National Day of Prayer and Fasting 10 February 2013

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The National Day of Prayer and Fasting will be held on Sunday 10 February 2013. The theme for 2013 will be LIFE. We invite you to mark it in your diary now and set aside this time in your own church,  send a representative or come yourself to the Prayer Service in the Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra between 10AM and 4PM on Sunday 10 February 2013. The National Day of Prayer and Fasting is followed by 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting over the period of Lent from 13 February – 24 March 2013. www.40daysofprayer.com.au 

We will be praying together for a Life Breakthru in our nation. Jesus said, “I have come to give you life and life more abundantly.” We will be praying for an outpouring of God’s Life to turn back the tide of death. We need to establish a culture where human life is valued from conception to a natural passing. Where old people are not threatened with euthanasia, where children are protected in the womb and all life is valued and considered precious. God loves children and as a Father he wants to protect his children. We should follow his example. The ‘40 Days of Prayer and Fasting coincides with ‘40 Days for Life’. Join with the mission of 40 Days for Life if you are able. For more information go to: www.40daysforlife.com 

The over arching theme of the National Days of Prayer and Fasting is revival and transformation for our nation. If each church attending believer brought one person to Christ in one year, and discipled them to live through Gods life in Christ, we could double the Australian church in one year. At that rate we could win Australia for Christ in 4 years.  Life produces life. Please pass this call to prayer on to your friends and networks. Together we can make a difference. 

The vision is to hold a National Day of Prayer and Fasting every year for 4 years on the Sunday before Lent begins, and to use the National Day of Prayer and Fasting to promote a 40 day period of prayer and fasting during Lent. Many churches are already praying through Lent.  Lent in 2013 is from 13 February to 24 March. The foundational vision of this 40 day period of prayer and fasting would be the same as the National Day of Prayer and Fasting, that is, the spiritual renewal and transformation of our nation through the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. How you choose to observe this call to prayer would be up to you. Why not pray about it?  Maybe a Daniel Fast, maybe missing one meal a day or fasting one day a week. 

Five Point Prayer Plan – LIFE 

1. Call for you to renew your love and life for God.
2. Call for you to make a list of friends you will pray for on each of these 40 days, praying they will find new life in Jesus Christ. You could even give them a rose for Easter – a sign of God’s love.
3. Commit to include this call to prayer in your church calendar and mobilise your church to pray for a release of Gods Life in our nation.
4. Pray that we will see a culture of life replace a culture of death and that “respect for life, from conception to natural death will be enshrined in law and public policy.” www.40daysforlife.com
5. Pray each day for an outpouring of life, revival and transformation for Australia.