SACLA Call to Prayer
FOR SOUTH AFRICA
(NO 2: FOURTH QUARTER 2004)

1. South Africa: Pray for God’s blessing over South Africa and its people (Jer 29:7). Pray that God’s Kingdom will come and His will be done in South Africa.

2. Christians in South Africa: Pray for an increase in fervency of our love for Jesus Christ our Savior, God our Father and the Holy Spirit our Helper. (Eph 2:4-5)

3. Leaders: Pray for all leaders in South Africa according to 1 Tim 2:1-2. Specifically pray for president, cabinet and members of parliament, and premiers of the provinces.

4. Church: Pray for all Christian Churches in South Africa. Pray for growth (spiritually and in numbers), finances and protection from deception. (Eph 6:18)

5. Unity: Pray for unity in purpose amongst the Christian Churches in South Africa to address physical, mental & emotional, social and spiritual needs of the people of South Africa. Specifically pray Jesus’ prayer in John 17:20-26 as well as Eph 3:14 – 4:16

6. Lost: Pray for those that do not know Jesus Christ as their Saviour in South Africa. Pray for the preparation and gathering of the harvest. Pray for those working in gathering the harvest. (1 Tim 2:3-6)

7. Identificational Repentance: Pray that God will forgive sin in South Africa. Let us in this period specifically repent of the sin of sexual immorality in all its forms in South Africa.

8. Giants: Pray for breakthroughs concerning the “giants” (Num 13:33, 14:9) in our society: HIV/AIDS, poverty, crime and violence, abuse of women, children and men, families in crisis, the elderly, substance abuse and the homeless.

9. Pray for the Lord’s wisdom for our church leaders and authorities as the subject of same-sex marriages are debated on its way to becoming law. Pray for unity and strength as church leaders engage the authorities on the issue. “Lord, let Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven”

10. Pray that the Lord will bless our fields with good rain during the season. Pray for rain in the Cape where the winter rains did not come.

    Thank You Lord: Let us thank the Lord for His Hand on our country and its people!

1. FOR SACLA: Pray for the SACLA Co-Conveners (Michael Cassidy, Bishop Lunga ka Siboto, Rev Moss Ntlha) and Council. Pray for the Facilitation Group (Co-ordinators: Trevor Jennings & Mvusi Gwam), and their planned actions. Pray that God will give wisdom to the leaders in the SACLA follow-up process. Also pray for the full- and part-time staff.
2. SACLA FINANCES: SACLA urgently needs finances to continue functioning as from mid-2004. Please pray for the necessary finances to be released.
3. Planned Theological Consultations arising from the SACLA Assembly and process: Covering issues like abortion etc. Please pray for wisdom in the planning of these consultations.
4. Planned National Action Planning Consultation on each of the seven Giants: Pray for the planning of these consultations.
5. Regional SACLA initiatives: Please pray for all the different regional SACLA initiatives. Specifically pray for · MACLA (Matjhabeng Christian Leaders Assembly) (Welkom and surrounds) from 27 Sept – 1 Oct 2004. Please pray that the Lord will stir the hearts of many Christian Leaders to attend and that they will search the Lord’s will for Matjhabeng. Continue praying for a unity in Christ for the Christians in Matjhabeng.
6. INTERCESSION FOR SOUTH AFRICA: Pray that THIS CALL TO PRAYER FOR SOUTH AFRICA will reach and be prayed for by millions of pray-ers/intercessors and prayer groups in SOUTH AFRICA in one accord.
7. Pray for protection of all intercessors and sensitivity to the guiding of the Holy Spirit. Thank the Lord for all the prayer and intercession of the past and present by known and unknown intercessors, and the Lord’s mercy and grace in hearing our prayers.

1. The above prayer pointers do not purport to represent all the important issues that there are to pray about – only the ones that we suggest to pray about in one accord till the next SACLA Call to Prayer.
2. Please feel free to suggest any important South African item for prayer for the next SACLA Call To Prayer (082 650 5684; Fax 011 824 3141; wjoubert@icon.co.za)
3. “7 DAYS” - Prayer for Community Transformation: Prayerfully consider to take part in the “7 DAYS” prayer programme for South Africa and Africa. During “7 DAYS” cities/towns/regions organize non-stop prayer for 7 days (168 hours) Monday to Sunday. About 10 to 30 cities/towns/regions/organizations per week have been praying from 3 May 2004. “7 DAYS” will continue to 15 May 2005 – the Global Day of Prayer. (Information: +27-12-365 3213)
   

Willem Joubert
SACLA Prayer Co-ordinator
082 650 5684

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AFRICA TO LEAD THE WAY FOR GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER 2005

On Pentecost Sunday, 15 May 2005, millions of Christians all over the world will unite in prayer with Africa leading the way.

Graham Power, Chairperson of Transformation Africa, says: "We have great expectations for next year. The plan is to start praying in different time zones as the sun rises over the international dateline to the east of New Zealand until the sun sets to the west of the Americas". It is estimated that some 200 million Christians will be praying on 15 May 2005 and that this amount will grow year by year to about 500 million in 2010. At a recent meeting of the International Prayer Council (IPC) South Africa was asked to take charge in organizing the Global Day of Prayer 2005.

The Global Day of Prayer will be preceded by ten days of prayer, following the example set by the first followers who "joined together constantly" in prayer (Acts 1:14). During the ten days between the ascension of Jesus and the descent of His Spirit on Pentecost, believers will be organizing ways to pray together day and night beginning on Friday 6 May, through to the end of Pentecost Sunday 15 May 2005 with the Day of Prayer.

"We do not know what God’s plan is for 2005 and beyond, but I know we will be astonished at the rate at which people in different countries will start praying together. We will see a major impact worldwide," says Graham.

International Website: www.globaldayofprayer.com