The Church Needs to Awake! The Canberra Declaration Is Holding 72 Hours of Prayer & Worship
The Canberra Declaration has begun a special time of 24/7 prayer and worship as a part of our Awaken October prayer campaign.
It began at 8 pm (AEST) last night — and you are invited! Join us anytime on Zoom from 8 pm, Thursday 24 September, to 9 pm, Sunday 27 September.
The Church is God’s choice to reach Australia. But too often, the Church is distracted by things that are not that important.
It’s easy for our love for God and others to grow cold (Revelation 2:4).
But a Church with little love for God or others won’t share the gospel and disciple others in the life-giving way of Jesus.
As we read in Revelation 2–3, Jesus is commanding his Church to “wake up” (e.g. Revelation 3:2). Awake, Church, and Christ will shine on you (Ephesians 5:14)!
The focus of these 72 hours is to worship the Lord and renew our love for Jesus, as we prepare to launch these historic 31 days of prayer and fasting for the Church on 1 October.
During these 72 hours, we are praying for:
- A release of a great offering of worship, praise and thanksgiving to God.
- The Church in Australia to be filled with extravagant love for God and a passion to reach the lost.
- Revival, repentance and reformation for the nation of Australia and millions to trust in Christ.
- Thousands of people to come to Christ through the Love the Northern Rivers Gospel Crusade over this 72-hour period.
- The success of the Melbourne Bible Reading Marathon being held during this time.
- The multiplication of our Facebook ad campaign to promote these 31 days of prayer and fasting to a very large audience.
Join Us on Zoom
Join us anytime on Zoom from 8 pm tonight until 9 pm on Sunday, 27 September (AEST) via this Zoom link.
Even if you can only make it for one hour, we’d love you to pray with us! But if you cannot do that, please pray in your own quiet time and commit these 31 days of prayer and fasting for the Church to God.
We recently came across a pastor leading a church in repentance and tearful prayer for revival.
We were mightily encouraged. God’s call to awaken is not merely for Australia — Jesus is stirring his Church across the globe.
As you watch this church cry out for greater love for God and people, join them in prayer.
Daily Devotionals Begin on 1 October
Each morning, we will send out a prayer devotional from 1–31 October.
If you haven’t yet signed up to receive these in your email inbox each morning, simply click the orange button below to be taken to the signup page. You’ll also find more information, including promotional posters to share with your friends, family, church and prayer networks, by clicking on that same button.
We look forward with great anticipation to what the Lord will accomplish during these 72 hours of prayer and the 31 days that follow.
Yours for an awakening,
Warwick Marsh & Samuel Hartwich
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