As Christians, we have a lot of commands from God about how to treat others. God tells us to love our neighbors just like we love ourselves. He tells us to show hospitality to needy people. He even says that while we’re being kind to strangers, we might be entertaining angels without knowing it! (Hebrews 13:2) What if you had a refugee over to dinner, and he or she turned out to be an angel? You would be glad you didn’t miss that dinner appointment!

All these things should come to mind when we’re thinking about refugees and migrants. Many of the people on the move have been driven out by evil governments. Many of them need a great deal of help. They need simple things we take for granted every day: somewhere to live, food, water, and good shoes for their journeys. They are not just intruders. They are people made in God’s image. Most of them are Muslim. They need to know the truth about Jesus just like we do.

We can ask God to give us wisdom about how to help these people best. But what about people who live in the countries to which movers are traveling? We can think about their welfare too. Will the great numbers of people flooding into Europe make life harder for everyone there—including the movers? If immigration laws are broken, how will the world handle this huge crisis? What rules will guide them?

Above all, we can pray that God brings peace to the places the movers come from. How wonderful it would be if migrants and refugees could prosper in the places they call home!