By John Abiola
“O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto Him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously.” — Hosea 14:1–2
I know many will doubt this is possible. Some will believe it but do nothing. Others will agree but never participate.
But I also believe there is a remnant who will believe that nothing is impossible with God. Who will take action in obedience. And through them, our nation can experience a great turning point in a single day.
Please read to the end.
For decades Nigeria has suffered insecurity, bloodshed, killings, kidnappings, ransom payments, terrorism, destruction of communities, and burning of churches. Governments, security agencies, political leaders, and organizations have tried different approaches. Yet the crisis continues.
While preparing this message and praying today for Nigeria and for church revival, my heart was heavy. I thought of the killings, bloodshed, and kidnapping of Christians and other inhuman treatment against persecuted believers in Northern Nigeria.
Other thoughts came too.
I thought of voices among some religious leaders that preach division and label others as enemies. This spirit of hatred has entered politics and religion.
I thought of many communities across Northern Nigeria where citizens now live in fear. There are reports of villages under the control of armed groups. Families face intimidation, extortion, restriction of movement, and the collapse of schools, churches, and basic services. Youths are coerced. Women are unsafe.
Then questions rose in my heart:
Is dividing Nigeria the solution? Will there be no Muslims in the East after disintegration? Will there be no Muslims in Igbo land or in the West?
Is Islamization and Fulanization the root and only cause of insecurity in Nigeria?
Then another question came: What about the sins, evil, and wickedness in the Church by Christians?
Human rituals for money. Lies. Cheating. Taking bribes. Church leaders induced by politicians with money.
HOW GOD SEES NIGERIA
The Lord began to speak to my heart. He asked: How do Nigerians see our nation compared to how God sees it.
God sees what we often refuse to see: a nation corrupted by sin, stained by bloodshed, and a generation increasingly shaped by violence. He sees the wickedness, injustice, corruption, killings, and bloodshed that have defiled the land.
We Christians often see ourselves as righteous children of God. But God sees that many Nigerian Christians are living in sin, wickedness, idolatry, backsliding, and in secret societies and ritualistic practices. He sees what we hide from one another—the secret sins, compromise, immorality, unforgiveness, hatred, greed, corruption, pride, covetousness, hypocrisy, and love of the world. We may continue to call ourselves Christians, attend church services, sing praises, pray, preach, give offerings, and speak in the name of the Lord, but God looks beyond our outward religious activities and examines the heart.
A large number of our church leaders, pastors, clerics, ministers and Christians are in the same condition as Joshua the high priest in Zechariah 3. God showed the prophet a vision of Joshua standing before the Angel of the Lord. He was clothed with filthy garments, and Satan stood at his right hand to accuse him. Zechariah 3:1–3.
Joshua thought he was serving God. But in God’s eyes he was defiled. In the same way, many church leaders and Christians today may think they are serving God, while their lives are polluted by hidden sin—pride, greed, immorality, covetousness, corruption, unforgiveness, hatred, hypocrisy, compromise, love of money, abuse of spiritual authority, idolatry, occult practices, secret societies, ritualistic practices, and friendship with the world. Some have turned the house of God into a place of business, personal gain and witchcraft, while others have abandoned the message of repentance, holiness, righteousness, and the fear of God.
It was not until the filthy garments were taken off Joshua and he was clothed with pure garments that the Lord could speak peace over him and give him authority. Zechariah 3:4–5.
This is the condition of many of us today.
We see ourselves as clean, anointed, and accepted. But God sees the filth of compromise, greed, pride, tribalism, lies, bloodshed, idolatry, and prayerlessness upon us.
Until we allow God to remove the filthy garments, God cannot move on our behalf.
Until we humble ourselves, confess, and repent, the accusations of Satan will stand against us, and our nation.
He said: Nigeria and Nigerians are ruled by money. My people can do anything to get money and what money can buy. They have sold their generation for money. Many have killed for money. Taken bribes. Destroyed destinies, families, communities, and cities. Sold many souls to Satan and demons for money.
And this is happening at the peak among churches, families, schools, seminaries, Christian bodies, colleges, and leadership.
Corruption is the blood of Nigerians in politics, military, church, government, and all sectors of society. Among My people.
Money has become an idol, and the love of money has entered deeply into the heart of the nation. People who should be serving God are sometimes serving money. People who should be protecting lives are enriching themselves.
