40 Days of Prayer - Day 17

Day 17 – Maranatha Workshops

But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Saviour; my God will hear me.

– Micah 7:7

Maranatha Workshops are the tool that we use to reach our communities with the good news of Jesus. In places like Malawi, members of the local office are continuing to facilitate Maranatha Workshops for the Care Workers, Primary Caregivers and children in our communities. Pray for people to come with hearts that are open and willing to hear all that God has for them. Ask God to bring healing and reconciliation into the lives of the most broken and vulnerable people. Through this workshop, pray for people to comprehend the infinite love that their Heavenly Father has for them and that in response they will display this love to their surrounding community. 

40 Days of Prayer - Third Sunday

“The Son of Man must suffer many terrible things. He will be rejected by the elder, the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead. If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up on your own way, take up your cross daily and follow me.” – Luke 9:23-24

On Sundays, we pause to anticipate the coming of Easter Sunday and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

40 Days of Prayer - Day 16

Day 16 - Pastors 

Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. - Acts 20:28

Within their communities, local pastors are regarded highly and have strong influence over their churches. They are entrusted with the responsibility of guiding and teaching their congregations. Pray that they will understand the weight of this responsibility and they will proclaim the truth of the Gospel. Pray for God’s promises to be deeply rooted in them so that others may be brought to Christ. 

40 Days of Prayer - Day 15

Day 15 - Growing African Leaders 

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. – Jeremiah 1:5

Hands at Work is committed to growing its own leaders – raising up ‘sons and daughters’. Ask God to continue to grow and develop our existing African leaders into men and women of love and compassion. Pray that God will send us more leaders with hearts that desire to be set apart and sacrificially serve the most broken. 

40 Days of Prayer - Day 14

Day 14 - Local Volunteer Care Workers

Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be a servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. – Mark 10:43 - 45

Ask God to bring encouragement, strength and hope to the local volunteer Care Workers who have dedicated their lives to serving and caring for the most vulnerable. Pray for the Care Workers to be unified in Christ Jesus as they live out the biblical mandate to seek out the lost, the broken and the destitute.  Ask God for more men and woman to recognise their calling to care for the most vulnerable within their own communities. 

40 Days of Prayer - Day 13

Day 13 - The Local Church 

God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. – Hebrews 6:10

Hands at Work envisions the local church in Africa effectively caring for the most vulnerable. Pray for the church to comprehend the responsibility that they have in caring for the orphans and widows in their communities. Ask God to give the church the eyes to see and the ears to hear the needs of the most vulnerable around them. Pray that God will provide opportunities to connect with the local churches and pastors in the communities where we work and churches in more affluent parts of Africa.