365 Day Prayer Shield Over South Africa
What if the Church prayed without ceasing — not for a season, but for a whole year?
We are inviting every believer, every church, and every prayer network to join us in placing a 365-day prayer shield over our nation. One hour at a time. One heart at a time. Together.
When every slot is filled, South Africa will be covered in 24/7 unbroken intercession — crying out for healing, for breakthrough, and for God’s hand to move powerfully across our land.
How it works: Book one or more hourly prayer slots across the full year. When all slots are filled, we achieve continuous, unbroken prayer coverage over the nation. Daily prayer points will be available below the calendar to guide your time with God.
This is your invitation.
This is our moment.
Will you take your place on the wall?
How to Book Your Slots
Our goal is to turn the whole calendar Green so our nation is covered with Prayer, 24/7! If you see a Red or Yellow day or hour slot, that is a great place to start.
Tip: You can select multiple hours across all the months before clicking confirm. Once confirmed, you can download your slots to sync with your mobile calendar.
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Scriptural Anchors during these 365 Days of Prayer
2 Chronicles 7:14 “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (Primary anchor scripture – national repentance and healing)
Joel 2:12-13 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.” (Consecration through heartfelt repentance and returning to God)
Leviticus 20:7-8 “Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God. And you shall keep My statutes, and perform them: I am the Lord who sanctifies you.” (National holiness and separation unto God)
Psalm 33:12 “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance.” (National alignment under God’s Lordship)
Daniel 9:4-5 “And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, ‘O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments.’” (Identification repentance for national sin)
Romans 12:1 “Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” (Consecration and surrender)
Psalm 24:3-4 “Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.” (Purity and spiritual preparation before God)
Personal Prophetic Declarations to Pray every day.
NB: Before embarking on these prayers, pronounce these declarations which establish:
- The Lordship of Jesus Christ over your life (authority and alignment)
- Justification and covering (blood and righteousness)
- Protection (Isaiah 54:17 principle)
- Consecration and separation (holiness and spiritual boundaries)
I declare that my life and all that concerns me is under the Lordship of Jesus Christ (Romans 14:8; Colossians 1:16–18).
I declare that the blood of Jesus speaks on my behalf, and I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (Hebrews 12:24; 2 Corinthians 5:21).
I declare that no weapon formed against me or all that concerns me shall prosper because of these intercessory prayers, in Jesus’ Name (Isaiah 54:17).
I separate myself from all ungodly soul ties, monitoring spirits, and familiar spirits, in the Name of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 6:17; Colossians 2:15). Amen.
Prayer Scriptures
During your prayer slot if you have worked through the daily prayer points or at any given time if you are not sure what to pray exactly, use this PDF below and read the scriptures out loud. There is power in God’s Word and praying through scriptures.
Today's Prayer Points
WEEK 15: KINGDOM CULTURE AND BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW
Day 100 (8 September 2026)
Theme: Renewing the Mind: Forming a Biblical Worldview
Praying for the renewal of the minds of South Africans so that individuals, families, and communities increasingly learn to understand life through the truth and wisdom of God’s Word. Praying for believers to develop a distinctly biblical worldview that enables them to discern truth from deception, recognise ungodly ideologies, and respond to the issues of their generation with wisdom, righteousness, and the mind of Christ. Asking God to raise a people who are not conformed to the patterns of the world but are transformed by the renewing of their minds and therefore able to discern and demonstrate His will in every sphere of society.
*All scriptures (unless otherwise stated) are from The Passion Translation (TPT)
Action item 1: Pray for the renewing of minds through the truth of God’s Word
Romans 12:1-2 “Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship. 2Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.”
Ephesians 4:22-24 “And he has taught you to let go of the lifestyle of the ancient man, the old self-life, which was corrupted by sinful and deceitful desires that spring from delusions. 23Now it’s time to be made new by every revelation that’s been given to you. 24And to be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ-within as your new life and live in union with him! For God has re-created you all over again in his perfect righteousness, and you now belong to him in the realm of true holiness.”
Colossians 3:1-2 “Christ’s resurrection is your resurrection too. This is why we are to yearn for all that is above, for that’s where Christ sits enthroned at the place of all power, honor, and authority! 2Yes, feast on all the treasures of the heavenly realm and fill your thoughts with heavenly realities, and not with the distractions of the natural realm.”