People who should be preaching righteousness are compromising for personal gain. The pursuit of money has destroyed the fear of God, weakened our conscience, and opened the door to many other sins.
These thoughts overwhelmed me.
As these questions pressed my heart, I looked at the Bible open on the table before me. I was in Isaiah 57. As I wanted to turn the page, I heard, “Read it.”
I looked at verses 14 to 21. The title was “Comfort for the Contrite” and another Bible version title was “Healing to the Backslider.”
The insight was clear: “A contrite and humble spirit: God will have mercy and forgive those who repent with a contrite heart. He greatly desires to be at peace with His wayward family, but there can be no peace for the wicked and unrepentant.” Isaiah 57:14–16.
That was when I knew God was speaking to me.
He showed me the only solution for His family, the Church, and Nigeria at large:
Repentance from sin, evil, idolatry, love of money, human rituals, bloodshed, killings, and wickedness. Turning back. Crying out for mercy and forgiveness with genuine hearts.
The answer is not simply another programme, another government policy, or another human solution. The deeper answer is for Nigeria to return to God. When the Church truly repents and returns to the Lord, she can once again become a light to the nation and an instrument of healing, salvation, and revival.
Our Answer Is Not Retaliation, but Repentance and Intercession:
When Christians hear statements that threaten further religious division and dominance, our first response should not be hatred or retaliation. It should be to examine ourselves before God.
Have we lost our first love? Have we opened the gates of the nation for the devil?
Have we neglected the altar of prayer?
Have we failed in evangelism and discipleship?
Have we compromised holiness?
Have we remained silent while our nation suffers?
Let what we hear drive us back to our knees.
Let persecution awaken prayer and intercession.
Let danger awaken repentance.
Let the darkness around us awaken the Church to its mission.
Let Nigeria’s crisis become a summons to the Church to return wholeheartedly to God.
Are we going to kill Muslims and remove mosques from Nigeria? No.
We are called to repent of our sins and to pray for their conviction, salvation, and conversion to Christ.
Then peace will be restored to the Church, to the nation and the Gospel will advance.
This is the one thing that is needful to end insecurity, bloodshed, and terrorism.
Will you join the remnant?
One Day. One Fast. One Prayer.
THE CRISIS WE CANNOT IGNORE
(1) WORLD WATCH LIST 2026: NIGERIA RANKED 7TH IN PERSECUTION
Open Doors has released its 2026 World Watch List and Nigeria is now #7 globally for Christian persecution — with a score of 89 out of 100.
The numbers are staggering:
Globally: 4,849 Christians killed for their faith.
In Nigeria alone: 3,490 killed.
That’s 72% of all targeted Christian deaths worldwide happening in one nation.
Who is behind it?
Radicalized Fulani militants, Boko Haram, and ISWAP.
They are driving the killings, abductions, and destruction of homes and churches.
This is not random violence. This is a war to silence the Gospel.
(2) WATCHDOG ALARM: PERSECUTION SURGING IN NIGERIA
A global persecution watchdog is raising a red flag.
Shawn Wright, President of International Christian Concern (ICC), told CBN News that their 2026 Global Persecution Index reveals “diabolical” attacks against Christians worldwide.
“In Nigeria, the rise is unfathomable,” Wright said.
Before 2024: ∼500-600 Christians killed per year.
Past year alone: Over 2,500 killed — and the number keeps climbing.
“Nigeria now accounts for almost 90% of all persecution we can track globally.”
Fulani militants are behind over 40% of the attacks. Other Muslim groups are also involved.
Villages are emptied. Homes burned. Families scattered. Children orphaned.
Wright just returned from 2 government IDP camps in Nigeria.
“These camps are just 1 mile from where they used to live. Many children have no parents because they were killed in the attacks.”
He added: “The government is often complicit, or simply looks away.”
Nigeria cannot continue on this path. This is war. Nigeria is under fire.
Could it be that one solution still remains largely undone?
I believe there is one biblical response that the Church in Nigeria has not yet embraced in unity and love. What if Evangelical, Pentecostal, Charismatic, and other Christian leaders, churches, Christian organizations, Bible colleges, seminaries, schools, ministries, denominations, and believers across Nigeria would unite in one spirit, one love, one fast, and one prayer?
