Christians in 12 African Nations to Cry Out to God During ‘Africa Returns’
By Joseph D'Hippolito
About 900 years before Jesus was born, Judah faced a military threat from three nations that formed an alliance. King Jehoshaphat, the Judeans’ ruler, ordered his subjects to fast while he went to Jerusalem to pray in the Temple.
“We can do nothing to stop this huge army from attacking us,” Jehoshaphat prayed. “We don’t know what to do, so we are asking for Your help” (2 Chronicles 20:12).
This Friday and Saturday, Christians in Africa who face persecution and poverty will cry out to God in a similar fashion.
“Africa Returns” is a two-day assembly in Nigeria for concentrated prayer and repentance. The event follows a similar gathering in Washington, D.C., “The Return.” In conjunction with Franklin Graham’s Prayer March, more than 50,000 Christians gathered in the National Mall last September, and many millions worldwide watched online.
Speakers at that event included Nicky Cruz, Michael W. Smith, Anne Graham Lotz, the daughter of Billy Graham, and Alveda King, the niece of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Other speakers, such as James Dobson, Ben Carson, Glenn Beck and The Stream’s James Robison, appeared on video.
Read the rest of the story about Africa Returns on The Stream at https://stream.org/africa-returns.
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