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by Kym Farnik, Ruach ha-Kodesh Ministries Intention The challenge of the drought, strength of the Church and the humility to ask for rain relying on God's grace. Key Scriptures 2 Chronicles 7:12-16 Ezekiel 22:30 Acts 14:17 Reflection We in Australia are a nation of sinners [...]

by Bishop Michael McKenna, Catholic Diocese of Bathurst. Intention In prayer Jesus meets us in our need. Scripture A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The [...]

By Pastors Steve & Susie Ahern, C3 Church Jervis Bay, NSW. Intention Keys for effective prayer and intercession for rain. Scripture “And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the LORD your God and serve [...]

By Commissioner James Condon, Salvation Army, chairman of the National Day of Prayer & Fasting, 22 February 2020. Intention Preparing our hearts for God to hear our prayers. Scripture “If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.” [...]

by Warwick & Alison Marsh, Faith & Family Advocates, Canberra Declaration Intention To encourage us all to look to Jesus for the grace to repent and the grace of renewal to see the rain come! Scripture“Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom [...]

Are you ever surprised at how prayers are answered? Many years ago, I inherited a lounge suite from my grandmother. However, it was built for a sedate couple, not an energetic family of five children. In a very short period of time, it disintegrated until [...]

The team at the Canberra Declaration, after much consultation with Christian leaders, feels challenged to call the Nation to Pray & Fast for rain in October. James Condon, the Chairman of the National Day of Prayer & Fasting, and the Executive Team of the NDOPF [...]

If you were to go to a service set aside to pray for rain, would you take an umbrella with you? "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." ~ Genesis [...]

Jesus, the One You Love is Sick As we look at John 11, the death of Lazarus, we can echo the words of Mary and her sister Martha. They sent word to Jesus, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” We could also [...]

God’s Kingdom Realm within You Jesus was once asked by the Jewish religious leaders, “When will God’s kingdom realm come?” Jesus responded, “God’s kingdom realm does not come simply by obeying principles or by waiting for signs. The kingdom is not discovered in one place [...]

Know our God It is vital to know God and be known by Him. That we remain in such an intimate relationship, that we will be able to be exactly where we need to be at any time. In the parable of the five wise [...]

Destroying the Works of the Enemy One way we can pray is to go to into the Heavenly courts for a judgment, and use the Lord’s righteous Judgement/Verdict to administer His Justice throughout the earth. As we tune our ear to the Lord, He instructs [...]

In Luke 18, Jesus was telling those with Him a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not to turn coward (faint, lose heart, and give up). The issue was about needing justice and being persistent in seeking it – a [...]

Inquire and Obey Those of us who have been praying for the nation of Australia for decades, or even the last months, may identify with David in 1 Samuel 30. David and his men returned from battle to find their city had been burned, and [...]

Perfected and Completed into One Oneness is one of the most passionate requests Jesus made to the Father. Concerning all believers, He asked: “that they all may be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be [...]

We win the war to stop abortion in Australia by using completely different tactics than our enemy – the way of love. We inquire of the Lord, and we endeavour to know Him in a deep loving way. As we love the Lord with all [...]

Prophesy over the Next Generation – “Spring up!” There is a clear call from Heaven right now to prophesy life over the next generations (those alive right now, and those in the womb, and yet to come), that they be raised up as His exceedingly [...]

The Earth is the Lord's The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. ~ Psalm 24:1 Australia and everyone in her belongs to the Lord. We have been given stewardship and dominion to subdue, and to be [...]

Called to Go Jesus defeated sin and death on the cross -- The sinner merely needs to ‘receive’ it. But Jesus has also defeated His enemy, who is also our enemy, and delivered him and his demons into His people’s hands and given His Church [...]

Dear Friend, Once again it all seems overwhelming, and it is a time for miracles. Yes, to make our voices heard on earth, but also in Heaven, realising we wage war against principalities and unseen powers (yes, I know, Ephesians 6), praying that the Hosts [...]