What if, on one chosen day, Christians in all thirty-six states and the Federal Capital Territory came together with one voice to acknowledge and confess the identificational sins and strongholds of ourselves, the Church, and the nation?
What if we humbled ourselves before God in genuine repentance, crying out for His mercy, forgiveness, healing, revival, restoration, and transformation of Nigeria?
A PROPOSED DAY OF NATIONAL REPENTANCE
I would like to suggest two significant dates.
The first is September 24, 2026. This date marks 184 years since the arrival of modern missionary Christianity in Nigeria in 1842. On September 24, 1842, Rev. Thomas Birch Freeman and Mr. and Mrs. William De Graft of the Wesleyan Methodist Mission arrived at Badagry. Their arrival marked a significant beginning of modern missionary Christian work in Nigeria. As the number of worshippers increased, a bamboo-leaf chapel was subsequently built at Badagry, regarded in historical accounts as the first church building in Nigeria.
As we remember 184 years of the Gospel’s presence and growth in Nigeria, we must honestly ask ourselves: How should Nigerian Christians commemorate this historic Christian heritage while our nation is facing such profound spiritual, moral, and security challenges? Is this not a time not only for celebration, but also for solemn repentance, consecration, and a fresh return to God?
The second date is October 1, Nigeria’s Independence Day. Beyond its national significance, this date provides an opportunity for believers throughout Nigeria and in the diaspora to unite in repentance, fasting, and prayer for national revival.
For years, many Christians have already observed October 1 in homes, churches, offices, and prayer groups as a National Day of Fasting, Prayer, and Repentance for Revival in Nigeria.
This annual initiative forms part of Revive Us Again—A Global Prayer Movement for Worldwide Revival, a burden the Lord placed upon my heart on September 1, 1997, while I was praying for revival and spiritual awakening in Africa.
During that season, God spoke to me through Ezekiel 36:33–38, revealing His promise that a great revival would begin in Nigeria, spread throughout Africa, and eventually reach the nations of the world.
The Lord made it clear that this promise would be fulfilled through prayer. He also showed me from this passage that true revival begins with genuine repentance and God’s cleansing of His people from sin. It results in renewed hearts, a wholehearted return to God, a fresh spirit of prayer and intercession, and a renewed passion for the Great Commission and the harvest of souls.
It also brings healing, restoration, the rebuilding of ruined cities and desolate places, spiritual and moral transformation, and the restoration of God’s people to His original purpose. From such a revived people, the blessing of God overflows beyond national borders, and revival spreads to other nations so that the world may know that the Lord alone is God. Whether one or both are observed, the central burden remains the same: national repentance.
92.8 MILLION CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA IN 2020
Nigeria has one of the largest Christian populations in the world. Pew Research Center estimated approximately 92.8 million Christians in Nigeria in 2020, representing 43.4% of the population at that time. Whatever the precise current number, imagine the spiritual impact if tens of millions of Nigerian Christians, regardless of denomination or background, united in one day of fasting, genuine repentance, and one cry for God’s mercy over our nation.
Imagine Christians gathering in churches, marketplaces, schools, government offices, workplaces, communities, and on the streets across Nigeria, not to protest against bad government, economic hardship, poverty, unemployment, poor leadership, or demands for higher salaries, but to stand before God in humility.
We would be protesting against our own sins and strongholds, the sins of individuals, families, communities, cities, the Church, and the nation. We would acknowledge our iniquities, lament, weep, confess, and cry out to God for mercy, forgiveness, healing, restoration, and a mighty outpouring of revival upon Nigeria.
Could God not do in one day what decades of human effort, political reforms, military operations, economic policies, and human strategies have failed to accomplish?
_”Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.” Isaiah 66:8
THE END OF INSECURITY IN ONE DAY—ONE FAST, ONE PRAYER, ONE NATION
The Scriptures give us a remarkable example.
In 1 Samuel 7:2–14, the nation of Israel suffered oppression, insecurity, invasion, defeat, loss of territory, and continual fear under the Philistines. Under the direction of Samuel, prophet, judge, and intercessor, God revealed that the root problem was not merely military weakness but the people’s idolatry and spiritual compromise.
Samuel called the nation to put away their idols, return wholeheartedly to God, gather at Mizpah, fast, confess their sins, and seek the Lord in repentance.
The people obeyed. They fasted. They confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” Samuel prayed for them. God intervened. The Philistines were subdued, Israel was delivered, captured cities were restored, and peace returned to the land.
