Hey everyone! I'm back home in K-town for a while this summer, and it's been great to see folks and rest and eat some great food. I'll write about my time home in a second, but I wanted to give you the opportunity to join me in something big here. Presidential elections are coming up in Rwanda on August 9 (the day I fly back!), and we are praying that things are conducted justly and smoothly, and peace and reconciliation prevail. We know He reigns! But we also know how important prayer is at this time for Rwanda. I know He hears our prayers when we come together, agreeing as one body in Christ. If you would like to join me, and my church in Kigali in praying these next 40 days as the elections approach, I've included a prayer guide below that you may or may not choose to follow. I believe that praying God's word back to Him is very powerful (Isaiah 55:11), and I hope you will all agree with us in prayer these next 40 days! (well, really 37, cause I'm late!) :-)
Here is an example of how to pray the Scriptures on Day 2:
Dear Lord, I will shout for joy to all the earth and worship You with gladness. I will come before You with joyful songs. I will worship You with gladness and come before You with joyful songs. I know that You, the LORD, are God and it is You that has made us, and that we are Yours. We are Your people, the sheep of Your pasture. I will enter Your gates with thanksgiving and Your courts with praise; I will give thanks to You and praise Your name. For You are good and Your love endures forever; Your faithfulness continues through all generations.
Lord, Your word tells me that You will do whatever I ask in Your name, so that You may be glorified. It tells me that I may ask for anything in Your name, and You will do it.
Lord, Your word tells me that You will give whatever I ask for in Your name. It says that, if I ask, I will receive, and my joy will be complete.
Lord, Your word urges me to present requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving for everyone—for kings and all those in authority—that I may live a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and holiness.
Lord, You know that Rwanda has struggled long and hard to reach a place of peace after the desolation that took place here. I ask in Jesus’ name that You will place Your hand of protection over our land as the presidential election approaches. I implore You on behalf of the people of Rwanda to help the election results to be of Your choosing, and that the president will look to You first for wisdom and guidance. May the nation of Rwanda look to You as the One True God. May Your name be glorified in what happens here in Rwanda and in all the earth.
In Jesus’ Name,
Amen
Suggested Scriptures to Pray
Thursday, 1 July 2010 (Day 1) (Psalm 9, Isaiah 55:11, Luke 1:37)
Friday, 2 July 2010 (Day 2) (Psalm 100, John 14:13-14, John 16:23-26, I Timothy 2:1-2)
Saturday, 3 July 2010 (Day 3) (Psalm 124, I John 4:16-18)
Sunday, 4 July 2010 (Day 4) (Psalm 86, Proverbs 3:5-6, Philippians 4:6-7)
Monday, 5 July 2010 (Day 5) (Psalm 46, Proverbs 2:6-11, Psalm 32:7)
Tuesday, 6 July 2010 (Day 6) (Exodus 15:1-3, 6-7, 11, 13; Psalm 18:30-31; Revelation 3:7b-8)
Wednesday, 7 July 2010 (Day 7) (Psalm 5:1-8, 11-12; II Timothy 1:7; Psalm 46:10)
Thursday, 8 July 2010 (Day 8) (Psalm 81:8-13, Psalm 42)
Friday, 9 July 2010 (Day 9) (Psalm 27, Psalm 63)
Saturday, 10 July 2010 (Day 10) (Psalm 21:11-13, I John 4:4, Psalm 55:22)
Sunday, 11 July 2010 (Day 11) (II Thessalonians 3:1-5; Psalm 31:3-4, 8; Psalm 37:5-7, 39-40)
Monday, 12 July 2010 (Day 12) (Psalm 68:1-6, Psalm 138:7-8, Isaiah 54:7)
Tuesday, 13 July 2010 (Day 13) (Psalm 73:23-28, Psalm 143)
Wednesday, 14 July 2010 (Day 14) (Isaiah 40)
Thursday, 15 July 2010 (Day 15) (Psalm 90, Isaiah 30:18, II Chronicles 6:9a)
Friday, 16 July 2010 (Day 16) (Psalm 62:1-2; John 17:11, 14-20; Ephesians 6:10-20)
Saturday, 17 July 2010 (Day 17) (Psalm 20; Proverbs 9:10-12)
Sunday, 18 July 2010 (Day 18) (Proverbs 4:23-27; Psalm 25)
Monday, 19 July 2010 (Day 19) (Psalm 33)
Tuesday, 20 July 2010 (Day 20) (Psalm 34)
Wednesday, 21 July 2010 (Day 21) (Psalm 66)
Thursday, 22 July 2010 (Day 22) (Psalm 91)
Friday, 23 July 2010 (Day 23) (Psalm 92)
Saturday, 24 July 2010 (Day 24) (Psalm 101; Psalm 127)
Sunday, 25 July 2010 (Day 25) (Psalm 113:1-4, Isaiah 41:10, James 1:2-8)
Monday, 26 July 2010 (Day 26) (Psalm 108:1-5, Isaiah 58:12, I Peter 1:3-9)
Tuesday, 27 July 2010 (Day 27) (Psalm 95:1-7a, Romans 8:26-27, II Chronicles 7:14-15)
Wednesday, 28 July 2010 (Day 28) (Daniel 2:19b-21; Romans 8:31-39; Romans 15:13)
Thursday, 29 July 2010 (Day 29) (James 4:7-10; I Peter 2:13-17; Jeremiah 29:5-7; Job 34:18-19, 23-24, 29-30)
Friday, 30 July 2010 (Day 30) (I Peter 5:5-11, Colossians 3:12-17)
Saturday, 31 July 2010 (Day 31) (Colossians 3:23-24, Philippians 2:1-11, Ephesians 3:20-21)
Sunday, 1 August 2010 (Day 32) (Psalm 19, Philippians 2:13-16a, Jeremiah 32:27)
Monday, 2 August 2010 (Day 33) (Jeremiah 32:17-19, Psalm 14)
Tuesday, 3 August 2010 (Day 34) (Psalm 11)
Wednesday, 4 August 2010 (Day 35) (Psalm 15)
Thursday, 5 August 2010 (Day 36) (Proverbs 16:3, Matthew 9:36-38, II Corinthians 9:10-11, Galatians 6:9, Matthew 7:7-8, Joh-n 15:5-8)
Friday, 6 August 2010 (Day 37) (Psalm 16:1-9)
Saturday, 7 August 2010 (Day 38) (Psalm -17)
Sunday, 8 August 2010 (Day 39) (Psalm 18)
Monday, 9 August 2010 (Day 40) (Psalm 23)
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