Kuwait is a country in the Persian Gulf.
Emir: Sheik Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (2006)
Prime Minister: Sheikh Jabir al-Mubarak al-Hamad
al-Sabah (2011)
Total area: 6,880 sq mi (17,819 sq km)
Population (2012 est.): 2,646,314; birth
rate: 20.96/1000; life expectancy: 77.28
Capital (2009 est.): Kuwait, 2.23 million
Religions: Islam 85% (Sunni 70%, Shiite 30%); Christian,
Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%
This gulf state is best known in the U.S. as the catalyst for the 1991
Gulf War in which Kuwait was liberated from Iraq. Kuwait is the only gulf
nation to hold legislative elections, but the real power has been held by the
al-Sabath family for the last two centuries. Sumni Islam is the state religion.
Although the Gulf War resulted in loosening strict religious rules in Kuwait,
full freedom of worship is still not a reality. Only Muslims may become
citizens. Christians have the freedom to live and work in Kuwait, but worship
must be within the Christian community (a limited physical location).
Evangelism to Kuwaitis is forbidden. The Christian community in Kuwait includes
27 congregations that conduct church meetings in many languages. The government
discourages Christianity by providing financial incentives for those who claim
to be Muslim and has purchased large quantities of Bibles in order to burn
them.
(source: Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry website)
The Constitution provides for religious freedom.
There are between 200 and 400 Christian Kuwaitis.
Isaiah 56:3
Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD
will surely separate me from his people”; and let not the eunuch say, “Behold,
I am a dry tree.”
Isaiah 56:6-7
Also the sons of the foreigner
Who join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him,
And to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants—
Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And holds fast My covenant—
7 Even them I will bring to My holy mountain,
And make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
Will be accepted on My altar;
For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.
Who join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him,
And to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants—
Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And holds fast My covenant—
7 Even them I will bring to My holy mountain,
And make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
Will be accepted on My altar;
For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.
The foreigner is not kept from joining Himself to
the Lord. Rather, he will be brought into God’s holy mountain. His sacrifices
will be accepted, and he will experience the joy of the Lord.
PRAYER:
- Pray for the Christian converts from Islam that are at risk of harassment from several sources.
- Pray that God will protect the country from Islamic State militancy which would
not bode well for Christians.
- Lord, cause false teachers,
prophets and the unclean spirits to depart from the land.
- In Your strength and in the
majesty of Your name, lift up Your hand against the adversaries in the
land. Please LORD, throw down all their stronghold, cut off their carved
images, and sacred pillars.
- Blur the vision of their
soothsayers. Lord, banish the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock.
Collide with those that have spoken lies in the name of the Lord.
- Lord our God, please raise
and send selfless kingdom labourers in Your name and might to Kuwait.
- Lord, send Your Your Word of
Life into the hearts, homes, schools and all establishments over land of
Kuwait. Let the doors be open to the Mysterious Jesus Christ.
Let the knowledge of
the glory of the LORD uncover their hearts for the
saving knowledge of
CROSS OF JESUS CHRIST.
