Bless the Nation 50 Days of Prayer: Day 19

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Introduction:

Welcome to Day 19 of the ‘Bless the Nation 50 Days of Prayer.’ In today’s devotional Pastor George Mahlobo, President of the AFM Church in South Africa, shares with us a powerful Scripture from Jeremiah that should encourage us all pray to for our nation if we want to see South Africa prosper, and then leads us in a prayer doing exactly that.

Devotional by Pastor George Mahlobo :

Shalom! In Jeremiah 29:7 we read, “Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
These words were given to the children of Israel, who had just been taken into Babylonian captivity, but these words offer to us the reason why we should pray for our cities and for our country. In the same way I would like to pray for Mzansi, our beloved South Africa. Would you please join me in this prayer:

Our dear Heavenly Father and God, I approach You with great humility, I approach Your throne of grace to pray for our country, South Africa. I pray that You would cause Your peace, Your Shalom, to abound in our streets and in our homes. I pray that there would be peace also in our institutions. I pray that once again, You would cause us to care for one another, to protect each other, to love each other, as brothers and sisters. But I also want to pray for the economic prosperity of our country. I pray that you would grant us the kind of economic prosperity which would not be a monopoly of just a few people, but a kind of prosperity that will empower all of our people in South Africa to be able to afford their basic needs, the kind of prosperity that enable our people to place a plate of food, to have a shelter, to have clothes and to be able to move from one place to another, the kind of prosperity that would put a smile to them and be grateful to You. Lord, I pray in Jesus name, Amen.

Daily Prayer Guide:

In the Name of Jesus Christ, we bless South Africa’s rich and diverse natural resources. We pray for the protection of our wildlife and flora, our marine and fresh water resources. May we be responsible stewards of the environment God entrusted to us and reign over it according to Gen.1:26 – Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” (NKJV). We bless our atmosphere and pray for creative ways to deal with pollution and for a blessed interaction between humans and nature. We bless the waters of South Africa and pray for it to be cleansed from any spiritual or physical defilement.

PRAYER-WALK/DRIVE: Environmental agencies, game reserves, mountains, beaches, parks, mines, dams, rivers, etc.

INTERCEDE for those who exploit the environment, poach our wildlife and mismanage or abuse our natural resources..

Thank you for joining us today in prayer. Grace and peace to you! Have a wonderful and blessed day. Or as we would say it in Xhosa, siyabulela ngokuba kunye nathi kumthandazo namhlanje. Ubabalo no xolo lube kuni! Nibe nosuku oluhle nolu sikelelekileyo.

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