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It is very sad that this dark chapter in Australia’s history is led by an atheist Prime Minister in Julia Gillard and an openly homosexual Greens leader who seems to be the Deputy Prime Minister by default, both who have no regard for God nor Prayer.

Catch the Fire Ministries president Dr Daniel Nalliah said Julia Gillard was not elected by the majority of the Australian people, but rather the personal decision of two power hungry independent MPs who catapulted Ms Gillard to the top job.

“Are we Aussies all paying for that decision? It is very well known that throughout history, in a time of national crisis, Kings, Prime Ministers and Presidents of countries around the world have turned to God, irrespective of whether they were Christian, Buddhist, Hindu or Muslim and asked for help or at least called the nation to pray for protection and for the victims of the disaster,” Dr Nalliah said.

“However, for the past several weeks, right through the flood crisis across Australia, I have not heard our Prime Minister call the people of Australia to pray and ask God for protection and for help for the tens of thousands of people who have become victims of this major disaster,” he said.

“Even the secular media personalities stated several times, ‘Our prayers and thoughts are with you’, but did we hear our PM make any such statements at all or did I just miss out on it?”

Dr Nalliah said, conversely under the Howard Government when Australia was going through a major drought crisis, he recalled how Mr Howard called on the nation to pray for rain in 2007, then followed a National Prayer Gathering in Federal Parliament on 22 October 2007. Within 24 hours the rains started pouring down in many parts of Australia.

“I am sure many will remember newspaper articles which stated, some on the front page, “Prayers answered, Heavens open, John Howard Calls Nation to Pray, Christians Pray for rain. Now we have a new crisis brewing in the seas of Australia with Cyclone Bianca in WA just passing through, and Cyclone Yasi in QLD. How many more disasters will it take before our nation, starting from the Prime Minister, would fall on our knees and ask for God’s protection and turn back to Him?”

The Holy Bible, the only Word of God, states in 2nd 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 I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

Daniel Nalliah is available for interview on 03 9794 8211. Media contact: Jason Golden

 


31 Responses to “Media release – Atheist PM not good for dark chapter in Australia’s history”

  1. 1 Stephen

    You are correct. I am so thankful that we have you to call the nation to prayer in asking protection for Queensland and Western Australia in this time of crisis. Thanks to you the Lord must surely hear us and be merciful, and the cyclones will not cause great harm. When this happens we have you to thank. Your prayers will be responsible for this salvation. Praise you.

  2. 2 Lot's brother.

    Classic case of Jesus’ message going unheeded.
    Unless we make our case- show the way, then this will continue to happen.
    Now is the time for prayer- recriminations can begin with the clean up.
    Today, I will pray for those affected.

  3. 3 Donna

    Dear Danny

    Cyclone Bianca, Miracoulsly turned away from Albany and headed north to Perth but it had turned into a low. I had a vision of Jesus standing and turning it away also I was reading the story about Jesus stilling the storm when he was in the boat with the desciples to the grandkids. I thought thats what we need.
    thanks for praying

    God Bless Donna

  4. 4 Joy

    Hi Daniel,

    I am in complete agreement with you, before reading this article, yesterday I had the thoughts that the PM of Australia is not a godly women and she is living in sin.

    As in the old Testament if the King or leader of the land was not walking in Gods ways then the judgement of God fell not only on the King but also the people.

    Yes we must pray for the PM so she will turn back to God.

    In Him our Redeemer

    Joy

  5. 5 Lee

    Thanks Danny,

    I appreciate your prompt reply and how well informed you are on these matters.

    I only pray that Gillard would have the same convictions about our country and its heritage as Costello. I dont have the resource and contacts to follow through with who says what so forgive me for refering to articles passed on to me that are out of context.

    Yours a fellow friend of Jesus,

    Lee

  6. 6 Peter

    Dear Staff,

    Julia’s atheism prevents her from calling the nation to prayer. And this highlights the seriousness of a nation being led by an atheist: she has no capacity to represent or lead us in spiritual issues.

    So there is really no point in looking to her to do that.

    Bless you,

    Peter

  7. 7 Ruth

    I was just starting to organise a 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting that will take place in Ipswich – starting 1st March and culminating at our Prayer Vigil (22nd March) on Good Friday Night. Wondering if this could be an Austalia wide event. I was just writing the beginnings of it when your article came through. In fact, I had just written about your initiative at the Victorian Parliament House, as I truly believe your prayers along with other Christians’ did cause the change that helped avert further disaster. The heavy rains that had previously been forecast to co-incide with the peak simply did not eventuate, and instead we had almost picture perfect sunshine.

    May God’s wisdom rest on all you think and do,

    Ruth

  8. 8 Michael

    I totally agree!!!

    Michael

  9. 9 Anne

    Earnestly praying with you for this nation.

    Anne

  10. 10 Anne

    Dear Friends in Christ,

    Please ask our Heavenly Father and Sovereign Creator to divert and dissipate the devastating power of this impending high category cyclone.

