Pray for Damascus

Population: 1,570,000

Damascus is the second largest city in Syria and one of the oldest cities in the world.

Damascus saw huge growth due to a steady migration from rural areas to the city looking for jobs and education. There are many people groups in Damascus: ‘Alawites, Druze, Kurds, Circassians, Shia and Sunni Muslims, Syriac and Armenian Christians.

It is also home to the Umayyad Great Mosque, which is known as one of the largest mosques in the world. There is over 2,000 mosques in the city, and most of the residents are Muslim.

"But declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance." Acts 26:20.

Lord, as Paul proclaimed Your truth in Damascus, would You again call believers in that place to stand and proclaim Your truth; calling on those of that city to repent.