6th March, 2009, was the World Day of Prayer and all over the world people gathered to pray for their families, churches, neighbors, and communities. The World Day of Prayer is a worldwide movement of Christian women of many traditions who come together to observe a common day of prayer each year, and who, in many countries, have a continuing relationship in prayer and service. It is a movement initiated and carried out by women in more than 170 countries and regions around the world, which is symbolized by an annual day of celebration – the first Friday of March – to which all people are welcome. And it is a movement which brings together women of various races, cultures and traditions in closer fellowship, understanding and action throughout the year.

Throughout the World Day of Prayer, women around the world affirm their faith in Jesus Christ and pray for one another as they share their hopes and fears, their joys and sorrows, their opportunities and needs. Through World Day of Prayer, women are encouraged to become aware of the whole world and no longer live in isolation, to be enriched by the faith experience of Christians of other countries and cultures, to take up the burdens of other people and pray with and for them, and to become aware of their talents and use them in the service of society.

Through World Day of Prayer, women affirm that prayer and action are inseparable and that both have immeasurable influence in the world. The motto of the World Day of Prayer is “Informed Prayer and Prayerful Action”.

It’s amazing that on this day, throughout the world, people came together to pray. Prayer is an important part of any believers life, a discipline that so often gets overlooked or downplayed. But the World Day of Prayer is a symbol of how important it really it. We read in Scripture how amazing things happened as a result of prayer, especially when people came together and prayed – strength in numbers. When need to understand that prayer can change lives and can even change world events, and that amazing and wondrous provision, salvation, healing, comfort, joy, peace, and much more, await those who would humble themselves and talk to their Father.

Let us not just pray one day a year, but every day let us come before our Father in Heaven. With that said, “Let us pray!”

Christian St John M.Div, BChM, ACS
March, 2009

Picture by Dez Pain

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