It’s hot enough
here but imagine living in Uttar Pradesh, India, where temperatures can reach
40C. Then imagine your neighbours had cut off a vital water supply… just because
you were a Christian.
Our brothers and sisters in a village in the northern state are being
denied access to water for their crops – to force them to deny Jesus. They have
steadfastly refused.
Please pray that God will strengthen our Christian family in Jalalabad
village in Ghazipur District, as they come under
intense pressure to recant their faith.
Local Hindus are refusing to sell water from their boreholes to four
Christian families, and their crops are dying as a result. Even local police and
the village chief have not intervened to restore the water supply, despite the
Christians’ appeals for help.
Neighbours accuse the Christians of converting people by force. Yet, on
one recent occasion, a mob forced every local Christian to take part in Hindu
rituals and declare that they denied Christ. Some younger Christians reportedly
felt they had no option but to give in to these demands. Those who resisted were
beaten – and now find themselves without water for farming. Release Int.
