ARISE and BUILD!
26^th July to 1^st August 2026

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Encouragement: Ask and it will be given to you...  [Matthew 7:7]

A. NELSON MANDELA BAY
Local Elections:
Pray for the local elections to be free and fair, for every citizen to be responsible to vote, and those who have not yet registered to take the opportunity to register on the weekend of 1 August 2026; those who feel that their vote is not important to realise that their vote in this election is extremely important; for people not to vote according to tradition or persuasion, but to think carefully about their vote and to vote for the one whom they believe is the best Mayoral Candidate, and for the party that stands for what the voter really believes.

B. THE NMB ECONOMY - It is estimated that 2 million families go hungry in South Africa. Many of those families live in NMB.

1. Let us pray for God to intervene in this very sad situation, to stir up believers to alleviate the hunger among our people and for Christians to rise up in response to this understanding and to find ways and means to minister to these very needy people. Praise the Lord for those who are running soup kitchens and who are making a difference. Pray for congregations to unite interdenominationally and to support one another in this huge task.
2. More industry to move into NMB: the Lord to raise up entrepreneurs to provide work for the unemployed, for the unemployed not to give up but to continue to seek for work, and for more financially accessible skills training for the unemployed.
3. Highly qualified and experienced people, capable of filling the posts of Executive Directors, to fill the vacant posts in the Directorates in our NMB Municipality.

C. THE CHURCH

1. The protection of all Christians, the Church and the rights of the Church.  [Matt. 16:18-19]
2. The growth of the Church: that many more people from throughout the Bay will come to salvation and be discipled in 2026.  [Luke 10:2 and 19]
3. A greater unity of relationship and purpose in our congregations, denominations and interdenominational fellowships, as we work together to win the lost for Christ.  [Psalm 133]
4. The restoration, renewal, reformation, transformation and revival of Christians and the Church in the Bay.  [Joel 2:28-29, Habakkuk 3:1-4, Zechariah 2:5]
5. Christians to love and serve the Lord with all their hearts, to walk in love, faith and truth, and to eschew evil.  [Proverbs 3:5-6, 1 John 3:3, 1 John 4:20, 21].

D. CORRUPTION
Please pray that all corruption in our city will be exposed, and that those who are guilty will be dealt with justly; for God to bring to finality the pending cases, for God to sow confusion amongst those who are mobilising to prevent the corrupt from being brought to justice, and for the conviction of the Holy Spirit to cause the corrupt to confess their sin. [Proverbs 29:4]

Remember the promise: ... pray to the Lord for the city because if it prospers, you will prosper.  [Jeremiah 29:7]