2020 Prayer Diary Welcome We love that you pray for Anglican Aid. We hope this resource helps you pray in specific ways for the work of Anglican Aid and our partners. Each day of prayer is structured around a particular theme or area that Anglican Aid works in. Together, let’s bring these requests, and many others as well, to God. Without God our labour would be in vain. Thank you for your partnership with us! Cover image: Archbishop Glenn Davies and Canon Helen Hoskins in Bunda, Tanzania in May 2019 Diocesan Prayer Anglican Aid Prayer for Mission 2020 Our Heavenly Father, Heavenly Father, Fill our lives with the fruit of your Spirit, so Whose will it is that all people be saved, and that we may walk in joyful obedience, share come to a knowledge of the truth, and whose your love by word and deed, and see Christ will it is that we care for the poor, needy, honoured in every community as Lord and widows, orphans and refugees. Saviour. We pray for the work of the Archbishop of Amen Sydney’s Anglican Aid. We pray for your grace to fulfil every good work that you have prepared for us in advance to do as we anticipate the triumphant return of our King and Saviour, in whose name we pray. Amen Contents 02 Letter from the Archbishop 16 Bible focus - Ruth 1-4 28 Day 19 - Protecting kids 03 Letter from the Acting CEO 29 Day 20 - Empowering women 05 Anglican Aid Vision 17 Day 9 - Anglican Aid board 30 Day 21 - Peace through education and staff 31 Day 22 - Latin America 18 Day 10 - Spotlight: Drought 06 Bible focus - Matthew 5 32 Day 23 - Food and shelter 19 Day 11 - Made in God’s image 33 Day 24 - The Pacific 20 Day 12 - Strengthening 07 Message from the incoming indigenous communities CEO 34 Bible focus - Philemon 21 Day 13 - Clean water and sanitation 08 Day 1 - The Archbishop and 35 Day 25 - Vocational skills the work of the Diocese 22 Day 14 - Equipping future leaders 36 Day 26 - Spotlight: 09 Day 2 - Giving thanks 23 Day 15 - Asylum seekers and Miracle Ministries refugees 10 Day 3 - New projects 37 Day 27 - Good health 24 Day 16 - Generating income 11 Day 4 - Natural disasters 38 Day 28 - Spotlight: Syria 12 Day 5 - Bible training 39 Day 29 - Sustainable living 25 Bible focus - Luke 17 13 Day 6 - Spotlight: Zambia’s 40 Day 30 - College and university Child 41 Day 31 - The church around 14 Day 7 - Preparing future 26 Day 17 - Bishops and church the world generations leaders 42 Current projects 15 Day 8 - Loving the community 27 Day 18 - Spotlight: Waterworks for a Thirsty World 1 Anglican Aid Prayer Diary 2020 Letter from the Archbishop Dear Friends, Over the years, many kind people the partnership projects of the have said they are praying for me Archbishop of Sydney’s Anglican as Archbishop and for my wife, Aid is a constant source of Dianne. It is greatly humbling and encouragement. More importantly, encouraging to be the subject of it makes a real difference around your prayers. In the same way, I the world. By God’s grace, Anglican know that those working in the Aid is uniquely positioned, Anglican Aid office and those connecting Sydney Anglicans on the field are encouraged by with local communities, overseas the knowledge that you share development, and theological in their work through prayer. I education projects. Please join me am so thankful to God for you. in praying for the work and people Grace and Peace, Your support in spreading the of Anglican Aid, using this prayer love of God abroad through diary as a valuable aid in raising our Glenn N. Davies prayer and generous support of voices before the throne of grace. Archbishop of Sydney Anglican Aid Prayer Diary 2020 2 Letter from the Acting CEO My friends in prayer, I am continually humbled by the generosity of approached to partner with new worthy projects, spirit that comes from Anglican Aid’s supporters. aiming to meet more needs, in more locations. You enable us to be the bearers of good news and practical assistance to a world crying out for God’s By God’s grace we are fighting the good fight on fatherhood and justice. I want to personally thank you many fronts. We are striving to enable impoverished for continually responding to the work God has put in communities to meet their basic needs through front of all of us in whichever way you are able - be it water/sanitation/hygiene, education, health, prayer, advocacy, or financial giving. relief and aid, and emergency assistance. We are advocating for Christ’s love for people with We have been blessed by the appointment of The disabilities, women, refugees, and children. Rev Tim Swan as CEO of Anglican Aid