What changed? The people first returned to God before God changed their national situation.
This biblical account demonstrates that God can transform the destiny of a nation when His people humble themselves in repentance, fasting, prayer, and wholehearted obedience.
The same Jesus Christ who began His ministry with the message, “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” Matthew 4:17, and whose apostles continually called people to repentance, still calls nations today to turn back to God, confess their sins, seek His mercy, and experience His forgiveness and restoration.
NOT ONE LEADER. NOT ONE DENOMINATION. BUT THE WHOLE BODY OF CHRIST IN NIGERIA
Who can begin this? Perhaps not one organization alone. Perhaps not one denomination. Perhaps not one General Overseer.
Revival often begins with one burdened believer, one student, one young person, one layman, one praying woman, one church, or one small group that chooses to obey God.
May God raise believers, pastors, church leaders, Christian organizations, ministries, Bible colleges, missionaries, Christian political leaders, governors, business people, financiers, and intercessors who are genuinely tired of Nigeria’s insecurity and are willing to unite in repentance, prayer, and obedience before God.
Perhaps the greatest miracle Nigeria needs today will not begin in the halls of government but on the knees of God’s people.
For if God’s people will humble themselves, seek His face, turn from their wicked ways, and cry out for mercy, who can fully measure what the Lord may do in response?
The future of Nigeria is not ultimately determined by human strength alone. It is profoundly influenced by the spiritual condition of the nation and the willingness of God’s people to return to Him.
May the Church arise. May believers unite. May repentance begin. And may God once again show mercy to Nigeria.
IDENTIFICATIONAL SINS AND STRONGHOLDS OF THE CHURCH AND NIGERIA
“Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.” Lamentations 3:40
Before we ask God to heal our land, we must be willing to examine ourselves. Throughout Scripture, genuine revival has always been preceded by honest self-examination, repentance, confession, and a wholehearted return to God.
The purpose of this section is not to condemn but to identify areas where we, the Church and the nation, must humble ourselves before God and seek His mercy.
1. Sins Within the Church
- Prayerlessness and spiritual complacency.
- Loss of first love for Christ.
- Worldliness and compromise with ungodly values.
- Love of money and materialism.
- Doctrinal error and neglect of the Cross.
- Pride, division, denominational rivalry, and tribalism.
- Neglect of evangelism, discipleship, widows, orphans, and the poor.
- Sexual immorality and a lack of holiness.
2. Traditional and Ancestral Strongholds
- Idolatry and shrine worship.
- Ancestral covenants and ungodly dedications.
- Ritual sacrifices and the shedding of innocent blood.
- Divination, witchcraft, occultism, and secret societies.
- Dependence upon charms, amulets, and fetish practices.
3. WHAT SHOULD WE PRAY FOR ON THAT DAY?
- Corruption and bribery.
- Injustice and abuse of power.
- Political oppression and electoral dishonesty.
- Tribalism, ethnic hatred, and discrimination.
- Terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, ritual killings, and violence.
- Fraud, greed, drug abuse, prostitution, and moral decay.
- Family breakdown and the neglect of godly values.
4. Sins of Omission
- Silence in the face of evil.
- Failure to speak the truth.
- Failure to pray.
- Failure to disciple the next generation.
- Failure to stand in the gap for the nation.
These sins and strongholds have grieved the Holy Spirit, weakened the Church, and opened doors to spiritual darkness. Therefore, let us confess our sins, forsake them, and return to the Lord with all our hearts.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR SINS AND STRONGHOLDS
“Your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, that He will not hear.” Isaiah 59:2
God is holy, righteous, and just. Throughout Scripture, whenever His people turned away from Him, the consequences affected every area of national life.
Today, Nigeria groans under the weight of insecurity, terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, ritual killings, corruption, injustice, unemployment, economic hardship, moral decline, and the shedding of innocent blood.
While these crises have political, economic, and social dimensions, they should also move the Church to examine itself before God and ask whether we have truly humbled ourselves and sought His face.
The consequences are also visible within the Church. Prayer altars have grown weak, holiness has declined, spiritual complacency has increased, and the passion for evangelism and revival has diminished.
Yet God has not abandoned Nigeria. His desire is not to destroy but to restore. His judgments are invitations to return to Him.
“Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.” Joel 2:12
THE POWER OF GENUINE REPENTANCE: GOD’S PATHWAY TO NATIONAL HEALING
“If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14
One of the clearest examples is found in 1 Samuel 7. After years of oppression by the Philistines, Samuel called Israel to Mizpah. The people put away their idols, fasted, confessed their sins, and sought the Lord. Samuel interceded for them, and God intervened.
The city of Nineveh provides another powerful example. When Jonah proclaimed God’s warning, the king and people humbled themselves with fasting, prayer, and repentance. Seeing their genuine response, God withheld the judgment .Jonah 3:5–10.
The same God is calling Nigeria today. Our deepest need is a return to God through repentance, humility, prayer, and obedience. Revival begins when God’s people first repent.
AFTER GENUINE NATIONAL REPENTANCE: WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVES AND REVIVAL VISITS NIGERIA
If the Church in Nigeria humbles herself and cries to Him with one heart and one voice, Scripture gives us reason to expect:
- God’s forgiveness and mercy extended to individuals, families, the Church, and the nation.
- A fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit across Nigeria.
- Genuine revival spreading through churches, communities, schools, campuses, villages, and cities.
- Hearts transformed by the fear of God, holiness, and obedience to His Word.
- A renewed passion for prayer, evangelism, discipleship, missions, and intercession.
- An unprecedented harvest of souls throughout the nation.
- Traditional worshippers, occultists, ritualists, kidnappers, bandits, violent extremists, persecutors of Christians, and many others turning to Jesus Christ.
- Healing and restoration of broken marriages, families, and relationships.
- Greater unity among Christians across denominational, tribal, and regional boundaries.
- Increased justice and righteousness in society.
- Godly leadership emerging in government, education, business, the judiciary, and other sectors.
- Economic renewal fostered by honesty, diligence, justice, and God’s blessing.
- Healing of ethnic, tribal, political, and social divisions.
- Revival overflowing from Nigeria into Africa and the nations of the world.
The God who answered Israel in the days of Samuel, who spared Nineveh, and who has awakened nations throughout history has not changed. He is still the God who forgives, restores, revives, and transforms.
ONE DAY. ONE FAST. ONE PRAYER. ONE NATION.
Can insecurity, bloodshed, terrorism, corruption, injustice, spiritual decline, moral decay, and national brokenness begin to end in Nigeria?
Yes, by the mercy, sovereign power, and intervention of Almighty God, they can.
“O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.” Hosea 14:1
PROPHECY FOR NIGERIA: A NEW SEASON OF MERCY, REVIVAL AND RESTORATION
“Thus says the Lord…”
The atmosphere over the nation shall change.
The righteous remnant who escape the sword shall be preserved. Watchmen shall arise across the land and cry to God for mercy and forgiveness. Millions of Christians from different denominations and backgrounds shall gather in homes, churches, streets, marketplaces, schools, communities, cities and states, crying to God in one accord.
They shall weep, repent, confess their sins, forsake their wicked ways and return wholeheartedly to Jesus Christ.
And when God sees a broken and contrite people, He shall turn from judgment to mercy and compassion.
He shall pour out His Spirit upon His Church. There shall be a great spiritual awakening and an unprecedented harvest of souls. The Church shall be restored to holiness, prayer, evangelism, discipleship and her true witness.
Peace shall return to the land.
Families and communities shall experience restoration.
Fear and instability shall give way to peace and stability.
The Gospel shall advance across the nation with greater freedom.
Northern and Southern Nigeria shall experience a new season of peace.
God’s people shall remember the consequences of turning away from Him and shall not willingly return to their former ways.
There shall be a great turning back to God in Nigeria. His people shall serve Him in spirit and in truth, and the blessing of this awakening shall flow from Nigeria to Africa and to the nations.
“I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.” — Jeremiah 31:13
Prophetic burden received in 2026.
A NATIONAL CALL TO ONE DAY OF FASTING, REPENTANCE, AND PRAYER FOR NIGERIA
_”Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: gather the people, sanctify the congregation.” Joel 2:15–16
Therefore, this is a humble but urgent appeal to the entire Body of Christ in Nigeria and Nigerians in the diaspora. Let us set aside one day for national fasting, repentance, and prayer, asking God to forgive our personal sins, the sins of the Church, and the sins of our nation.
