NATIONAL PRAYER SERVICE – Statement of Purpose

Arch Bishop Dr. Eliud Wabukala

NATIONAL PRAYER SERVICE

THEME: WE ARE ONE

Statement of Purpose

Dear Kenyans our gathering here today is something that we as religious leaders have desired for a very long time.  When we set out to plan, we intended to have a thanksgiving prayer meeting because we felt indebted to the Almighty God, who has granted us many graces.

Dear Kenyans, we thank the Almighty God for the many blessings that He has endowed this country with.  The Kenyans with their ethnic and religious diversity is something to celebrate and not divide us.  The natural resources that are God given and are being discovered are to be used for the glory of God and to be a blessing to the Kenyan people.  These include the discovery of oil, vast water reservoirs, the good weather that we enjoy, the wildlife and many other numerous blessings.

We are here to give thanks to the Almighty God for His grace and mercy that He demonstrated to our nation as we went through the general elections in March 2013.  We are thankful that the general elections were conducted peacefully and we now have a new government at the national and county levels.

Dear Kenyans, as we count on the many blessings that God has given to our country, we are saddened by the many cases of insecurity, we feel fearful and traumatized in our social places, especially shopping centers and places of worship. In addition the nation has witnessed loss of lives through many road accidents. We are here to seek God’s hope and consolation given the recent tragedies at the JKIA and Westgate Shopping Mall.

Even after these tragedies we are here to reaffirm our unity, recognize our diversity and nurture the ideals of love and harmony. We are here to celebrate the indomitable spirit of Kenyans that was exemplified during the Westgate tragedy and pray for God’s guidance us we move ahead as a nation.