NATIONAL PRAYER ALTAR
MARATHON PRAYERS
Monday 6th October – Sunday 12th November 2023
THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM
The Lord handed over to us a gospel with dual focus: repentance from sin and the coming kingdom of God. The Bible makes it clear in many verses that Jesus went about preaching the kingdom of God. Matt. 4: 23; 10: 7; Mk. 1: 14 – 15.
The conflict in the world is between the kingdom of God headed by Jesus, and the kingdom of the world, headed by Lucifer. It is this conflict that has pushed prayers out of schools and made Christianity the most hated and persecuted religion in the world.
In Nigeria, the contest between the kingdom of God and that of the world is responsible for the persecution of Christians and the unconcealed attempts to make one religion superior in the country contrary to the secularity of the country enunciated in Section 10 of the 1999 Constitution.
Various malevolent actors, both state and non-state, have demonstrated hatred and intolerance towards the Church and Christians. Unfortunately, many undiscerning Christians (many of these in the leadership), believe they can maintain cordial relationship with the world without compromising Christian standards. (James 4: 4) The result is a weak and corrupt Church.
There is an intentional plan, enunciated in the Abuja Declarations 1989 and the OIC strategy meeting of 1983, to “eradicate in all its forms and ramifications, Christianity” in Nigeria. In 2014, this vital information was contested by many Christian leaders who ignored prophetic warnings and brought a jihadist government into power. After eight years of the Buhari Administration, most of those who disbelieved, no longer have any dissenting opinion.
A few days ago, a notorious Islamist was in Nigeria and described the Nigerian Air Force as the “Muslim Air Force”. He also referred to the head of Islam in Nigeria as the “heads of state”. These statements should not be taken lightly. Around the same period, information surfaced in the media that five Air Force Officers were arrested and jailed since 2021 for attending a program of Christian Association of Nigeria in Kaduna. These are worrisome signals in a country that carries 89% of global mortality because of persecution of Christians.
It is true Jesus Christ promised that “hell shall not prevail” against His Church. However, what happened to Egypt, Algeria, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Lebanon, Turkey, and other countries that were once Christian nations but were Islamised? The promise of the Lord that hell shall not prevail is certain, but what would happen if some sons of the Kingdom open the gate for hell, because of greed and compromise? In this season, the Nigeria Church requires leaders who are free from greed and covetousness.
A prophetic warning from God in 2013 gave the Nigeria Church 30 years to put its house in order or else it might end up like Turkey. Ten years after God’s warning, some Church leaders endorsed the Muslim-Muslim ticket and consolidated political power in the hands of jihadists. It is time to stand for the kingdom of God. Our gospel is the gospel of the kingdom.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Matt. 16: 18 – 19: Thank God for His promise that hell shall not prevail against the Church of Jesus Christ. Pray that Nigeria will not become like one of the countries in which Christianity was destroyed.
2. Is. 42: 18 – 20 Pray for God to deliver the Nigeria Church from leaders who, through spiritual blindness, make the enemies of the Lord their friends and financiers.
3. Rev. 3: 15 – 17: Pray for God to speedily judge all Church leaders who place the love of money above loyalty to Jesus Christ.
4. Isaiah 63: 3 – 6: Pray that the Lord will step in and redress every compromise that has made the Nigeria Church weak and a prey to enemies.
5. Isaiah 59: 16 – 18: Pray that the Lord shall clothe Himself with zeal and enter Nigeria to repay fury to His enemies, both within and outside the Church.
6. Jeremiah 10: 11: Pray that every religion that is conspiring evil against Christianity in Nigeria shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.
7. Matt. 6: 10: In this war between the two kingdoms, pray that the kingdom of God shall prevail, and it shall be solidly established in Nigeria.
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DAILY INTERDENOMINATIONAL PRAYERS FOR NIGERIA
From 18th April 2022
TIME: 9:00pm – 10:00pm daily (Nigeria time)
VENUE: ZOOM
ZOOM link:
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Meeting ID: 968 0619 0505
Passcode: 024184
CONTACT:
Bosun Emmanuel & Prof Kontein Trinya
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“God is our refuge and strength.…”
Ps. 46:1