Australia Calls the World to Pray for the Nations
Australia Christian prayer leaders invite their brothers and sisters in Christ, prayer groups, prayer networks and churches to join with them all over the world to pray at sunrise on New Year's Day 2020 at a public location such as a hill, lookout or landmark in your city or town.
This year our focus is to pray for the nations. Over the last two years we had registrations from 50 different countries including USA, South Africa, Namibia, Pakistan, Japan, United Kingdom, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Zealand, and Australia.
Warwick Marsh, coordinator for Australia’s National Day of Prayer & Fasting said, “David said in Psalm 108:2, “I will wake the dawn with my song.” During this time of prayer, we want to focus on giving great praise to God. We also want to pray for revival and transformation, that God will bring healing to each of our nations: 2 Chronicles 7:14. Let us all pray for a great harvest of souls for the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Marsh continued, “In declaring Jesus Christ as Lord at this worldwide Sunrise Prayer Relay we are circling the globe with prayer, praise and worship and surrendering our lives to Jesus Christ for the glory of God. Psalms 113:3 says, “From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised.” This year we want to challenge people to pray for the nations. Use the prayer resources on the website and social media and register your location at: www.sunriseprayerrelay.org
Our prayer is that with your help, this worldwide Prayer and Praise Relay will go viral.”
Pat Steele, a prayer & evangelist leader in Wollongong Australia, said, “We encourage you to pray the Lord's Prayer together aloud as the sun rises and make a declaration that Jesus Christ is Lord of your life, your family, your region and your nation. Let’s also join to pray for the nations.
At your location we encourage you to include praise and worship, prayers, and scripture readings. We suggest 30 minutes, but you can pray for longer. You could even take communion, shine a torch, or light a candle. What you do for your sunrise celebration is up to you.”
Share photos and videos from your location on social media.
Use the hashtag: #sunriseprayerrelay
Website: www.sunriseprayerelay.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sunriseprayerrelay
Instagram: www.instagram.com/sunriseprayerrelay
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSTHRAixKOQ
Contact: Warwick Marsh 61 418 225212 or Pat Steele by email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Finishing the Task Conference 3-5 December 2019
http://finishingthetask.org/
Sunrise Prayer Relay 1st Jan 2020
40 Days of Prayer for 2020 – Preparing Hearts
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EksUzKPVPfkKg8Ki2bLnDaeaCqFa3UZC/view
5 Days of Prayer for the Khawlan People of Saudi Arabia and Yemen – 14th-18th Feb 2020
https://www.pray-ap.info/focus.html
Seek God for the City Feb 26–Apr 5, 2020
https://waymakers.org/pray/seek-god/
Go 2020 – Reaching 1 Billion for Christ - May 2020
One God - One Day - One Africa – 31st May 2020
UPRising Events Calendar
UPRising Australia - July 14-18, 2020 - Sydney, Australia
UPRising New England - November 19-21, 2020 - New England, USA
BOOK: Pastor Andrew Brunson – God’s Hostage
29 Nov 2019
In 1993, Andrew Brunson was asked to travel to Turkey, the largest unevangelized country in the world, to serve as a missionary. Though hesitant because of the daunting and dangerous task that lay ahead, Andrew and his wife, Norine, believed this was God's plan for them.
What followed was a string of threats and attacks, but also successes in starting new churches in a place where many people had never met a Christian. As their work with refugees from Syria, including Kurds, gained attention and suspicion, Andrew and Norine acknowledged the threat but accepted the risk, determining to stay unless God told them to leave.
In 2016, they were arrested. Though the State eventually released Norine, who remained in Turkey, Andrew was imprisoned. Accused of being a spy and being among the plotters of the attempted coup, he became a political pawn whose story soon became known around the world.
God's Hostage is the incredible true story of his imprisonment, his brokenness, and his eventual freedom. Anyone with a heart for missions, especially to the Muslim world, will love this tension-laden and faith-laced book.
Watch a video of Andrew and his wife, Noreen on Fox News: https://video.foxnews.com/v/6094662239001
Buy the book from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Hostage-Persecution-Imprisonment-Perseverance/dp/0801094879/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=gods+hostage&qid=1574951175&sr=8-1
Pray for Zero Prayer Guide - Download
29 Nov 2019
Thank you for your partnership in bringing God’s eternal Word to the Bibleless. We are excited to share the third volume of the Pray for Zero Guide with you.
