Dear Prayer Family

It was about this time in late December 2015 when God gave me a wild vision for a prayer relay on New Year's Day, the vision was of people holding 'Olympic Relay Torches' (flames) at seven high points around the Illawarra, the vision then zoomed out and I saw the flames spread across Australia, and then around the world, I immediately knew this was a prayer relay and I shared the vision with Warwick Marsh from National Day of Prayer (Australia). With only 12 days until New Year's Day 2016 we shared the vision and many believers joined us to pray across Australia and around the world, then on New Year's Day 2017 believers prayed in over 23 nations, and on New Year's Day 2018 the relay continued to grow with believers prayed in at least 50 nations, including 172 public locations in Australia.

In November this year I completely laid this vision down at the altar and the Lord quickly told me to pick it up again with two fresh instructions; "SIMPLIFY" and "SOUL FOCUS", a couple of weeks later He gave me a sentence to help explain what this looks like practically;

"WHEREVER YOU ARE AT SUNRISE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, PRAY FOR SOULS TO BE SAVED."

So, I invite you to join me at sunrise on New Year's Day wherever you are around the world, to pray for souls to be saved, I am convinced that the number one priority of heaven is the salvation, and reconciliation of sons and daughters back into the intimate relationship with God that we were all created for. Jesus described in Luke 15:7 and 15:10, a joyous celebration in heaven when just one sinner repents, I believe that it is God's will for every person to be saved, our part to play in God's plan is to pray for souls to be saved, and to preach the good news so that people may hear, believe, and call on Jesus to save them (Rom 10:13-17).

You can organise to pray as a group at a public location lookout, landmark, or a church in your city or town, or you can also pray privately in your home, we suggest you start around 15 minutes before your local sunrise time and pray for around 30 to 60 minutes, or longer if you feel led.

Watch the latest video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAq7YT6eXoE

We encourage you to pray 'The Lord's Prayer' (Matt 6:9-13) aloud as the sun rises, and make a declaration that Jesus is Lord of your life, your family, your region and your nation, then contend in prayer for souls to be saved, pray for our unsaved friends and family to know Jesus in 2019, you may also like to make a declaration over your nation like “Australia for Jesus”, or “America Shall Be Saved”, these declarations are the cry of God’s heart, He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance (2 Pet 3:9), so let’s pray in agreement with His will and contend for our nations to be saved.

Your group might like to include praise and worship in your time of prayer, you could also include communion, a time of fellowship e.g. breakfast, and then go and share the good news.

To register your participation in the New Year’s Day Sunrise Prayer Relay 2019 and receive the prayer resources, including prayer points, and info on how you can continue to pray daily for souls to be saved in your nation, and updates please visit http://www.sunriseprayerrelay.org/registration

This year WE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHING A LIST OF PUBLIC LOCATIONS, if you are hosting a gathering at a public location we encourage you to promote locally by inviting people you know and sharing in local churches, prayer groups and via social media, we also recommend that anyone considering hosting a public location make sure you have at least one or two people you know well that have agreed to be there with you for accountability and safety before you promote the location publicly.

Please post photos, videos, and testimonies from your location on social media and use the hashtag #SunrisePrayerRelay

Let’s awaken the dawn together in 2019 with prayer for souls to be saved.

Now is the "right time", now is the time of salvation (2 Cor 6:2).

Thanks & Be Blessed
Pat Steele
More:http://www.sunriseprayerrelay.org/