    The Hollingsworth family are greatly distressed as many precious family members and life long friends, their homes and possessions are at great risk.

    Please surround them with your prayers and may their loved ones and the people of the Far North Queensland region experience God’s Mighty hands of protection.

    Pray for God’s great power over the turbulent waters of the Barron River and that the dam will hold and safeguard the lives of 50,000 people in the flood plains east of the dam.

    The Cassowary Coast – Cairns down to Townsville is the expected hit zone with 30,000 forced evacuations already taking place.
    With thanks and God’s blessing,

    Anne

  11. 11 David

    Amen

    David

  12. 12 John & Hazel

    Prayers, FYI.

    Reading this concerning the reversal of the wind after the eye passed over, I am reminded of a storm that passed over us in Everton Park in Dec.1992. A pine tree ( seemingly healthy, mature & beautiful in appearance) in our front yard, was blown over. When my husband John & son dug to the roots to remove it, the foundations were 2 feet of dirt & the rest shale.The trees roots were not deeply bedded in soil. As I looked into the hole the Lord said to me; ‘ I’m going to send the wind & every tree, person/ministry that is not rooted in me, but in shallow soil will be blown over. Our foundations are vital.Matthew 7: 24-27 for your consideration & prayer.

    John & Hazel

  13. 13 Kris

    Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

    As at 4am this morning Wednesday 2 February the Bureau of Meteorology upgraded Severe TC Yasi to Category 5 (the top category) – located it 650 km ENE of Cairns moving WSW at 30 km/h. Wind gusts near centre of cyclone 295 km/h – current forecast track has it crossing the coast at Innisfail tonight – dangerous storm surge forecast which is now forecast to coincide with high tide.

    It is said the eye of the cyclone is so large it will take an hour to pass over a place. You can see the size of the eye at this link:

    http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR411.loop.shtml#skip

    If you are at a point that the eye passes over, this is what happens – before the eye arrives the destructive winds will be blowing in one direction causing damage and weakening structures – then the eye arrives and it is still with no wind – then the destructive winds will come from the opposite direction against already weakened structures. This reverse wind apparently brings the worst destruction.

    I personally experienced this in Townsville in early 1977 when I and my family moved into a house one day and we had a cyclone that night. Windows on the downwind side of the house needed to be open before the eye arrived to equalise air pressure inside/outside, then while the eye was over us they needed to be shut and the windows on the other side opened in preparation for the reverse wind .

    Please continue to pray throughout the day today for the Lord to have mercy on all in the path of this cyclone. Also pray as we have been,and as the Holy Spirit may lead you.

    Our Heavenly Father does not change and is still able to rebuke the wind and still the waves as Jesus did in Matthew 8:26, Mark 4:39.

    With love in Christ Jesus,

    Kris

  14. 14 Lorna

    Hi My Family are at the Sebel Hotel no flights out until further notice I would value your prayers LOL Lorna

  15. 15 Alwyn

    Dear Pastor Danny,

    Praise God for the wonderful things He is doing through your ministry!

    My name is Pastor Alwyn Hartwig. I have been pastoring and praying in the Latrobe Valley for the past 23 years. God has shown me in dreams and visions and prophecy the awesome things he is going to do in Australia.

    Yesterday and today I have had a great burden to call the Prime Minister, state Premiers, opposition leaders etc and all leaders of Churches to national days of repentance and prayer, because of the disasters that are happening. God is only too willing to hear us and forgive and to help us and heal our land. They as leaders need to know it is up to them to be first to humble themselves and to lead the way for the people to do the same!

    My concern is that they, the leaders, do not know that Australia is under the dealings of God, or that He would even be willing to stop the disasters if we would repent. They do not know that if we humble ourselves before Him He is merciful and only too willing to help us.

    I am very concerned that these disasters will not stop untill there is a humbling! They need to know that The Lord will not relent in His dealings untill we become the South Land of the Holy Spirit.

    I would like to communicate this somehow to the nation, but I do not know how. I do not have web sites set up and I do not know how to use youtube etc.That is why I am contacting you. I am sure you have contact with people in high places etc. and expertise in these areas.

    Is there anything we can do more than we are doing.? I know you have done very much already in this area. I have such a longing for Australians to know how much the Lord wants to help us, if only we would acknowledge Him!

    I would love to know your thoughts on this, is there any way we can make contact or speak with the right people?

    Your sincerely in Christ,

    Alwyn

  16. 16 Elizabeth

    Hi everyone

    I have just been talking to my daughter Anna in Cairns and am sending this email out for your prayers.

    She said the air in Cairns is thick with a spirit of fear and panic. On the way home today from picking up their boys from school, she witnessed a car park fight where a man pushed a woman up against a car roughly and there was a car accident as people scramble home to pack, reinforce windows and do whatever else they can to prepare in the rain. Her husband Ken witnessed a woman crying in Bunnings because she didn’t know where to start to prepare for the cyclone and was worried about her children. The shops are empty of all preparation items. Anna was telling everyone she could to talk to God to pray and He would hear.

