者在自己國境內被迫離鄉背井，後者被迫越過國際邊界成為難民。他們往往獲安置在環境欠佳的難民營。據聯合國難民專員公署報告，流離失所者當中，過半數是兒童,而大部分都與父母失散。
發展中國家
受影響最大的是發展中國家，流離失所的絕大部分是它們自己的國民。在2017年,除了舉世觸目的敘利亞難民潮,還有非洲剛果共和國的危機、南蘇丹的戰亂以及七十萬羅興亞難民從緬甸湧進孟加拉。這些地區的局勢都令流離失所者的數目激增。聯合國數字又顯示:全球難民有三分之二來自五個國家–敘利亞、阿富汗、南蘇丹、緬甸和索馬利亞。這還沒計算長期受聯合國照顧的巴勒斯坦人。
至於收留難民的國家，在2017年首推土耳其，它境內共有三百五十萬難民。若以難民對東主國人口比例計算，最高的是黎巴嫩。
為發展中國家禱告
– 劉袁䓝萓傳道
主耶穌，我們記得當祢仍是小孩，祢已經是難民。天父上帝啊，祢的愛子也曾與約瑟和馬利亞逃難，遠走它鄉。現在求祢側耳細聽眾多難民的呼求，憐憫這些飽受仇恨、戰亂、暴力、貪婪和飢餓摧殘的人。
我們為加拿大和所有國家禱告。願管治人民的領袖珍惜每一條生命，以至誠服務大眾，以公平對待國民，並且定意尋求和平解決紛爭。
求祢幫助我們以和平修補分裂，讓我們更深地憐憫流離失所的人。不要讓我們將他們視為有待解決的問或威脅；讓我們看見被迫離鄉背井的寶貴生命。
神啊，我們知道難民和流離失所者正面臨生死攸關的抉擇。求祢憐憫他們。求祢憐憫那些帶著兒女逃命的父母。求祢憐憫那些不能離開原居地，卻要面對嚴重後果的人。求祢憐憫那些無處容身的難民，顧念他們正飽受風霜日曬之苦。
我們為各地的局勢禱告，也為散播極端思想，高壓政權，販賣人口的不法分子禱告。願他們認罪悔改，免得祢的審判降在他們身上。
求主使我們有憐憫的心，讓我們幫助流離失所的人。賜我們勇氣和力量，面對複雜和艱鉅的難題，伸張公義。我們深信祢愛世人。求祢使我們成為你的器皿，讓世界經歷祢的慈愛與和平。奉主耶穌的名禱告，阿們。
如果你想瞭解更多關於城北在發展中國家的和平福音工作，或有負擔參與這方面的服侍，請以電郵方式聯絡劉袁䓝萓傳道。
Displaced People
Every two seconds, someone in the world was forcibly displaced in 2017, according to a new report by the U.N. Refugee Agency. Due to wars, violence and persecution, 68.5 million people were forced to flee their homes by the end of 2017 — a record high and a trend that has continued for five years.
Displaced people include internally displaced people (people who remain in their own countries) as well as refugees (people who cross international borders). They often end up in large camps where environmental health measures are insufficient. More than half of those displaced were children, many unaccompanied or separated from their parents, the UNHCR’s Global Trends report found.
Developing Countries
The vast majority of the displacements affected developing nations, and overwhelmingly consisted of people who fled their homes but remained inside their own country. Apart from the Syrian refugees, the crisis in Democratic Republic of the Congo, war in South Sudan and the plight of 700,000 Rohingya refugees who fled from Myanmar into Bangladesh, were big contributors to the displaced population in 2017. Just these five countries — Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar and Somalia — accounted for two-thirds of all the world’s refugees, if excluding long-term Palestinians under the U.N.’s care. In 2017, Turkey remained the largest host nation, with a population of 3.5 million refugees, while Lebanon had the greatest number in comparison to its population.
Praying for developing countries
– Pastor Maymie Lau
Lord Jesus Christ, we remember that in your infancy you were a refugee. God of protection, whose Son fled violence from his own home with Joseph and Mary and sought refuge in a foreign land, hear the cries of all who suffer because of hatred, war, violence, greed, and famine.
God Who makes us One, we pray for our nation and all the nations of the world, that those who govern the people and have authority over them may consider each life to be of value and may serve the people of their nation with equity and fairness, dedicating themselves to peaceful resolution of conflict.
Help us to peacefully mend our divisions, to grow in compassion for those who are displaced from their homes in our day. Help us not to see them only as problems, statistics or threats. Help us to see refugees as fellow humans who have been forced to flee their homes.
O God, we know refugees and displaced persons must make excruciating decisions, and we ask for your mercy upon them.
We ask for mercy for parents who take children from their homes. Mercy for those who choose to stay for whatever reasons and who live with severe consequences for those choices. We ask for mercy for those whose housing is inadequate – cold in winter, hot in summer, insufficient for privacy or hygiene or satisfaction.
We also pray for the situations that have led to the refugee crises in our world. We pray for those who promote extremist ideologies, we pray for repressive regimes, and we pray for human smugglers and traffickers, may they repent from their sinful acts lest your judgment falls on them.
Help us O Lord, to be compassionate and to know how we can help those who have been displaced. Give us courage and strength to be people of compassion and justice in the face of complex and overwhelming demands. We know that you love all people, dear Lord. Help us to be the instruments of your love and peace in the world. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.
If you are interested in knowing more about RHCCC’s PEACE program in developing countries or would like to participate in this ministry, please contact Pastor Maymie Lau.