Australia is home to 10% of the world’s biodiversity. They are also the driest inhabited continent on the earth, making it vulnerable to climate change[1]. Australia is also a pillar in the Pacific region for serving and assisting the needs of smaller nations. Due to a surge in trade, the economy has experienced continuous growth, low unemployment, contained inflation, very low public debt, and a strong and stable financial system[2]. Tasmania is one of the world’s largest suppliers for licit opiate products, and this nation is also a major consumer for cocaine and amphetamines[3]. Australia also serves at home for around 25,000 refugees and stateless persons[4]. Finally, Australia is a destination country for women and men for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor[5]. Let’s Pray…

-Father, we thank you for the Holy Spirit working through your people and your communities in Australia. Father, we pray for an outpouring of the fruits of the Holy Spirit in all communities in Australia. Father, release your love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control over Australia. Let the sounds of praise and worship fill the streets of Australia. We pray over all your ministries and ask for the equipping of transformational leaders, and that young leaders would be raised up through your organizations to transform your world. We pray for the ministries of Hillsong and Planetshakers within Australia and throughout the world and ask for your hand of protection over the leaders and the congregants. May all your leaders in Australia stand firm and be equipped with the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, for their feet to be fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace, for their shield of faith, their helmet of salvation, and their sword of the spirit-the word of God. Finally, let these believers pray in the Holy Spirit on all occasions.* 

-God, we lift up the economy in Australia and pray that you would continue to pour out so much blessing that there would not be room enough for it. Help the governmental leaders be rooted and grounded in you Jesus, and help them seek to love you God with all their heart, soul, and strength.**

-Father, we lift up the health and wellness of Australians and we ask for your grace, wisdom, and encouragement over lifestyle habits, eating habits, and exercise habits. 

-Father, we lift up the weather conditions, climate changes, and natural disasters in Australia to you. Father, we pray for your grace over these concerns and we ask for the protection of life.  

-God, we lift up the international dispute between Australia and Indonesia over the Ashmore Reef, and pray for humility and grace as these nations negotiate this situation. We pray for peace and for your will to be done in this situation. 

-Yeshua, we lift up the production of opiate products, and ask for the Holy Spirit to continue to use discernment and wisdom in the production and distribution of these products. Father, help them be accountable and help them understand the repercussions of irresponsible actions. We pray for illegal drug users and ask for your grace and healing to pour out over them as they place their trust and hope in you, Yeshua HaMashiach. 

-Yeshua, we pray that you would shut down human trafficking in Australia. We pray for an angelic presence over the borders of this nation guiding the incoming victims towards a safe home and safe community. We pray for salvation to come to the oppressed and poor. We pray for healing, restoration, and freedom over those held captive. We ask for conviction to fall upon the guilty, and we pray your grace would lead them to repentance, salvation, and restoration. 

-God, we lift up the Ashmore & Cartier Islands to you, along with the Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island & McDonald Islands. God, we lift up the biodiversity to you amongst the islands and ask that you would bless your creation and that they would continue to have a safe and blessed living environment. God, we lift up the Ashmore Reef and pray your hand of grace and your peace over this disputed land between Indonesia and Australia. We lift up the workers at the meteorological stations on the Coral Sea Islands and ask for an infilling of your love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control over these individuals. Father, I pray that they would seek to know you with all their heart, soul, and strength. 

-Father, we lift up Christmas Island to you and thank you for the national park on the island.  May your creation be blessed and we ask that your creation would help those on the island to know you as their creator Yahweh, and for them to know Yeshua as our Lord and Savior.  God, we pray for the false religions including Buddhism and Islam, and we ask for a revelation of the son Jesus Christ to come to the lost. We pray that you God would pour out your spirit on all people, that their sons and daughters would prophecy, that their old men would dream dreams, and their young men would see visions. Let your will be done on Christmas Island. 

-God, we lift up the Cocos Islands to you. We pray specifically for the inhabitants of West Island and Home Island. God, we pray for your son Yeshua to be known and worshipped by all on the islands as Lord & Savior. We pray for individuals to learn the truth about the bible, and that they would repent of their sins in Jesus name. As this nation places their trust in you, we pray a blessing over their coconut production, over their gardens, and over the tourism sector. 

-Father, we lift up Norfolk Island to you and we pray for your body on the island Yeshua. Help the church to be pure in theology, in service, and help them to be unified in Jesus name. Help your people come to know you with all their heart, soul, strength, and mind.*** Father, we pray that they would be equipped with the readiness to share your gospel to the lost on the island. Help your word reach the lost and lead people to repentance. Thank you Yeshua.

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[1] Cia World Factbook, (Date Accessed November 2020).

[2] Cia World Factbook, (Date Accessed November 2020).

[3] Cia World Factbook, (Date Accessed November 2020).

[4] Cia World Factbook, (Date Accessed November 2020).

[5] Patt, Professor Martin, (Date Accessed November 2020).

*Scripture quotations are based upon text obtained from New International Version of Galatians 5:22-23, (1984); Ephesians 6:14-18.  

**Scripture quotations are based upon text obtained from New International Version of Malachi 3:10 (2011); Deuteronomy 6:5 (2011).

***Scripture quotations are based upon text obtained from New International Version of Mark 12:30, (2011).