Every Year, in the lead up to Easter…
As a community we encourage one other to become more aware of Jesus’ last 40 days on earth and what He gave up for us. One of the ways that we do this is through 40 Days of Prayer, an intentional season of prayer where we bring the needs of our children, Care Workers, Primary Caregivers and global Hands at Work community, to our Heavenly Father. Prayer requests are shared weekly by email and daily on our
Prayer App, highlighting the vulnerability and challenges from across Africa but also the joys and the hope that we have in Christ.
We invite you to join us in 40 Days of Prayer and think of creative ways that you can engage and involve your friends and family in praying on behalf of the most vulnerable.
Join for 40 Days of Prayer in 2023
starting February 22
““This year we were stuck in lockdown and as I prayed each day, I had a profound sense of praying with the whole Hands family in all those different settings, together with each of the International Offices, a great community of prayer across Africa and the world. At a time of separation and for some, real isolation, it was a tangible reminder of what it is to be the body of Christ, united in prayer, upholding one another, bearing each other’s burdens in intercession.” ”
““The fact that we can pray is not something to be taken for granted. It is true that prayer is a natural need of the human heart, but that does not give us any right before God…. We pray to the God in whom we believe through Christ. Therefore our prayer can never be a conjuring up of God; we do not need to present ourselves before him. We can know that God knows what we need before we ask for it. That gives our prayer the greatest confidence and a happy certainty. It is neither the formula nor the number of words but faith that reaches God in his fatherly heart, which has long known us. The proper prayer is not a deed, not an exercise, not a pious attitude, but the petition of a child to the heart of the Father.” ”