- Father, in the mighty name of Jesus, we pray for the liberation of minds from every pattern of thinking that contradicts Your truth. Break every stronghold, deception, and mindset that opposes Your Word, and bring freedom, clarity, and transformation. Father, let believers fully surrender their minds and hearts to Scripture. Let Your Word shape our understanding of identity, morality, relationships, justice, leadership, work, society, and our responsibility before You. Create in us a deep hunger for Your Word. Let believers be consumed by Your truth, so that we do not merely hear Your Word but live by it. Renew our minds and align our thoughts, values, decisions, and conduct with Your purposes. We reject and cancel conformity to cultural patterns, worldly philosophies, and ideologies that normalise what You have declared contrary to Your will. Give Your people discernment to recognise deception and courage to stand firmly upon Your truth. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ,
Action item 2: Raise a discerning people who can distinguish truth from deception
Hebrews 5:12-14 “For you should already be professors instructing others by now; but instead, you need to be taught from the beginning the basics of God’s prophetic oracles! You’re like children still needing milk and not yet ready to digest solid food.13 For every spiritual infant who lives on milk is not yet pierced by the revelation of righteousness. 14But solid food is for the mature, whose spiritual senses perceive heavenly matters . And they have been adequately trained by what they’ve experienced to emerge with understanding of the difference between what is truly excellent and what is evil and harmful.”
1 John 4:1 “Delightfully loved friends, don’t trust every spirit, but carefully examine what they say to determine if they are of God, because many false prophets have mingled into the world.”
Colossians 2:6-8 “In the same way you received Jesus our Lord and Messiah by faith, continue your journey of faith, progressing further into your union with him! 7Your spiritual roots go deeply into his life as you are continually infused with strength, encouraged in every way. For you are established in the faith you have absorbed and enriched by your devotion to him! 8Beware that no one distracts you or intimidates you in their attempt to lead you away from Christ’s fullness by pretending to be full of wisdom when they’re filled with endless arguments of human logic. For they operate with humanistic and clouded judgments based on the mindset of this world system, and not the anointed truths of the Anointed One.”
- Father, in the name of Jesus, we ask for spiritual and intellectual discernment throughout the Church and society. We ask that all believers will not be carried away by every philosophy, ideology, trend, narrative, or popular opinion, but will test all they hear against the truth of God’s Word. Give Your people the maturity to recognise deception without becoming fearful, reactionary, or divisive, but to respond with wisdom, truth, grace, and courage, in Jesus’ name.
Action item 3: Establish the mind of Christ in those who influence society.
1 Corinthians 2:12-16 “For we did not receive the spirit of this world system but the Spirit of God, so that we might come to understand and experience all that grace has lavished upon us. And we articulate these realities with the words imparted to us by the Spirit and not with the words taught by human wisdom. We join together Spirit-revealed truths with Spirit-revealed words. Someone living on an entirely human level rejects the revelations of God’s Spirit, for they make no sense to him. He can’t understand the revelations of the Spirit because they are only discovered by the illumination of the Spirit. Those who live in the Spirit are able to carefully evaluate all things, and they are subject to the scrutiny of no one but God . For Who has ever intimately known the mind of the Lord Yahweh well enough to become His counselor? Christ has, and we possess Christ’s perceptions.”
Philippians 2:5-8 “And consider the example that Jesus, the Anointed One, has set before us. Let His mindset become your motivation. 6He existed in the form of God, yet He gave no thought to seizing equality with God as His supreme prize. 7Instead He emptied Himself of His outward glory by reducing Himself to the form of a lowly servant. He became human! 8He humbled Himself and became vulnerable, choosing to be revealed as a man and was obedient. He was a perfect example , even in His death-a criminal’s death by crucifixion!”
Philippians 4:8 “Keep your thoughts continually fixed on all that is authentic and real, honorable and admirable, beautiful and respectful, pure and holy, merciful and kind. And fasten your thoughts on every glorious work of God, praising Him always.”
- Father, in the mighty name of Jesus, enable those with influence in education, media, arts, business, government, science, technology, law, and public discourse to think and act from a Christ-centred worldview. Let their decisions, creativity, leadership, communication, and engagement with society be governed by humility, truth, wisdom, justice, and love rather than personal ambition or prevailing cultural pressure. Anoint them to be Your true representatives in society, reflecting Christ in all they do, in Jesus’ name.
PROPHETIC DECLARATIONS:
- We declare that South Africans’ minds are being renewed by God’s Word, breaking ungodly mindsets and enabling them to discern and embrace His will.
- We declare that individuals, families, and communities are being transformed into lives of righteousness, holiness, and truth through Christ.
- We declare that South Africa is turning its hearts and minds toward God, allowing His Kingdom values to shape our nation.
- We declare that South Africa will be a spiritually mature and discerning people, recognising truth and rejecting deception.
- We declare that the Church will test every spirit, teaching, ideology, and narrative against God’s Word and remain rooted in Christ.
- We declare that those influencing society will operate in the mind of Christ, guided by the Holy Spirit, humility, wisdom, truth, and love.
- We declare that leaders and influencers will resist pride and cultural pressure and lead with integrity, justice, and servant-heartedness.
- We declare that truth, purity, honour, justice, wisdom, and love will shape the thoughts, words, creativity, leadership, and decisions that influence our nation.
South Africa Prayer Coverage Map
Visualizing where prayer is rising across our nation