Pray for Connections between People in NK with the Rest of the World.
Having successfully escaped to the outside world, P is now a committed Christian brother seeking to disciple his circle of family, friends and former colleagues back in North Korea. P utilizes various opportunities to exchange information with them, including contact through mobile phones. For the most part, domestic mobile devices and systems in NK are restricted from receiving communication from the outside world, and one way that NKs get around this is by using mobile phones from nearby nations in certain geographic areas. This month, there has been another crack-down on such activity, as the government there punished about 30 of its citizens for contacting the outside world. Pray for open lines of communication with people inside NK!
Pray for the reopening of North Korea: In August, NK announced the reopening of its door to international tourism for the first time since 2020 during the outbreak of COVID-19. May this reopening play a positive role in keeping lines of communication open for people within NK.
Pray for true discernment and favor: The state security ministry has tried people using mobile phones from other places for “anti-state” behavior. Ask the Lord for officials to have supernatural godly discernment to distinguish between political subversion and authentic Christian discipleship, and grant favor accordingly.
Pray for protected connections: As the regime continues its crackdown on illegal cross-border activities, ask the Lord to mercifully protect all possible connections for the sake of sharing God’s Word and discipling those who will disciple others.
Pray for mercy on the accused: While eradicating illegal behavior is a good thing for society, many reports circulate about people falsely accused and sentenced to labor or prison camps along with their family members. In such camps, they are subject to torture and even execution. Pray for God’s mercy on those individuals; may those who are already Christians be strengthened by the Spirit of God to have hope and continue sharing the Gospel with fellow prisoners.
Pray for discipleship generations: As long as such harsh crackdowns are in force, ask the Lord to anoint those who already have God’s Word and/or are already trained in some discipleship principles to courageously and effectively pass on what they have received to new generations of disciples. Although NK officials warn that people contacting information abroad will be eliminated from NK society for generations to come, God promises in Psalm 22 that “dominion belongs to the Lord and He rules over the nations. … future generations will be told about the Lord, they will proclaim His righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: ‘He has done it!’”