October 1 World Vision Day of Prayer

 World Vision Day of Prayer

"For where two or three come together in my name, there I am with them."

— Matthew 18:20 NIV

 The World Vision Day of Prayer is an annual event held on October 1. This is World Vision's first day of the new fiscal year and World Vision offices worldwide will close their doors for the day and gather together to worship, offer thanksgiving and pray for the coming year.

Each year World Vision has a theme for the Day of Prayer. This year it is "For Unto Us A Child Is Born" from Isaiah 9:6. Though we normally see this passage at Christmas to celebrate Jesus' birth, we view it as an incarnational verse: God living with us, His people. He came as a child who grew in stature and wisdom. World Vision seeks to mirror the incarnational work of Christ in our commitment to children, so that every child has an opportunity to grow in stature and wisdom.

We invite you to join 40,000 staff worldwide, in 97 countries, as we praise God, thank Him for His many blessings and ask for His continued grace and guidance as we serve in Christ's name.

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Suggested Prayer Items:
Women of Vision Day of Prayer and Action Prayer Points

Pray for the needs of your sponsored children and chapter projects…
: For awareness of needs within your child’s community.
: For intentionality in getting to know your sponsored children.
: For courage to be an advocate for justice, at every opportunity.
: For opportunities to partner together in chapter projects (or to start a new chapter
project). Visit our Projects page to explore new opportunities:

Praise God for…
: The opportunities that will be presented to you throughout the year that will bring change to your sponsored communities.

Pray for our elected leaders…
: For wisdom for our leaders as they begin to make decisions about budget priorities.
: That bold action will be taken to provide the necessary investment to fund interventions that alleviate suffering.
: That policies and laws would be put into place that would promote the cause of the oppressed, both locally and globally.
: For leaders to seek God’s will above their own.

Praise God for…
: The truth that His love and power reign supreme above world leaders.

Pray for the hungry…
: For the children who die from hunger every day.
: For wisdom for government leaders who are seeking effective means to address the food crisis.
: For greater efforts to urge Congress to expand programs that address hunger, child nutrition, and agricultural development, to eradicate child hunger worldwide.
: For God’s guidance in showing us how we can help others to break the cycle of hunger.

Praise God for…
: The food aid, agricultural training, nutrition education, and food protection resources made possible by World Vision donors from around the world.

Pray for those suffering from HIV and AIDS…
: For the more than 15 million children orphaned and made vulnerable as a result of HIV and AIDS and that those in need would receive adequate care and support.
: For the millions of people living with HIV and AIDS who have been designated eligible to receive anti-retroviral drugs, but have not yet due to insufficient funds and delays.

Pray that barriers would be removed so that they might receive treatment.
: That mothers who are HIV positive will be able to access the drugs and other measures necessary to help them prevent transmission of the virus to their unborn child or infant.
: For the more than 77,000 caregivers that care for those suffering from HIV and AIDS in AIDS endemic countries.

Praise God for…
: The AIDS prevention and care programs that serve the afflicted that World Vision staff,volunteers, and partners operate in more than 60 countries.

Pray for children in slavery and bondage…

: For those children who are taken advantage of and suffer greatly ─ that they would be comforted.
: For those who would exploit or enslave others. Pray for a spiritual breakthrough so that they might release their captives and work to prevent the captivity of others.
: For the advocates around the world who are standing against child slavery.
: Pray for the success of the CPCA (Child Protection Compact Act), legislation currently in U.S. Congress. This is one way the U.S. can help foreign governments to end the illegal sale of children for sex and slave labor. Read more on our Advocacy page:
: For those who work to help prevent children from falling into slavery and protect and restore those who have survived the ordeal.

Praise God for…
: The many policies put into place over the years to protect children from exploitation and bondage: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act, The PROTECT Act, The Child Soldier Prevention Act.

Pray for those suffering from malaria…
: That recent efforts focused on ending preventable deaths from malaria by 2015 will be achieved.
: That families threatened by malaria will receive insecticide-treated bed nets and other interventions that they need to protect their families from this killer disease.
: That in this difficult economic period, individuals and governments will still be able to respond with the financial resources needed to protect children and help end malaria (more than $6 billion a year).
: That we might see malaria eradicated in our lifetime.

Praise God for…
: The extensive distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets to malaria infected regions around the world, made possibly by World Vision donors.

OPTIONAL: As we focus our attention on justice issues around the world, it is important to remember that Jesus is the light of the world. As Christ’s followers, we reflect His light in a world where the darkness of poverty and injustice abound. Lighting candles is a great way to symbolize light dispelling darkness. As we begin this time of prayer, considering lighting candles in solidarity with Jesus’ call to reflect His light in our communities as we respond to
injustice.