The new guide will help you pray for:
Translators - The People
Translation - The Work
Transformation - The Impact
This guide is packed with resources to equip you in your prayers.
Specific prayer points for the 12 key areas
Scripture-based prayers to recite
Stories of life transformation from around the world
Each page was crafted to empower you as a prayer partner and to invite the presence of God into your prayer time.
Download the new Pray for Zero guide, and unite with us in prayer for the Bibleless.
When we pray Scripture back to God, we can be confident we are praying His will. His Word never returns without fulfilling His purposes.
“It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.”
— Isaiah 55:11 NLT
DOWNLOAD THE NEW PRAYER GUIDE HERE - https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9747aaed806a398f98dee7604/files/e6692113-81fd-4566-bc78-1f179ea43945/Prayer_Giode_2019_Digital_Version.pdf
WayMakers: Seek God – Prayer Guides
29 Nov 2019
Would you like a great way to encourage united, corporate prayer in your church and throughout your city and community? We know we should pray and be people of prayer, but when prayer only becomes another “wish list”, we can find our hearts distracted and unsure if we are even “getting through” to God. You can be assured He hears and answers us. Take a look at the article, “Be Assured That You are Heard,” by Steve Hawthorne.
God loves to hear the prayers of His people, and He is faithful to fulfill His word. The Seek God for the City prayers spring directly from scripture. Praying about the desires and longings of God’s heart will amplify and enlarge your own expectations about what God is doing and has promised He will do. You won’t be praying alone – you and your church will be praying with thousands of people during this 40-day season.
Don’t delay in ordering your Seek God prayer guides. Seek God begins on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, and continues through Palm Sunday, April 5. Check our website for ordering information and other helpful prayer resources. Place your order today.
Be encouraged in these days. God is fulfilling His purposes and will be faithful to His Word. Let’s find our hearts freshly renewed and our hope strengthened as we call out to God together.
Yours in hope,
Barb Hawthorne | Stephanie Tucker
www.WayMakers.org
PS The app will be in the app stores later this month. The Spanish translation will be available in December 2019.
Ghana: a step towards ending slavery
28 Nov 2019
Thousands of children aged between three and seventeen live in slavery on Lake Volta, working up to 18 hours a day in the fishing industry. They are paid in daily abuse and threats, and the only way out is to drown or be rescued. Praise God for two convictions when the accused men pleaded guilty to human trafficking. One of them, who used the children for labour on his fishing boat, must also pay a fine or spend an additional year to the five-year sentence if unable to pay. While IJM has previously seen convictions for child labour in Ghana, these are their first for human trafficking, and a significant step toward ending slavery in the fishing industry.
Advent prayer resource
28 Nov 2019
SAT-7 constantly receive testimonies of people whose lives are being transformed by Jesus. Some grew up in Christian homes, others first met with Jesus through their television screens. Some had a chance encounter with a Christian and wanted to find out more, others first discovered His joy through picking up a Bible in their own language. SAT-7 have just produced a prayer guide to give us a glimpse into some of their stories. Over the course of Advent they will take people on a journey across the Middle East and North Africa, through the 25 countries where they work, visiting a different country each day, and discovering plenty of reasons to rejoice – as well as ideas for prayer requests.
Archbishops' general election message
28 Nov 2019
Time to ‘leave our echo chambers’ and listen to others, said the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. ‘Stand up for the truth and challenge falsehoods when we hear them’. They are urging voters to ‘honour the gift of truth’ as they engage in political debate in the run-up to the general election. Their letter calls people to engage responsibly on social media and uphold the Christian values of truth, humility and love. ‘People who hold different political views are not our enemies,’ they say. The message also calls on Christians to reject the ‘language of prejudice’, particularly at a time when several groups - especially in Jewish and Muslim communities - feel threatened. Pray that debates will unite rather than divide, and bring us together to trust our institutions, politicians and our politics. See also the next article, on Anti-Semitism, politics and prayer.