Pastor Jackson Senyoga is the Pastor of a church in Kampala Uganda which nurtures the souls of 40,000 congregants. It was not always that way. Victim and witness to the indiscriminant rampage of Idi Amin and his successor in Uganda involving torture, genocide and other inconceivable acts, Jackson and a band of followers turned to the Lord for help. They realized that no power on this earth could affect and rectify the conditions they faced.

So they prayed, and they prayed, and then they prayed some more. Intentionally and unceasingly they created a covering of prayer over the land. And it worked. Uganda has become a Christian nation and the tribulation of the past is gone. Tucson was blessed beyond measure in the Month of May by Jackson Senyogas’ visit to our city. His message was simple and direct. During the course of his stay he addressed a conservative estimate of over 5,000 people in congregations and venues all over our city. Near the end of his visit he addressed over 2,500 at the Fiesta Bowl in Kennedy Park.

He spoke of prayer being both intentional and transformational. He left us with a formula for prayer which involves five critical components. First, we must be broken and humbled by our circumstance to the point of heart-felt repentance. Secondly, we need to seek forgiveness for our sins against our brothers and sisters and forgive those who have sinned against us. Thirdly, we must develop a tireless and unrelenting spirit of unity in the body of Christ as we pray. The fourth step is to pray intentionally for the transformation of our nation, our state and our city. The fifth element, but by far not the least, is to pray in pure desperation, aware with every breath of prayer that we can not cause transformation ourselves and that we desperately need God!

For more information on prayer and praying, see www.thecall.com and http://fastandpray.com/articles/8.

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