September 24 and October 1 remain two significant dates for consideration. Whether one or both are observed, the central burden remains the same: that believers throughout Nigeria and beyond unite before God in humility, repentance, and prayer for revival.
This call is not for one denomination, one ministry, one Christian organization, or one leader. It is a call to the whole Body of Christ.
WHAT SHOULD WE PRAY FOR ON THAT DAY?
“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority.” 1 Timothy 2:1–2
First, let us confess our personal sins and ask God to search our hearts.
Then let us identify with the sins of the Church and the nation, crying for mercy rather than judgment.
Let us pray that every stronghold of corruption, idolatry, injustice, immorality, violence, bloodshed, hatred, tribalism, terrorism, greed, and spiritual compromise will be broken by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Let us earnestly pray for revival in the Nigerian Church.
Let us intercede for our President, governors, legislators, judges, security agencies, traditional rulers, and all who hold positions of authority.
We must also pray for those suffering across Nigeria, families who have lost loved ones through terrorism, jihadism, kidnapping, banditry, communal violence, persecution, and other tragedies.
Let us pray for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon Nigeria, bringing conviction of sin, repentance, salvation, and revival.
FINALLY, PRAY FOR US:
“Brethren, pray for us.” 1 Thessalonians 5:25
Please remember me, my family, Nigeria Global Intercessors (NGI), Revive Us Again, and all our partners in your prayers.
A FINAL CHARGE TO THE CHURCH IN NIGERIA: WHO WILL RISE?
“I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before Me for the land.” Ezekiel 22:30
The question before us is no longer whether Nigeria is in crisis. The real question is: Who will respond to God’s call?
Who will rise above denominational barriers, personal interests, tribal differences, and organizational pride? Who will put the kingdom of God first and labor for the spiritual healing of our nation?
May God raise men and women with the spirit of Samuel, Daniel, Nehemiah, Ezra, Esther, and John the Baptist.
May future generations look back and say that when Nigeria stood at one of the darkest moments in her history, the Church humbled herself before God, sought His face, turned from her wicked ways, and witnessed His mercy, healing, and revival.
“Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?” Psalm 85:6
Revive us again, O Lord. Heal Nigeria. Save the lost. Restore Your Church. Let Your glory fill our land once more. Amen.
PRAYER:
OPENING IDENTIFICATIONAL CONFESSION
Heavenly Father,
Today we come before You not as accusers, but as participants.
WE ARE ALL GUILTY. NO EXCEPTIONS.
We confess our individual sins.
We confess the sins of our families and homes.
We confess the sins of our fathers and mothers.
We confess the sins of our youths and students.
We confess the sins of our church leaders, pastors, bishops, general overseers and spiritual leaders.
We confess the sins of our Churches, denominations, ministries, and organizations.
We confess the sins of our political leaders, traditional rulers, and all who hold authority.
TOGETHER WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST HEAVEN AND AGAINST YOU.
“We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled…” Daniel 9:5
THE 7 PRAYER POINTS
1. FORGIVENESS FOR IDOLATRY, GREED, BLOOD MONEY AND RITUALS
Lord, we have bowed to idols, charms, and money gods. We have shed innocent blood for rituals and sacrificed our generation for wealth. Church and nation are defiled.
“The land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.” Numbers 35:33
Father, wash Nigeria with the blood of Jesus.
2. FORGIVENESS FOR CORRUPTION, INJUSTICE, LYING AND TRIBALISM
We confess corruption in government, market, and church. We have taken bribes, perverted justice, practiced tribalism, ethnic hatred and called evil good.
“Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” Proverbs 14:34
Lord, break the stronghold of corruption in Nigeria.
3. FORGIVENESS FOR PRAYERLESSNESS, COMPROMISE AND LOSS OF FIRST LOVE IN THE CHURCH
Father, we the Church have become lukewarm, prayerless and worldly. We have neglected holiness, evangelism and discipleship. We kept silent while evil multiplied.
“Repent, and do the first works.” Revelation 2:5
“Search me, O God, and know my heart… and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23-24
Revive us again, O Lord.
4. FORGIVENESS FOR DIVISION AND FAILURE TO STAND IN THE GAP
We confess denominational rivalry, and our failure as watchmen. We did not stand in the gap, we did not teach the next generation, we did not speak truth.
“And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land…” Ezekiel 22:30
Lord, raise up intercessors in Nigeria again.
