With the state of Nigeria and the current move to #occupyNigeria as it is said, we, who believe in the power of prayer need to occupy our position not in fear of going out but in fulfillment of the "hilltop" role just like Moses did in battle with the Amalekites (Exodus 17:9-10)
Beyond the fuel subsidy issue, Nigeria is faced with a near-civil-war problem and that is something we don't want. We don't want war but somehow some forces inside and outside the country are dragging us down that road and our helpless government is watching. But what does God tell us in Jeremiah 29:7.
Jer 29:7 Pray for peace in Babylonia (Nigeria) and work hard to make it prosperous. The more successful that nation is, the better off you will be.
We must cry therefore to God for the country above everything else. Christians pray - for safety, for the gospel, for your brothers, for the unsaved and the peace of the nation.
God will not bless you with a war in the nation therefore the earnestness to cry out to him.
Pray that God
- will throw the enemies of this country into confusion like the enemies of Israel in 2 Chronicles 20:22-23
- will raise of prophets of his own in this land that will constantly show the church his will for the nation.
- will grant the church unity of purpose and mind to be able to maintain a voice in national issues.
- will keep safe our brothers and sister living in the heart of Islamic extremist. Some of them there have nowhere to run to.
- will spark a new heart for revival in the church that will rebrand the church from heaven.
- will send judgement from heaven on to the affairs of earthly men as in Isaiah 26:9 so that men will learn righteousness.
We need to pray and call on our living God afterwards those who choose to protest can.
God bless Nigeria
