Pray for Rain Day 15: God’s Remedy for Drought
by Ps Jeffrey Daly, Founder and Director of the National Day of Repentance, USA. Intention God provides a solution in His Word for physical and spiritual drought in Australia, supporting His destiny for this beloved ...read more
Prayers of Blessing
Scrolling through the internet is a blessing and a curse. There are many people who stand beside the Australian farmers and small-town businesses during this time of intense drought. These posts lift you, make you ...read more
Pray for Rain Day 14: Do Not Grow Weary in Difficult Times
by Ps Victor Soo, Pastor of Reach Community Church, Northcote, Melbourne. Intention To encourage The Church to boldly fulfill The Great Commission. Scripture There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that ...read more
The Big Mistake Secular People Make About Religious Discrimination
There’s a big mistake many secular people make about religious discrimination. It’s a mistake I’ve seen repeated many times. Even by (or especially by) educated secular commentators. This mistake is a fairly recent one. But ...read more
Pray for Rain Day 13: When the Heavens are Shut Up
by Rev Anne Hibbard, Secretary, Assembly of Confessing Congregations of the Uniting Church in Australia. Intention How and what we should pray. Scripture Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord …and then knelt ...read more
Clueless Climate Crusaders and Christless Christianity
Now religious left loonies are confessing their sins – to plants! I kid you not. There is never a shortage of nutjobs amongst us, and religious nutjobs can be the worst of the bunch. I ...read more
Pray for Rain Day 12: Power of Desperation
Intention Responding to God in times of desperation. Scripture “Dispatches were sent by swift messengers into all the provinces of the empire, giving the order that all Jews—young and old, including women and children—must be ...read more
Hallelujah! It is Raining! Please Keep Praying
By Grant Bateman I live in a drought-stricken area. The creeks and dams are dry, and tank water has been gone. Here is a recent update from about 15 minutes ago: It's currently raining up ...read more
Pray for Rain Day 11: Spiritual and Physical Drought
by Dr Graham McLennan, founder of the National Alliance of Christian Leaders and Australian Christian History Research website. Intention Australian history is full of stories of Christian people praying in times of drought and seeing ...read more
“I want to end my life” – a reflection on the ongoing push for a right to die
That is such a sad cry – an indication of something terribly wrong, and a sense of hopelessness about it ever being different. Even for those of us that have suffered from depression, how can ...read more
Pray for Rain Day 10: We Revere God Above All Things
by Reverend Dr Margaret Court AO, MBE, Senior Minister Victory Life Centre, Perth. Intention The Lord’s Prayer is a key. We begin with reverence towards our glorious God. Scripture Mathew 6:9-13 Our Father in heaven, ...read more
Pat Dodson on euthanasia bill: Aboriginal people need less death, not more
Labor senator and the father of Aboriginal reconciliation, Pat Dodson, has voiced his serious concerns about the voluntary assisted dying bill likely to pass WA’s parliament. In a passionate plea, the First Nations leader put ...read more
Perth: Interfaith Prayer Service for Parliamentarians Debating Euthanasia
by Warwick d'Silva, Australian Family Association In St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday 29th September at 3pm, an Interfaith Prayer Service was held. This service was to pray for the parliamentarians debating the Voluntary Assisted Dying ...read more
Pray for Rain Day 9: Why Drought?
by David Jackson, Western Air Care Inc, Farmers Relief Charity, Gilgandra NSW Intention Why are our farmers suffering? Scripture Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. And His disciples asked ...read more
Please Bless the Bush
In a recent telephone interview, I was asked how the church should be praying for those suffering through intense drought. I don’t normally do phone interviews, but because of the drought, I hadn’t been able ...read more
Pray for Rain Day 8: Asking God’s Mercy for Rain
by Pastors Norman & Barbara Miller, Centre for International Reconciliation and Peace, Cairns. Intention Putting a priority on the things that really matter. Scripture “Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my ...read more
Call to Prayer
Another news report warned of major disruptions to city traffic in cities around the country in the name of demanding climate change action. As a farmer's wife dealing with the effects of our current drought, ...read more
The 4 Stages of Parenting
Some time ago, my friend Steve Blizard sent me a really good article by Bob Hostetler about the Four Phases of Parenthood. Bob writes the following: It came as a shock. In the course of ...read more
Pray for Rain Day 7: Rain, Repentance and Renewal
by Rev Dr Peter Barnes, Moderator-General, Presbyterian Church of Australia Intention God is holy and demands obedience from His people. Scripture “If you walk in My statutes … , then I will give you your ...read more
Mark Latham: an unlikely ally for religious freedom
Christians have found an unlikely ally in agnostic NSW parliamentarian Mark Latham. Many Australians will remember Mark Latham as the bullish Labor opposition leader seeking to topple John Howard at the 2004 federal election. More ...read more