Marc was beaten then locked in a room for following Christ.
Marc was beaten then locked in a room for following Christ.
Oct. 31, 2024 | Benin

Young Christian Escapes Voodooist Family

[17] prayers in [3] nations have been posted for Marc.

Marc, 21, battled a chronic illness and could not find a cure. He visited doctors and voodoo practitioners, but nothing seemed to help. Then a friend urged him to come to church. When Marc heard the gospel, he became a follower of Christ and was physically healed, later deciding to receive baptism. When he returned home from the baptismal service, his voodooist father had hired people to beat him. His father was upset that Marc, his oldest son, would forsake his duties to the family’s voodoo rituals and told him to leave. Marc stayed at a relative’s house, but some family members locked him in a room and tried to force him to return to pagan practices. Eventually he escaped through a window. Today, he lives with a pastor’s family, is trying to find a job, and hopes someday to preach the gospel. He said, “What made me to have courage is Jesus says in the Bible, ‘I will never abandon you.’”

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  • Loving Father, thank you for healing marc & revealing Your Love & truth to him. Please comfort him and provide for his needs. Protect him and give him understanding. Turn his eyes from looking at worthless things and revive him in your way, and establish your word. Bless him with a job that will provide him the means to fulfill your will for his life
    Julie C - USA
  • Thank you, Lord, for Marc"s faithful witness. Thank you that he has shared Jesus with his family. Protect him from the evil spirits that want to drag him back to voodoo. Bless him with a job, a wife and a family. Give him a ministry delivering others from the demons of voodoo.. Strengthen him, protect him and bless him. Amen.
    Vi P - USA
  • I pray for strength and endurance for Marc to find a job and never forget that Jesus will never abandon him.
    Barbara T - USA
  • Dear God, Thank You for Marc's faith. I pray that You may continue to help him grow and heal, and I pray that You may bless his found family and community. May they be cared for wholly. I pray that You may soften the hearts of people like Marc's family and protect the ones they would attack. Thank You. In Jesus's name, Amen.
    Rae M - USA
  • Gracias,Señor, porque en todo momento despliegas Tu poder y favor con quienes son fieles a Ti. Sabemos que has estado con Marc, le diste sanidad, y le mostraste Tu gracia. Por piedad pedimos que lo sigas fortaleciendo y protegiendo, asi como tambien a su familia, que pueda ver la Luz que Marc muestra por Tu obrar en su vida, y haya gloria a Tu Nombre
    Gonzalo Felipe M - Chile
  • Father, thank You for healing Marc, delivering him from voodoo, saving his soul, and never abandoning him, even while family and friends have forsaken and persecuted him for his faith in Jesus Christ. Thank You for the pastor who graciously allows Marc to stay in their home. Bless Marc and the pastor as they encourage each other in the most holy faith.
    Patrick V - USA
  • Mighty, all loving Father God.. I lift up Marc to you. I thank you that you've revealed your Greatness, Power & Love through JESUS sacrifice and the blessed Holy Spirit! Continue to pour out your Holy Spirit that he can walk Boldly & bring others to JESUS! Provide the work and miraculous provision he needs to be a faithful witness for you! In JESUS!
    Mark S - USA
  • Lord, we thank You for Marc, his healing and his true faith. Fill him with Your Spirit that he will walk closely with You and know Your ways. Fill him with Your wisdom and truth, and give him Your strength and courage to live as Your example. Please touch the lives of his family that they will all come to You with their lives through his faithfulness
    Aaron G - USA
  • Father God, thank You for Marc's healing. Thank You for taking care of him when his family persecuted him. Thank You for the courage he has in You. Provide what he needs & bless those who are helping him. Grow him up in Christ and give him more of You. Help him to walk in step with the Holy Spirit. God bless him. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen
    Rebecca C - USA
  • Father God, thank you for healing Marc. Protect and guide him. Help him to be a witness for you and through his circumstances, reveal to others the saving love of Jesus Christ. Continue to give him courage and help him to see the path that you want for him. In Jesus name. Amen
    Jonathan G - USA
  • Dear Lord,

    Words can not be expressed when I hear this nonsense in this world. The Devil has entrenched himself, but we know that Your power is more supreme. We pray for Marc, who is trying to find a job, and hopes someday to preach the gospel. He said, "What made me to have courage is Jesus says in the Bible, "I will never abandon you"!

    Amen!
    Chris R - USA
  • Thank you Lord for healing Marc, spiritually and physically! Help him to grow in his walk with you and help him stand firm in the midst of persecution from his family. Protect him, Father! By your Spirit use Marc's faith to influence his family and bring them to Salvatiin. In Jesus' name. Amen.
    Beverly D - USA
  • Thank you Father for Marc's courage and faith!

    Holy Spirit please continue to strengthen him with might in his inner man both to will and to do of your good pleasure in Jesus name.
    Michael O - USA
  • Lord God we praise you for healing Marc in body and spirit. Thank you thaty he counts you more precious than the approval of family. Thank you for providing an escape from those who beat him and locked him up.
    Cover him with your grace aas he grows in faith. Lead him to a job that will supply his needs.
    In Jesus name, Amen.
    Lois Y - USA
  • Bless you, Marc. Hallelujah. Thank You Jesus for saving this young man. Thank You for healing him & placing in him the desire to preach the Gospel. Protect him from every spiritual & physical attack. Cover him when he wakes & sleeps. Use him for Your glory. But please remember his family. May they come to the Father through Jesus our Lord. Amen.
    Claire C - Barbados
  • Lord, You have seen Marc and know his trials. You have been there and are there in the midst of them. Please anoint Marc's life that he may go forth and boldly preach the Word. Prosper him in every way and let those who oppose him fall back.
    Roberta V - USA
  • Dearest Father: Praise be to You for calling Marc out of pagan darkness to the light of Christ & healing him! Please protect him & provide a job for him. Help him to grow in faith & the knowledge of You. Soften the hearts of his father & other family members to bring them to Christ. May Marc bear much fruit to Your glory for we ask in Jesus' Name. Amen
    Mario C - USA
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