Micah Challenge Australia is a global campaign of Christians who speak out against poverty and injustice. Their goal is see global poverty halved by 2015, for “God wants us to act in response to injustice.”
They are asking for Churches and Christians in Australia to set aside Sunday 10 October 2010 (10.10.10) to PRAY, PROMISE and ACT against poverty.
They suggest that the following Global Prayer can be used:
O Lord, our great and awesome God, loyal to your promise of love and faithful to all who honour and obey you, hear our prayer. We pray for those who live in poverty, we cry out for those who are denied justice and we weep for all who are suffering.
We confess that we have not always obeyed you. We have neglected your commands and have ignored your call for justice. We have been guided by self-interest and lived in spiritual poverty. Forgive us.
We remember your promises to fill the hungry with good things, to redeem the land by your mighty hand and to restore peace.
Father God, help us always to proclaim your justice and mercy with humility, so that, by the power of your Spirit, we can rid the world of the sin of extreme poverty.
As part of your global church, we stand with millions who praise and worship you. May our words and deeds declare your perfect goodness, love and righteousness to both the powerful and the powerless so that your Kingdom may come on earth as it is in heaven.
Amen
For more information on how to register your Church for 10.10.10 Save the Date! and to download resources, see here.
