Global Day of Prayer
(for the week of April 30 - May 6, 2006)
FROM THE NATIONAL PRAYER EMBASSY
HERE IS TODAY'S PRAYER ALERT: IN
MARCH 2001, 45,000 CHRISTIANS
GATHERED AT A SPORTS STADIUM IN
CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA FOR A DAY
OF REPENTANCE AND PRAYER. THAT
LED TO EIGHT OTHER AREAS ACROSS
SOUTH AFRICA HOLDING SIMILAR
EVENTS IN 2002. THEN THAT LED TO
"THE DAY OF REPENTANCE AND
PRAYER FOR AFRICA" HELD IN MAY
2003 AND AGAIN IN MAY 2004. AT THE
2004 EVENT ALL 56 COUNTRIES IN
AFRICA PARTICIPATED, INCLUDING A
TOTAL OF MORE THAN 22 MILLION
PEOPLE, MANY IN LARGE OUTDOOR
MEETINGS BROADCAST BY TV AND
RADIO. THEN IN 2005 A "GLOBAL DAY
OF PRAYER" WAS ORGANIZED BY
CHRISTIAN LEADERS AROUND THE
WORLD FOR PENTECOST SUNDAY,
MAY 15TH. THIS YEAR ANOTHER GLOBAL
DAY OF PRAYER IS BEING PLANNED,
AGAIN FOR PENTECOST SUNDAY,
WHICH FALLS THIS YEAR ON JUNE 4TH.
MORE THAN 200 MILLION CHRISTIANS
FROM ALMOST EVERY COUNTRY WILL
UNITE IN PRAYER FOR CHRIST’S
GLORY AND THE TRANSFORMATION
OF THE NATIONS. LIVE BROADCASTS
AND THOUSANDS OF GATHERINGS ARE
BEING PLANNED FOR LARGE STADIUMS,
CHURCHES AND HOMES. A TEN-DAY
PRAYER GUIDE HAS BEEN PREPARED
FOR USE ON MAY 25TH TO JUNE 4TH.
LET’S PRAY ABOUT ALL OF THIS
TODAY: "FATHER GOD, IN THE NAME
OF JESUS, WE THANK YOU
FOR HELPING US TO BRING FORTH ON
THE GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER THOSE
FERVENT AND EFFECTUAL PRAYERS
BASED ON YOUR WORD AND
MULTIPLIED IN UNITY THAT WILL AVAIL
MUCH GOOD FOR OUR WORLD. WE
THANK YOU LORD FOR GOOD WEATHER
LEADING UP TO AND ON JUNE 4TH TO
FACILITATE ALL OF THE OUTDOOR
PRAYER MEETINGS THAT WILL BE HELD.
WE THANK YOU LORD FOR HELPING ALL
THOSE WORKING TO ORGANIZE PRAYER
MEETINGS FOR THE GLOBAL DAY OF
PRAYER, IN JESUS’ NAME, AMEN!"