Nehemiah's use of a trumpet in rebuilding the broken down walls of Jerusalem provides us with an inspiring example.  When the wall had reached half its height Nehemiah experienced some serious opposition. In response, Nehemiah records that "we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat" (Nehemiah 4:9). When the situation continued to worsen, Nehemiah had half of the men building with weapons at their side while the other half were fully armed and at the ready.

At this crucial time Nehemiah said, "The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall.  Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!" (Nehemiah 4:19b,20). Like a trumpet the Canberra Declaration can call us together to pray and act always looking to our God to go before us.

With God's help, the work of the Canberra Declaration is to -

• speak out on the issues of our day based on the truth of God's Word.
• encourage those who have signed the Canberra Declaration to write letters and visit or make submissions to our leaders in government.
• mobilise prayer and fasting for the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and for the revival and transformation of Australia in order to reach its destiny.
• work alongside other Christian organizations of whom are signatories to the Canberra Declaration.

Nehemiah can inspire us in other ways as well. When Nehemiah first felt burdened for the situation in Jerusalem, he responded with prayer and fasting. This miraculously opened the way for him to leave Babylon with letters from the king and an army escort for safe conduct.  Upon his arrival in Jerusalem he immediately inspected the broken down wall and sized up the situation. Only then did he gather the leaders and people and announce his plan. God's gracious hand was upon him. The wall that had been in ruins for 70 years was rebuilt in 52 days!

For the last six months, we have asked you to pray, make suggestions, give financially and volunteer for different tasks. We thank God for your wonderful response. Now we feel ready to publicly launch the next phase of the campaign at the National Day of Prayer & Fasting. This will happen at approximately 3pm NSW time with the premier showing of the new Canberra Declaration promo video. 

We especially look forward to meeting Canberra Declaration signees who live in and around Canberra or are travelling to Canberra for these events. Please make yourself known to us. Remember, others not in Canberra, can watch the event via Live Webcast or on Trinity Broadcasting TV. We encourage you to join us anytime between 10AM - 4PM on Sunday 15 February 2015. For more information and details of the program, check the National Day of Prayer website. 

More than ever we feel the need to make a strong trumpet blast! We need your continued prayer and involvement.

• Please pray that thousands more will join us in the battle to protect Christian values in Australia.
   
• Join us via the Live Webcast from the Great Hall in Parliament House on Sunday 15 February. 
   
• Please act by sharing this Update with as many as possible. 

We look forward to a miraculous result!

We will progressively unfold our plan based on your suggestions given in the Double Our Numbers Survey from last year. Soon we will also give you an update on your generous giving and how that is being used. 

For your encouragement we close with this inspiring prayer for Australia.

A Prayer for Australia

Yours for sounding a clear call to fellow Australians,

If you haven't already, please register for the National Day of Prayer & Fasting and the 40 Days of Prayer & Fasting now. If you would like to help financially in the mission to call our nation to prayer, use GiveNow.

Email: info@nationaldayofprayer.com.au

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