Donovan January 10, 2019 Leave a Comment

Powerful Prayer for Comfort with 38+ Bible Verses about Comfort

Prayer for Comfort

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”

The word that Christ promised us was that he would not leave us as orphans. He would leave us with one that would come after him. He would be comforter and counsellor. We know from reading scripture that, Job warns us of what our days would be. Short and full of trouble. There are challenges to be faced at every turn. Each day brings with it its own troubles. Yet God prepared ahead of us, as a father prepares for the challenges that his children are to face.

1 Peter 5: 10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
2 Corinthians 12:9 My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.
Proverbs 18:10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe.

In the midst of all these troubles. We can take heart in knowing that his promise is to never leave nor forsake us. Being a God that watches over his word to perform it, we know that we never have to face anyone or anything alone. In Christ we have an eternal ally. One who sits at the right hand of God and intercedes on our behalf.

Psalm 34:4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Hebrews 4:16 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

When we pray for comfort, we pray for God to honour his word. We take a check back to God and ask that he would honour it! Do this with boldness! There is nothing more powerful than taking God’s word back to him.

King David understood how significant and perhaps even revolutionary this comforter was. He would have given up anything but his source of comfort.

Psalm 138:3 When I called, you answered me; you made me bold and stouthearted.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

The Gift of peace

Psalm 27: 1-3 The LORD is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked advance against me to devour me,it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear;though war break out against me,even then I will be confident.
Philippians 4: 12-13 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation . . . . I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
2 Timothy 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

Lord, I thank you for being omnipresent. I know that you are with me at all times.
We thank you for sending a comforter for me. Knowing that I’d need comfort in this crazy world.
There is a great need before me, oh God. I ask for comfort.
Give me peace of mind and rest, oh God.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
In Christ alone
Deuteronomy 31:6,8 Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
Nehemiah 8:10 Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
Isaiah 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Exodus 15:2 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him— my father’s God, and I will exalt him!
Psalm 9:9-10 The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Psalm 34:10b Those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Isaiah 26: 3-4 Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace—because they trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God you have an everlasting rock.
1 Chronicles 16:11 Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually!
Psalm 32:7-8 You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
Exodus 33:14 My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.
Deuteronomy 31:8 It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
Psalm 34:17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and rescues them from all their troubles.
Isaiah 30:15 In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.
Joshua 1:9 Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Psalm 145: 18-19 The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.
1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
Isaiah 12:2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
Psalm 16:8 I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Psalm 62:1-2 My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
Psalm 112: 1, 7-8 Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord. They are not afraid of evil tidings; their hearts are firm, secure in the Lord. Their hearts are steady, they will not be afraid.
Psalm 91:1-2 You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God in whom I trust.”
Psalm 112: 1, 7-8 Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord. They are not afraid of evil tidings; their hearts are firm, secure in the Lord. Their hearts are steady, they will not be afraid.
Isaiah 40:29 He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.
2 Thessalonians 3:16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way.

Prayer for comfort when grieving

prayer for comfort in grief

Dear God,

You are mighty. You give, you take. I am but dust. I am broken, hurt, confused and even angry in this time of grieving. I pray that you would give me comfort, oh Lord. As I stand on you holy word! You said weeping may endure the night but joy comes in the morning. Father, I long for morning. I await morning. Stand with me through this darkness. In Jesus’ name. Amen

Prayer for comfort when someone is dying

Dear heavenly father,

I acknowledge your power, your sovereignty. You are Lord over life, as you are Lord over death. I am struggling as I watch my loved one dying. Dear Lord, I pray for healing in this time. If not for my loved one, for me oh Lord. Heal me of grief. Grant me peace and comfort, that only you can give. In Jesus’ name. Amen

Prayer for comfort when scared

Dear God,

I am afraid. Fear is not of you. Shield me oh God. Keep me safe from those that plot against me. Grant boldness and confidence in my heart, oh Lord. Fear is not my portion! You make me brave!! I speak this in Jesus’ name! Amen!

Prayer for comfort in loss

Dear God,

You give and you take. Loss hurts oh Lord. I ask for peace through this storm. I take comfort that you walk with me through this loss oh God. My hope is in you, and in you alone oh Lord! Amen

Prayer for Comfort in Difficult Times

Dear God,

As you are good in the best of times, you remain God in these difficult times. Even when it is hardest to say, I hold on to you. I hold onto your word! Father give me strength and comfort. I find comfort in knowing that you are with me always. May I never forget that. No matter what I face. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen

Prayer for Comfort in the Bible

You only need to read the book of Psalm to see many prayers for comfort. King David was often faced with situation in which he needed to be comforted. Psalm 22 is a great example of this. We will break it down verse by verse below.

