"We have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God," Abraham Lincoln

As in the days of Nineveh, Australia faces a national crisis. Upon realizing their dire situation, their response was to proclaim a fast and for everyone to urgently call on God." The King decreed the national call for prayer and fasting saying, "Let them (us) give up their evil ways and their violence. Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”

"On March 30, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln called for a national day of prayer and fasting, in which he addressed what he called the need for "our national reformation as a whole people."

​Our leaders in Australia have not come to that position, but that does not mean we the people cannot urgently call on God in prayer and fasting and ask for His intervention to avert the crisis currently facing Australian society.

"We have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God," Lincoln said, adding that it was our duty "to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness...."

How can we as Australians in 2016 do any less? Please continue or join churches, organizations, and individuals around Australia in this month October 2016 for a month of prayer and fasting. "It is time that we, as Christians, recognize our need to repent of our own wickedness and cry out to the Lord for forgiveness - and that He might heal our broken land (2 Chronicles 7:14)."

We should heed the voices of the King of Nineveh and President Lincoln. They knew that God was the only one who could save us.

Sources:
​Jonah 3 
​Canberra Declaration - Oct Call for Prayer and Fasting for Marriage
AFA