By Amin Kef Sesay
Bishop Akintayo Sam-Jolly ,the President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Sierra Leone (PFSL), has called on the Church to continue to pray for the nation as stated in Luke 18:1 “…men ought always to pray, and not to faint.” And 1Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray without ceasing”.
He made that remark on Sunday 30th January at the end of the seven days of Fasting and Prayer for Sierra Leone with the theme “Cleansing and Preserving our Land.”
The fasting and prayer which started on the 24th ran to the 30th January 2022 from 12: 00 midnights to 4:00 PM while corporate prayer went on at various zones and churches from 3:00PM -5:00 PM daily for seven days.
He went on to say God always counts on somebody to stand in the gap to pray concerning the land as there is much that is going on in many nations that invite the judgement of God. He cited Ezekiel 22 where God made mention of the sins of the four Ps, (the prophet, priest, princesses and the people) and how those people did not repent before God,
Bishop Sam-Jolly read 2 Chronicles 7:14, “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.”
“Now God is talking about when trouble comes and several troubles have come upon the world in many ways. God is looking for his people that are called by His name. In the two verses, God is not necessarily looking for everybody. When we pray, when we humble ourselves, seek the face of God and turn from your wicked ways, He will forgive our sins and heal our land.”
Bishop Sam-Jolly stressed that Sierra Leone needs healing, as the essence of their fasting was to seek the face of God like Daniel sought the face of God and there was a turn around and God answered him.
“That is why for the past 7 days we called upon the name of the Lord. We use the months of January to pray for the year that is ahead of us, many more things ahead of us as a nation such as elections, we don’t want to be reactive to things but proactive. We are going ahead to stop the hand of the devil. We have a God that is fighting for us and helping us and we will see the fruit of it and there will be change in Sierra Leone, righteousness will prevail, darkness will not take over this land. Every tree that God did not plant on this land we declare it uprooted. We declare blessings upon this nation, the Head of State in the name of Jesus.”
The PFSL President called on Sierra Leoneans not to wish all kind of evil against leaders but they need to pray for those in authority to do well.
“Is time for us to come together and we will continue to seek God to restore glory over this land, darkness will not prevail, whatever God has not planted shall be rooted. God will establish His will in Sierra Leone.”
The mass gathering was not only in Freetown but across all the districts in Sierra Leone.
PFSL General Secretary Rabbi Tamba Mbayo said the Church has been called to be the watch man over the nation.
He pronounced a shift in the spiritual and they will see a manifestation in the physical because they know when they pray God’s answers.
He went on to describe the prophetic prayer and fasting as acts that are basically targeting the healing and cleansing of the land.
PFSL Public Relations Officer, Apostle Siaka Abraham Kamara disclosed that they fellowshipped with the Speaker of Parliament and a host of MPs, and staff, they also fellowshipped with the Ministry of Defence, Sierra Leone Police Headquarters, the Judiciary headed by the Chief Justice and State House among others.
“We know our prayers will not go in vain because it is written that God is going to restore that which the locust, cankerworm and caterpillar have destroyed.”
A prophetic declaration was made over the flag and map of Sierra Leone by dozens of anointed men of God on that day to climax the fasting and prayers.