¹My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?

We rest in the truth of the knowledge that God is with us, in keeping with his eternal word. Yet, if we are honest there are seasons in which we have felt alone. Perhaps you are reading this because you are going through such a season.

²My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, but I find no rest.

We know that God’s time is best, but there is an inevitable restlessness that may come out of the desperation of waiting. As we are governed by worldly time, there are times that we feel that the Lord hasn’t come on time.

Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you are the one Israel praises.

King David acknowledges that, through all of this, God remains God!

⁴In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted and you delivered them.

He reminds himself that God is the same God that has shown up for his ancestors. He is the same God that was called upon repeatedly, trusted and delivered. No matter what you are facing, let this same truth rest in you!

⁵To you they cried out and were saved;
in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

⁶But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.

There is a temptation to begin to feel unworthy. Why would a God who comes through for everyone not come through for me? That is a battle that you should not entertain! The devil desires that you would contort your mind with such.

⁷All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
⁸“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
“let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him.”

As a person of faith, a believer in Christ, there are expectation. People have things that they want to see of you. You are expected to always have things in check, as the church has made the world mistakenly believe that this is whom we are. A delay or lack of response in the way that you want, or at the time that you desire doesn’t invalidate God.

⁹Yet you brought me out of the womb;
you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
¹⁰From birth I was cast on you;
from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

King David goes on to acknowledge what God has done for him so far. At his mother’s breast, where he would have been at his most helpless. God was found to be trustworthy. From the time he was young, God has walked with him, as he has with you.

¹¹Do not be far from me,
for trouble is near
and there is no one to help.

As humans we have one guarantee, we are always a corner away from trouble. Trouble is near, but so is God! When everything and everyone else would turn their back, there is God!

¹²Many bulls surround me;
strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
¹³Roaring lions that tear their prey
open their mouths wide against me.
¹⁴I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart has turned to wax;
it has melted within me.
¹⁵My mouth^[d] is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death.

King David lays bare his helplessness before the Lord! He tell him everything as though he knows nothing, yet knowing that God knows everything.

¹⁶Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce^[e] my hands and my feet.
¹⁷All my bones are on display;
people stare and gloat over me.
¹⁸They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.

This was proven to be prophetic of what would happen down his lineage, in the case of Jesus Christ. Yet, we all know how that story ends.

¹⁹But you, Lord, do not be far from me.
You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
²⁰Deliver me from the sword,
my precious life from the power of the dogs.
²¹Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;
save me from the horns of the wild oxen.

We accept that we may lose everything and everyone, but not you oh Lord! That was David’s cry!

²²I will declare your name to my people;
in the assembly I will praise you.
²³You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
²⁴For he has not despised or scorned
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help.

God is a God of the downtrodden! He is God over us even at our worst! Though we may suffer, he watches over and walks with us through it all. Don’t let your situation shut you up! Don’t let it steal your praise! It will pass.

²⁵From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;
before those who fear you^[f] I will fulfill my vows.
²⁶The poor will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek the Lord will praise him—
may your hearts live forever!

God is faithful to see you through this! He will surely bring a turnaround to you!

²⁷All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
will bow down before him,
²⁸for dominion belongs to the Lord
and he rules over the nations.

God, your father is still ruler over heaven and earth. He will see you through this situation and more. This is not how this story will end for you. Change is coming! A miracle is coming!

²⁹All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;
all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—
those who cannot keep themselves alive.
³⁰Posterity will serve him;
future generations will be told about the Lord.
³¹They will proclaim his righteousness,
declaring to a people yet unborn:
He has done it!

There is a cause for your victory. Your story, your testimony will inspire someone else to hold on!

Donovan December 29, 2018 1 Comment

Prayer For Seed Sowing : 72 Powerful Biblical Prayer Points

Prayer for Seed Sowing

Welcome to another month of corporate prayer. There is uncommon power when the saints join in agreement. We have seen and continue to see God move in mighty ways across the world. Do not take these prayer time lightly, by any means. We have a natural tendency to become complacent or too comfortable over time.

I encourage you to make a conscious effort to actively pursue the Lord in spirit and in truth, and more than anything to be prayerful in your prayers. To never let these prayers become mere rituals. God forbid that this sacred and special time become anything other than heaven on earth. Reach into heaven’s bosom and pour your everything into it.

