Psalm 46:1 NCV God is our protection and our strength. He always helps in times of trouble.
More than 60 girls who had been taken by the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram escaped over the weekend and are now under the protection of the Nigerian government.
A local official in the Chibok area of Borno state told the Associated Press Monday that the girls were being held by a group of terrorists who attacked a military outpost. The girls escaped when the terrorists left to launch the attack on the base.
Officials say most of the girls are in good health but about a quarter had to be hospitalized because of infections and wounds. Several of the girls reported being beaten by their captors.
The girls reported they were not part of a larger group, meaning the terrorists have broken the girls up into smaller groups. Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau has threatened to sell the girls into slavery if the government does not pay for their release.
Dear God, thank you for this encouraging word. Please also release all the other captives in Jesus name and punish the wicked.
Thank you Lord! Your mercy endures forever! We thank you! We pray, Father, for every prisoner, that they may know you as the God who sent his word and healed the people, and delivered them from out of their destructions, and saved them from out of their distresses; as the one who came to set captives free in Jesus’ name! Hallelujah!