Since 1990, the Department of Women's Ministries at the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists has promoted a special day when women have the opportunity to strengthen their spiritual bonds as they pray for and with each other. The International Women's Day of Prayer is the first Sabbath of each March.
In past years this special day has been celebrated in a variety of ways: prayer breakfasts, fasting and prayer, consecration services, women preaching the sermons for church services and other special programs. A resource manual, with ideas and a planning guide for making this a life-changing day for women and men in the church, can be obtained from the Division’s Women's Ministries director.
The International Woman's Day of Prayer provides an opportunity for women to learn about each other and prayer for one another. It is a time to reunite with God and one another to strengthen spiritual bonds. Prayers for women everywhere create a spiritual network of empathy and understanding between Adventist women. Thousands of women (and men) gather to pray on this day. Although the essential purpose of the day is for prayer, the day can also provide women with an opportunity to strengthen their ties with other Christian women as they pray together.
The International Women's Day of Prayer for 2024 resource packet Ignite Your Prayer Life is written by Linda Mei Lin Koh, Ed.D., recently retired director of General Conference Children's Ministries. The packet includes her sermon "Ignite Your Prayer Life" with a children's story, her seminar "Five Spiritual Benefits of Prayer," and her activity, "Women of the Bible Prayer Walks."
Dagmar Dorn, Inter-European’s Women’s Ministries Director commented: “Prayer is the most fundamental thing in our lives. The annual Day of Prayer can only encourage us to do so again and again. Corrie ten Boom once remarked ‘What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul’.
Without an active prayer life, we remain stagnant in our faith and in our relationship with God. Why not let yourself be ignited again this weekend? Prayer will change you and change your relationship with God and your fellow humans”, concluded Dorn.
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