5. PRAYER FOR OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, REVIVAL, HARVEST AND NEW VISION
Father, after repentance, pour out Your Spirit afresh. Send revival to churches, campuses, villages and cities. Give us a harvest of millions of souls. Raise a new missionary movement from Nigeria to Africa and the nations. Restore vision, mission and passion for the Gospel.
“I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh… and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.” Joel 2:28
“Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?”Psalm 85:6
6. PRAYER FOR CONVICTION OF PERSECUTORS, ENEMIES, AND FORGIVENESS
Lord, we forgive those who kill, kidnap, and persecute us. We release them to You. We pray for the conviction and salvation of Fulani militants, Boko Haram, ISWAP, bandits, their foot soldiers, marabouts, scholars, sponsors and allied sponsors. Let Saul become Paul. Let Your mercy reach them.
“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” Luke 23:34
“Pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.”
Matthew 5:44
Let no blood of the innocent cry against Nigeria again.
7. PRAYER FOR GOVERNMENT, LEADERS, POLICIES, PEACE AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Father, we pray for our President, governors, legislators, judiciary, security agencies and all in authority. Give them wisdom, righteousness, and the fear of God. Establish good policies and a constitution that secures justice, peace, and freedom of religion for every citizen.
“I exhort therefore… that prayers be made for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.” 1 Timothy 2:1-2
“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.”
Proverbs 29:2
OUR FINAL CRY
“O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for Thine own sake, O my God: for Thy city and Thy people are called by Thy name.” Daniel 9:19
HEAL OUR LAND. FORGIVE OUR SINS. REVIVE YOUR CHURCH. SAVE NIGERIA.
In Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.
HOW TO USE ON THE DAY:
Gather in homes, streets, churches, offices. Fast. Read the Confession together. Pray through the 7 points. End with worship.
APPEAL
This message is not intended to condemn anyone but to awaken the Church and our nation to God’s loving call to repentance.
The future of Nigeria does not rest in political solutions alone but in the mercy of God, sought through humble repentance and earnest prayer.
Therefore, we earnestly appeal to every General Overseer, bishop, pastor, evangelist, missionary, intercessor, church leader, Christian organization, Bible college, theological seminary, campus fellowship, youth ministry, marketplace believer, and follower of Jesus Christ across Nigeria and in the diaspora to prayerfully embrace this vision.
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD.” Psalm 33:12
National Day of Fasting, Repentance, and Prayer for Revival in Nigeria
Proposed Dates: September 24 (184 Years of Christianity in Nigeria) or October 1 (Nigeria Independence Day)
Whether one or both are observed, the central burden remains the same: that believers throughout Nigeria and beyond unite before God in humility, repentance, and prayer for revival.
Theme: One Day • One Fast • One Prayer • One Nation • One God
A DECLARATION OF FAITH FOR NIGERIA
We believe that Nigeria is not beyond God’s mercy.
We believe that no stronghold is greater than the power of the Cross of Jesus Christ.
We believe that genuine repentance is stronger than corruption.
We believe that united prayer is stronger than terrorism.
We believe that God’s mercy is greater than our national sins.
We believe that revival is greater than spiritual decline.
We believe that the blood of Jesus Christ speaks a better word than the bloodshed upon our land.
Therefore, by faith we declare: Nigeria shall return to God. The Church shall arise in holiness and power. Terrorism, bloodshed, kidnapping, and insecurity shall not have the final word. The Holy Spirit shall visit Nigeria afresh. Millions shall come to Jesus Christ. Nigeria shall fulfill her God-given purpose among the nations. The glory of the Lord shall once again be revealed in our land.
“Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?” Psalm 85:6
Even so, come, Lord. Revive Your Church. Heal Nigeria. Let Your kingdom come. Amen.
The future of Nigeria is not hopeless. The future of Nigeria depends greatly upon whether the Church will return to God. The time is now. The responsibility is ours. May history record that our generation humbled itself before God, and He answered from heaven.
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REVIVE US AGAIN — A GLOBAL PRAYER MOVEMENT FOR WORLDWIDE REVIVAL
Revive Us Again is a call for the Church to return to God, recover the altar of prayer, repent of sin, receive spiritual awakening, and become a praying and witnessing people through whom revival can reach the nations.
By Prophet John Abiola
Intercessor | Revival Voice
Nigeria Global Intercessors (NGI)
globalintercessors7@gmail.com
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