Honoring the Dead

Day 3 of 31 Days of Prayer for Viet Nam

Most Vietnamese people are very spiritual.  Though about half of the people identify themselves as Buddhist, the core of Vietnamese spirituality is ancestor worship and honoring spirits of the dead.  Nearly every household contains an ancestor altar where Vietnamese pray to the spirits of the dead, burn incense, and offer up food or money to their ancestors.  People who decide to leave this traditional lifestyle to follow Jesus face severe persecution from their families and are labeled as ancestor traitors.

Pray that God would destroy the spiritual bonds of ancestor worship that hold Vietnamese people in darkness and reveal His truth to them.

Pray for Christians to have boldness and strength to show love and honor to their families without worshipping ancestors.