The Tribune

THE Bahamas Global Impact Prayer and Fasting Network and affiliate organisations have launched a campaign to have Majority Rule Day observed as a national day of prayer and thanksgiving.

According to a press release issued by Pastor Jeremiah Duncombe, president of the Bahamas Global Impact Prayer and Fasting Network, the group started the campaign as a follow up to a written request to Prime Minister Perry Christie and other government officials.

The group wants the government to establish a committee, comprised of church leaders and the Bahamas Christian Council president “to recommend to the government an appropriate date to institute as an annual national day of prayer”.

“January 10 is a significant date in Bahamian history when we celebrate Majority Rule,” Pastor Duncombe said.

“We believe it is fitting therefore that this date should be designated by the government to also be a day when the people of the Bahamas, citizens and non-citizens, come together in peace, goodwill, prayer, and thanksgiving at designated venues throughout the nation in mass assembly prayer rallies, in homes and other places of Christian worship to pray and ask God’s blessings for our beloved country, the Bahamas.

“We are convinced that when Christians come together in agreement in unity with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and with each other seeking the face of God interceding in prevailing prayer, that there is no force in the world that can withstand such power and love, which will effect repentance, reformation of lives, and healing of the nations.

Prayer has always been a foundation of our nation where with one voice and mind our founding forefathers united in prayer for God’s guidance, protection and strength for our newly created independent nation because they believed that one way to ensure protection for our nation’s sovereignty was through prayer,” Pastor Duncombe said.

“As the Bahamas is facing a crisis period of increasing crime and many other challenging issues of national concern, and more particularly, the recent hurricane devastations of the southern islands of The Bahamas with God’s providence in the preservation of lives, we believe there is an urgent need to establish this annual national day of prayer and thanksgiving for the nation, commencing January 10, 2017.”

Pastor Duncombe added that government or church interventions would not make a difference “if we fail to fast and pray.”

He also said: “There is a God in Heaven who hears and answers prayers and we have His promise given to us in 2 Chronicles 7:14, that, ‘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 heal their land.’”

The group is holding a prayer breakfast at the Church Of God, Joe Farrington Road Auditorium on January 10, beginning at 8am.

The event is open to every one, but a small donation of at least $10 or more will be appreciated to assist with helping to defray expenses related to the event, organisers said.