40 Days of Prayer - Day 33

Day 33 – Holy Home Visits

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to visit the orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. – James 1:27

Regular Holy Home Visits are crucial to the Hands at Work model. We believe that we must visit the most vulnerable because Jesus first visited us. He entered into our brokenness in order to redeem and save us. Pray for Care Workers to recognise the importance and value of visiting children in their homes; making it a regular occurrence. Pray for Holy Home Visits to be Holy Spirit led as the Care Workers bring Christ’s love and hope.   

40 Days of Prayer - Day 32

Day 32 – Relationship Groups

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. – Ephesians 4:2-3

Relationship Groups are places where people receive healing and support on a regular basis. People can open up, share their lives and encourage one another with God’s word. Our hope is to see these groups happening firstly for those we serve, but also on every level from the International Offices, Hub, Regional Support Teams, Local Offices and among Care Workers. Pray for people to feel safe and secure when they are vulnerable in sharing their stories. Ask God to give people soft hearts that are willing to speak and listen; allowing God to bring healing and transformation. 

40 Days of Prayer - Day 31

Day 31 – Relationships Between International Offices

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. – Colossians 3:13-14

As our International Offices work together to support what is happening on the ground in Africa, pray that they will be unified as they grow and learn from one another. Pray for strong relationships of accountability, grace and love to develop between the offices as they serve the most vulnerable from afar. 

40 Days of Prayer - Day 30

Day 30 – Community Living

Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. - 1 Peter 3:8

At Hands at Work, our local and international volunteers live together in a multi-cultural Christian community. As volunteers from across the world live and work together, pray for people to be united through relationship building, healing and discipleship. Ask God to give our communities a spirit of grace, honesty, vulnerability, accountability, sacrifice and love as we seek to serve the most vulnerable as a family.   Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. - 1 Peter 3:8

40 Days of Prayer - Day 29

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. - Psalm 55:22

oday, pray for someone in your life, a family member, a loved one, a Care Worker, Jonah - anyone whom you know is struggling and desperately needs the transformational love of God to bring healing to their wounds. Pray that this person will deeply sense God’s unconditional love for them and be compelled into relationship with Him. Ask God to give you a soft heart for this person, as the most broken people can sometimes be the most challenging to pray for.