If you haven’t partnered us in prayer before, I would like to welcome you! Our family grows every month, more and more people across the world and partnering in what God is doing here. We are honoured to be a part of it all.

Our prayer points are set in threes, with a vision of having someone praying through every hour of the day. There are three prayer points for each hour. Pick an hour, or just a part of the hour to pray with us.

Father we thank you for these prayer points for seed, we thank you for every individual that will labour in prayer. We honour you, for you are a God of result! A God who will never fail us. May these prayer points for seed yield great harvests in Jesus’ name. Amen

Sowing a seed offering: Prayer for seed sowing

You give Seed to the sower

2 Corinthians 9:10 New International Version (NIV)
¹⁰Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.

Lord we thank you for your faithfulness to your word! You give seed to the sower
Father I thank you for all seed that you have placed in my hand
By your faith in me, may I show faith in you.

Seed time

Genesis 8:22 New International Version (NIV)

²²“As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.”

Lord thank you, for you are Lord over seasons
Give me wisdom to know when to sow
May I never be swayed by emotions, worldly wisdom or ungodly counsel.

Multiply my seed

Genesis 22:17 New International Version (NIV)
¹⁷I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,[BG]

Lord we honour you, for you multiply whatever is sown
I pray for every seed sown today across the world, multiply it
We pray for every sower, feel them with hope.

Rebuke the Devourer

Malachi 3:11 New International Version (NIV)
¹¹I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the Lord Almighty.

We come against any devouring spirit to my seed.
I rebuke any evil hand that seeks to steal my seed
Father grant me grace to recognise what is seed, so I may not consume my seed.

Commit seed the Lord

1 Samuel 1:28 New International Version (NIV)
²⁸So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.

Father I commit my seed into your hands
As you have given it to me, I give it back to you
Use it as you will. Grant me grace to be your vehicle in this.

The Labourers are few: Prayer for seed sowing

Luke 10:2 New International Version (NIV)
²He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

Father I thank you for those called to labour in this season! I call them in, in Jesus’ name!
Open my eyes to area where I ought to labour
Strengthen the labours in Jesus’ name!

Send Rain

Matthew 5:45 New International Version (NIV)
⁴⁵that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Lord as sure as you are faithful to give seed to the sower, you are faithful to give rain to those that have sown.
Father water where I have planted.
May my seed never die of neglect.

Tend our crop

Lord I pray for the grace to tend the seed I have sown.
I pray for perseverance to wait on you even when I don’t see results.
Grant me wisdom to tend what I have sown.

Not be consumed

May I never be consumed by what I have sown
I come against the spirit of pride.
I come against arrogance

Hand be open to give

May my hands always be open to help others with what you have given me
I come against the spirit of selfishness in Jesus’ name.
May I be a giver, as you are a giver.

Use me to give seed to other sowers

Father use me to help others rise
Show me where there is a need for seed
Grant me grace and wisdom to sow

Lazy man does not eat

2 Thessalonians 3:10 New International Version (NIV)
¹⁰For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”

I come against the spirit of laziness, the spirit of slumber
May my table always be filled with food and with friends
I will always enjoy the fruit of my labour.

Lazy man does not roast his game

Proverbs 12:27 New International Version (NIV)

²⁷The lazy do not roast any game,
but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.

Lord grant me wisdom to identify what I can roast
May I bring greater value to all that I harvest
Give me boldness to step out in faith.

Right Ground for seed

Luke 8:1-15

Lord show me the right ground for my seed
I thank you for already prepared the place to sow
I thank you for a yield from this ground.

Covering

Father I speak a covering over seed in Jesus’ name!
Wherever it has been sown, cover it oh Lord.
Whatever has devoured seed in my family will not devour mine!

Generational Seed

Father I call up any seed sown by my forefathers. Seed that is still in the ground to rise in Jesus’ name!
I come against any strongholds, and any principalities that are standing up against my forefathers’ seed!
Whatever was sown for me to harvest shall be harvested in Jesus’ name!

Forefathers’ Seed

We call up the seed of faith to arise in Jesus’ name
Every seed of prayer in my bloodline arise
Every seed of spiritual gifts, arise in Jesus’ name!

Favour in harvest

Ruth 2

Father I thank you for you are God of the harvest!
We pray for favour in harvesting season. I pray for favour wherever my feet step
I pray for favour with labourers and with other sowers in Jesus’ name

Obedience in harvest

Lord may I not forget you in jubilation
May I remember you in harvest as I did in sowing!
Father grant me grace to be obedient even as I receive a seed to sow.

