PRAYER POINTS FOR THE 24/7 PRAYER CHAIN FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST AND NIGERIA, AUG 9 - 15, 2020
(A) PRAISE, WORSHIP & GIVE THANKS TO GOD
(B) CONFESS ALL SINS(talk) & REPENT (Act; change; obey)
You can pray each prayer below for yourself, family, the Church...especially Kaduna etc, and Nigeria
Psalm 21.1,5,13 “The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in Thy salvation how greatly shall herejoice!.... Be Thou exalted, LORD, in Thine own strength: so will we sing and praiseThy power”
Psalm 21:2 “Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not with withheld the request of his lips....He asked life ofThee, and Thou gavest it him, even length of days forever.... For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the Most High he shall notbe moved”
Psa 21:8-10 “Thine hand shall find out all Thine enemies: Thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Thou shaltmake them as a fiery oven in the time of Thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in His wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Their fruitshalt Thou destroy from the earth...”
Psa 21:11-12 “For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able toperform. Therefore shalt Thou make them turn their back, when Thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face ofthem”
Psa 21:3,6 “For Thou meet him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of pure gold on hishead.... Thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance”
Pray any other prayers as the Holy Spirit leads and as you see need. Thank God for answered prayers. Rejoice and praise the Lord in faith formighty deliverance in this season.
REGISTER & INVITE OTHERS: Be part of this 24x7 prayer chain. Please choose your day and time in the week topray for 30 mins; then register at http://repent.csmnigeria.org/ You will receive prayer points regularly and tohelp us track coverage of each day and week. Share and invite others too, please. Thank you.
25th July, 2020
To: The President
Thro: The General Secretary
Christian Association of Nigeria
National Christian Center
Abuja
Dear Sirs,
LAY FAITHFUL TRUST FUND
NCEF wishes to notify the leadership of CAN that in view of the moribund CAN Trust Fund, National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) has called on Christian Social Movement of Nigeria (CSMN) to establish a Lay Faithful Trust Fund.
‘The incessant killing is more dangerous than coronavirus’, said a community leader in central Nigeria recently. His reaction is one of several testimonies - frequently harrowing to read, let alone to have experienced - which feature in an Inquiry into the scale of death and destruction caused by conflict occurring along the Christian-Muslim fault line running across the ‘Middle Belt’ of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. The inquiry, published on 15 June by the UK parliament, had been taking evidence since autumn 2018. Since the coronavirus pandemic, violence appears to have grown even as international media have been otherwise occupied. The report, Nigeria: Unfolding Genocide, said, ‘Violence has claimed the lives of thousands of people and displaced hundreds of thousands more, causing untold human and economic devastation and heightening existing ethno-religious tensions.’
Pray: for this parliamentary inquiry to lead to action that ends deadly attacks that have escalated in recent weeks. (Ephesians 4:22-24)
George Floyd’s death sparked protests against racial inequality and police abuse around the world. Black Americans are three times more likely to be killed by police than white Americans. Transparency International reports that police abuse takes many shapes and forms, and is not unique to the US. In the first two weeks of lockdown in Nigeria extrajudicial killings enforcing the regulations claimed more lives than the virus itself. Across Africa, people think the police are the most corrupt group in their country, 47% of Africans believe that most or all police are corrupt, with 28% having paid a bribe to a police officer in the previous year. Pray for improved tools for citizens to report abuses by law enforcement officers. The police also earned the highest bribery rates in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa. Innocent people should never have to fear for their life or their livelihood when they encounter a police officer. See
Pray: for anti-corruption reforms that prevent police abuse, hold offenders liable, and deliver justice for the victims. (Proverbs 21:15)
More: www.transparency.org/en/news/citizens-speak-out-about-corruption-in-africa