commencing in April this year. Please join us in praising God for his God is also bringing us men and women to train in provision of a CEO. Bible and community leadership. You may remember from last year’s prayer diary that Anglican Aid has The task set before us is very great - in all senses of been getting to know our brothers and sisters the word. Anglican Aid has partners in 34 countries, in Madagascar. We then had the opportunity of mostly majority-world nations, who are supported sharing during Mission Hour at Synod 2019 about by your prayers and giving. We are continually being the immense privilege of committing to taking 3 Anglican Aid Prayer Diary 2020 Bible courses to Madagascar, in the local language, Finally, at a personal level, we are seeing many Malagasy, over the next two years. What a huge and individuals being transformed by the hope that comes exciting commitment! with the truth of the gospel. The greatness of this aspect of our work cannot be understated. Together with your partnership, we have the opportunity to make an enormous impact in majority world nations and in individual lives. It is with gratitude that we offer you this prayer diary and ask you to bring our work before God. God bless, Eddie Ozols Acting CEO A mural from Rehema Café, Diocese of Mara, Tanzania Anglican Aid Prayer Diary 2020 4 Our Vision and Mission Please pray that, in God’s timing and grace, 1 breaking cycles of poverty, abuse, exploitation we will achieve these things for His glory. and neglect; Vision 2 training future leaders in needy world To excel in the provision of Christian aid to vulnerable communities; communities around the world 3 voicing Christian concern on issues of poverty, Mission injustice, compassion, generosity and world need; Anglican Aid’s mission is to work in partnership with local community leaders in: 4 raising funds to support innovative and creative solutions to identified needs; 5 building partnership capacity to enable effective project selection, implementation and evaluation. 5 Anglican Aid Prayer Diary 2020 Bible Focus #1 – Matthew 5 Anglican Aid’s development policy outlines the Entering the kingdom requires each of us to recognise principles which inform our work. “Anglican our spiritual poverty, coming to God totally reliant and Aid is committed to the belief in the Bible trusting him for salvation. as the Word of God, subsequently, Biblical principles, categories, and imperatives form D M Lloyd-Jones said that Matt 5:3 “was the key to all the foundation of Anglican Aid’s mission, vision, that follows….There is no one in the kingdom who is not and practice.” poor. All other characteristics are the result of this one.” Jesus makes eight statements in Matthew 5; the All that we do at Anglican Aid flows from the kindness first that the poor in spirit are blessed for theirs God has shown us. Our work seeks to show Christ’s is the kingdom of heaven. It would be a mistake love to people in need. “Let grace flow” can only occur to understand these words of Jesus as referring because we all, whether praying, giving money or to material poverty. Jesus had declared that the working at Anglican Aid, have been brought out of kingdom of God had come and was calling people to spiritual poverty into God’s spiritual riches. repent and enter the kingdom. Jesus, in stating that the poor will be in the kingdom of heaven, is calling us to recognise our spiritual poverty. David cried out to God in despair as a desperate man describing himself as poor (Ps 34:6). He had great material riches, yet humbled himself before God. Anglican Aid Prayer Diary 2020 6 A message from our incoming CEO, The Rev Tim Swan When Jesus and his disciples were Anglican Aid is committed to surrounded by rising opposition, partnering with and training Jesus withdrew to spend time with workers for the harvest in his Father in prayer (Luke 6:11-12), the world’s most vulnerable leading to him appointing the 12 communities. Will you join me apostles. in praying for God’s provision of more workers, and for those taking In our world of rising opposition to the gospel to the nations with the Christ and his church, we too need help of Anglican Aid? to withdraw to spend time with our Father in prayer - especially asking that he will ‘send out workers into his harvest field’ (Luke 10:2). Anglican Aid’s new CEO, The Rev Tim Swan, and his wife Sally 7 Anglican Aid Prayer Diary 2020 Day The Archbishop & the 01 work of the Diocese What a privilege it is to work within the Sydney Anglican Diocese which works for the glory of the name of the Lord.