Right People

Proverbs 15:22 New International Version (NIV)

²²Plans fail for lack of counsel,
but with many advisers they succeed.

Father surround me with the right counsel in seed time as well as in harvest.
Prune my life of anyone there for the wrong reason
Any person who will cause my seed to not thrive, may they be removed from my sphere in Jesus’ name.

My nation

Lord I thank you for my nation.
I thank you that even when I don’t recognise it, you have purpose for my nation.
We pray that you would breathe renewed life into my nation in Jesus’ name.

My leaders

1 Timothy 2

Father I thank you for all my leaders. I pray for grace as they lead
I thank you for their families, bless them oh Lord.
I pray for a new generation of leaders to arise in due season.

My family: prayer points for seed sowing

Lord I thank you for the family that you gave me.
I thank you for covering them all these years
Bless them with long life and good health

My team

I thank you for a wonderful team
I thank you for the opportunity to have faithful vision filled people to go through each day with.
Bless them oh Lord. Their dreams will come to pass in Jesus’ name!

Thanks for every who will pray with us this month. As you have laboured with these prayer points for seed, may the Lord show us and show himself strong on your behalf.

As always, we welcome prayer requests as well as people looking to serve in ministry or to simply teach or learn about prayer. You can get hold of our team through the website www.prayerrelay.com.

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God bless you.

Originally posted 2017-02-06 17:25:27.

Donovan December 29, 2018 Leave a Comment

30+ Wonderful Points to Pray for Zimbabwe

How to Pray for Zimbabwe

Geographical detail:

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in southern Africa. It shares borders with South Africa on the southern side, Botswana on the western, Zambia on the northern and Mozambique on the Eastern side. The capital city of Zimbabwe is Harare.

The country has an estimated populations of 16.3 million, source. English, Shona and Ndebele are the most widely spoken and recognised languages in Zimbabwe.

Dating as far back as the 11th Century, historians and archaeologists have found that Zimbabwe was a major trade route. The main kingdom involved in said trade was the Great Zimbabwe of modern day Masvingo.

Zimbabwe was under colonial rule from the late 19th century and most of the 20th Century. The removal of the white minority government came at the end of a bitter civil war, known and second Chimurenga.

The state endured international isolation and a 15-year guerrilla war with black nationalist forces; which culminated in a peace agreement that established universal enfranchisement and an independent sovereignty as Zimbabwe in April 1980.

Population: 16.3+ Million

Map:

30+ Wonderful Points to Pray for Zimbabwe 1

Leadership

President: Emmerson D Mnangagwa

Vice Presidents: Constantino Chiwenga, Kembo Mohadi

30+ Wonderful Points to Pray for Zimbabwe 2

Political brief: General Politics

Zimbabwe is a republic with a presidential system of government. A semi-presidential system was abolished with the adoption of a new constitution after a referendum in March 2013.

On 19 November 2017 in the wake of protests, ZANU-PF sacked Robert Mugabe as party leader and appointed former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in his place.

This was a military backed move, which was carried out while Mugabe was on what he later referred to as “house arrest.” The entire move has often been called a coup, but not really a coup. Perhaps pseudo-coup is a fitting term.

From his home, on the 21st of November 2017, Mugabe tendered his resignation prior to impeachment proceedings being completed

30+ Wonderful Points to Pray for Zimbabwe 3

The ruling ZANU PF, led by Emmerson Mnangagwa, narrowly won the elections in July 2018. The jury is out on whether this is the end of an era or continuing it under a different leader.

Economy brief:

Mining and agriculture still provide the largest chunk of Zimbabwe’s GDP. There are several reasons that one can attribute to this. One could say that this is a sign of a lack of progression over the year. Another reason could simply be the lack of investment during the period that they have been under sanctions. Mining and agriculture are industries that are usually sanction proof.

A rampant mismanagement of funds and corruption within most industries has contributed to the death of a lot of companies. Investors have become weary of putting money into the nation as well. Add economic sanctions to all of this, and we have an incredibly difficult nation to govern and to reside in.

The main farm produce remain tobacco, corn, cotton, wheat, coffee, tea, sugarcane, peanuts and soya beans. This is mainly due to the ability to sell most of these locally, as well as export opportunity.

Livestock farmers raise a wide variety of animals that usually include cattle, goats, sheep, chickens and pigs. There is a wide consumption of milk and meat across the nation, so there is a lot of custom for livestock and related products locally.

