SPECIAL PRAYER TOWARDS FORTHCOMING GENERAL ELECTIONS
Prayer points for the 3 days of fasting and prayer toward the rescue of Nigeria .
Winners Chapel declares 3 days of fasting and prayer towards the rescue of Nigeria as the nation prepares for 2023 General elections. Below are the prayer points for each day. A pdf file that contains some extra prayer points for the nation is available foor download below.
INTERCESSORY PRAYER GUIDELINES TOWARDS THE RESCUE OF NIGERIA
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Monday, 13th – 15th February 2023
Monday, 13th February, 2023
- Father, thank you for granting us peace by all means in this nation up till now – 2 Thessalonians 3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord [be] with you all.
- Father, forgive us the sins of denial of Christ by believers across board in the nation and especially those in power among us – Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
- Father, forgive us the sin of the waves of bribery and corruption across the public and private sector of our national life – Jeremiah 17:11 [As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
- Father, for the sake of the elect, deliver this Nation from utter destruction – Genesis 18:24-26 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that [are] therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
- Father, let your peace reign in Nigeria by all means, as you silence all perpetrators of unrest in the land – 2 Thessalonians 3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord [be] with you all.
- Father send your warring Angels to deliver Nigeria from every force of destruction arrayed against her – 2 Kings 19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.
- Father, let the 2023 elections in Nigeria be free and fair and let it be void of election violence all through – Job 34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only.
- Father, we decree absolute peace and quietness across the length and breadth of this nation during the election and beyond – Job 34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only.
- Father, as an aftermath of this forthcoming election, let saviours arise in the land that will rescue the soul of Nigeria from destruction – Obadiah 1:21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.
DAY 2 – Tuesday 14th February 2023
- Father, thank you for setting in disarray every gang-up of hell against the growth of the church of Christ in this nation – Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Father, forgive us the sin of a defiled conscience that can no longer differentiate between good and evil – Titus 1:15 Unto the pure all things [are] pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving [is] nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
- Father, forgive this nation of the sin of kidnapping and shedding of innocent blood by the terrorist groups and other selected individuals that are behind the scenes sponsoring these acts of the wicked – 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- Father, we come against the scourge of corruption in Nigeria, thereby rewriting the story of this nation – Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].
- Father, by the blood of the Jesus, we destroy every force of stagnation and frustration militating against the advancement of our nation Nigeria – Exodus 12:12
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I [am] the LORD.
- Father, via the forthcoming election, give us leaders that will usher this nation into realms of greater peace and prosperity – Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
- Father, scatter every agenda of the devil to frustrate the electoral process in the forthcoming elections in Nigeria – Isaiah 8:9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
- Father, we come against every form of electoral malpractices in the forthcoming elections in Nigeria, thereby averting post-election crisis – Deuteronomy 32:4 [He is] the Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he.
- Father, as an aftermath of this forthcoming election, send us leaders with the required capacity and character that will lead this nation out of the woods – Psalm 78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
DAY 3 – Wednesday 15th February, 2023
- Father, thank you for growth and expansion that the Church in Nigeria enjoys till date in spite of all resistances of the gates of hell – Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Father, forgive us the sin of oppression of the poor across this nation and especially by those in power – Ezekiel 22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
- Father, forgive the sin of insatiable crave for money, including from those who rob to enrich themselves – 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
- Father, hasten your vengeance upon the enemies of peace and progress of this nation and let the citizens of this nation be rescued from all the assaults of the wicked – Psalm 94:1-2
- O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
- Father, send us help from above that will wipe off the shame and reproach that this nation has suffered till date – Zephaniah 3:19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
- Father, let peace reign across the length and breadth if this nation, thereby turning her to the envy of the nations. – Job 34:29
- When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:(KJV)
- Father, raise an army of God-fearing leaders in this nation, thereby restoring her loss glory – Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin [is] a reproach to any people.(KJV)
- Father, we decree the destruction of every device of evil men to manipulate the 2023 elections in Nigeria – Job 5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise.
- Father, as an aftermath of this forthcoming election, raise wise-hearted leaders in this country that will bail this nation out of the present challenges confronting her – Proverbs 8:15-16 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.(KJV)Jesus is Lord!
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