The main industries are mining, farming and manufacturing. The mining sector produces coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, diamonds, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores. The manufacturing sector produces steel, wood products, cement, chemicals, fertiliser, clothing and footwear, food and beverages.

There are reports of gas and petroleum reserves yet to be explored.

South Africa is currently Zimbabwe’s largest trading partner by a mile. They are the main exporter and importer from Zimbabwe.

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What to pray for regarding Zimbabwe?

Prayer Points for Zimbabwe

Leadership : 1 Timothy 2:1-3

Everything filters down from the leadership. The departure of Mugabe leaves an opportunity for a new start, and improvement of leadership.

Speak a covering over Emmerson Mnangagwa, Constantino Chiwenga, Kembo Mohadi other government officials.
We pray for their health and well being
We pray that the Lord grant them wisdom and a heart for the people of Zimbabwe
May their families be preserved.
We pray for unselfish vision in leaders.
Pray for dialogue and consensus for a common purpose among the political leaders.
Pray for renewal of minds in leadership.
Lord give them wisdom for such a time as this. New wisdom, to build a new nation.
Raise around them Nehemiahs of this day; rebuilders of what has long been broken.

Economic growth

Zimbabwean a desperate for a better economy. They are desperate for opportunities for themselves and for their children in their own country. Our prayer is that the Lord would raise dying and dead industries in the country. May the Lord raise innovators and a generation of captains of industry with fresh ideas. More than anything a leadership that fosters an environment in which all these things are possible.

Lord we pray for economic growth.
Pray for a lifting of economic sanctions against Zimbabwe by the USA.
We pray for innovation and wisdom in the mining sector.
We pray for an increase in Foreign Direct Investment.
We pray for wisdom and innovation to solve Zimbabwe’s financial crisis.
We pray for an establishment of new industries.
We pray against the spirit of poverty.
We pray for lucrative partnerships with other nations.
We pray for rain and wisdom for the agricultural sector.
We pray for success in the plans to revive old industries and factories.

Health

Beyond health issues that plague the nation as a result of poor economic structures and infrastructure, better things need to be built. There is absolutely no reason why people should be dying of cholera in this century. As humanity we owe it to ourselves to be better.

Speak against the spread of cholera and other related waterborne diseases.
Pray for the preservation of lives against disease outbreaks and medical drugs shortages.
Speak against industrial strikes in the health sector.
Pray for an improvement in health service delivery.

Peace

Zimbabweans have always been known to be a pacifist and peaceful people. Our prayer is that that trait is not eaten away by the consistent nag that is poverty and corruption. Father may peace prevail over this land.

Father we thank you for peace across Zimbabwe.
We speak against political violence and uprisings.
May your word find its way into more and more homes and transform the nation.
We pray that the government handle protests with grace.

The Church

The church used to be a respected vehicle of change in the nation. Today more and more people are turning away from it due to the blatant disregard of Christlikeness that has hit it. More and more churches are springing up and taking advantage of a people desperate for a saviour.

Lord bring authenticity back to your church.
Expose and uproot all wolves that have gotten among your flock.
Raise men women after your heart.
Raise the church as a vehicle of hope and of change in the nation.

Production

Proverbs 12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

The verse above is unfortunately an accurate description of most African countries, including Zimbabwe. They diligent in hunting but never roast what they have hunted. This is the reason why our industries export raw material to be processed elsewhere and sold back to Zimbabwe at higher rates. Minerals are not being “roasted”, but are bought back as jewellery at premium rates.

Father make Zimbabwe a nation of producers, and not mere consumers.
Give them wisdom to build wealth for generations to come.
Give them foresight to build not only for themselves but for their children, a better nation.

General

There are a lot of other points that we have failed to find a home for under any of the other headings. Whatever else you think we may have missed out while praying for Zimbabwe, add it to this general section.

We pray for church leaders that their lives be preserved and good health.
Pray for the will of God to prevail in Zimbabwe.
Pray for unity in the Church.
Pray for an awareness and growth of an entrepreneurial culture among the youth.
Speak against hoarding and shortages of basic commodities.
Pray that sanity and wisdom prevail in the marketplace.
Pray for economic reforms.

Thank you for partnering with us in prayer. Our goal is to create one of these for every country in the world. We want to be enablers of prayer warriors. This is part of our prayer for nations goal. If you would like to volunteer to create prayer points or be a part of our team of intercessors, please get in touch.

Originally posted 2018-11-05 22:53:53.