    Please pray against the spirit of fear because it will lock people up and they won’t cry out to God.

    Please pray that people will have clear minds to prepare and that their preparations will be God’s will as fear stops people thinking clearly.

    Please pray for peace and calm and order and for Godly leadership from those in charge.

    Please pray that people will cry out to God and repent.

    Please pray for the Christians that they will be filled with the Presence of God, encourage those around them, use this experience to be overcomers and move to a new level with Him.

    2 Tim 1 :7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

    Blessings and love to you in the precious Name of Jesus

    Elizabeth

  17. 17 Keith & Lyn

    Yes Amen!

    Lyn and I are in Babinda, North Queensland, 55 klm South of Cairns, and 35 klm North of Innisfail. We were awakened on Christmas morning by a cyclone. Babinda / Gordonvale area was the “eye” of that cyclone.

    Yasi is now becoming a category 5, heavy duty, capable of very heavy damage, and some small coastal towns have already been evacuated. The authorities seem to be not only giving out warnings, but it is almost like a scare campaign,and people are now convinced they must obey. That should tell us something about the future relative to people control.

    Meanwhile I am very aware that in Christ Jesus, we have been given authority which most Christians almost dare not believe.

    Danny dear brother, Think about this; According to Ephesians we are seated in the heavenlies, in Christ Jesus,far above all principality and power and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this age ,but also in that which is to come. I am sure you will concur.

    Then Paul assures us in Colossians 2:9,10, that The full content of divine nature, i.e. every characteristic and attribute of Jehovah Elohim, the Father lives in Christ Jesus, and through union with Him, we have the fullness of “life” [zoe=the inherent life of God]. And then Paul says tat He, Christ, is supreme over every spiritual ruler and authority.

    We can all agree with that, but few capitalise on John 17:20 to 23, the very words of the Lord Jesus Himself. He makes it abundantly clear in praying to the Father, that we are to be One with the Father in Him
    .
    He prays “that they may be one, as You father, are in me, and I in Yu:that they also may be one in Us,That the world may believe that You sent me.{v21}. Then in verse 23 He again emphasises the Oneness praying “I in them, and You {Father} in Me; That they may be made perfect in one, etc.

    We are stirring the powers of darkness in this area speaking directly to and against the spiritual authorities, and they are beginning to reveal themselves to us. Details later.

    The point I want to make to you , and the “network” of prayers around the Nation, is that we have been given dominion, and authority to speak, and indeed to command in His Name, being in Him, far above principalities and powers. I am commanding this cyclone [by name] to not do any damage. We are prepared to receive the blessing, but not the curse of devastation.

    If all of the attributes of the Father are in Christ, who is in us, then I believe we have the authority to command these devasting powers as Jesus commanded the waves threatening the boat in which the disciples were fearful of drowning.

    I recommend you not only pray but also conmmand, in Christ Jesus.

    Meanwhile we praise the Lord with you for the miraculous deliverances of the townsships for which CTFM have prayed. I have friends in almost all of those towns, many of them Christians, and they are grateful to the Lord.

    Yours in His Fellowship,1Corinthians1:9,

    Keith and Lyn

  18. 18 Jerry

    Thank you brother Danny for your prayers.

    I also heard from Ministers who are strong in the prophetic that Queensland is blessed with many things but the people did not give the glory to God for it, so things happen to humble them.

    May our Lord Yah bless you richly,

    Jerry

  19. 19 Josie

    We are praying even in The Netherlands

    Josie

  20. 20 Johan

    Unfortunately this country is paying the price of having a flawed legal system, lets just hope we get a more spiritual-compatible set of leaders next time around. Its all we can do in these dark times.

    On the bright side, i was talking to Jesus last night in a dream and he told me my house will survive the cycling hitting tonight. Bless him, i also asked that he protect all christian houses in northern Queensland. I also asked him if the end times are near with all these natural disasters, but he just confirmed what i already thought. The disasters are a result of our sinning, unmarried couples living together, homosexuals being put on equal terms with same sex couples and all the greedyness of major corporations who are making life hell for the poor people all over the world.

    Hopefully i make it through the night with the help of Christ.

    Johan

  21. 21 melissa msapenda

    so what do we say regarding those in authority… doesnt the bible..the word clearly state :

    (1) The Family – Children are to obey their parents (Eph. 6:10). The wife is to cooperate with her husband, which is the head of the family (Eph. 5:22-24, 1 Tim. 2:12), and the husband is to submit to Christ and love his wife (Eph. 5:23,25).

    (2) The State – We are to cooperate with those authority figures and obey the local and federal laws of the land, within the boundaries of God’s laws (1 Pet. 2:13-14).

    (3) The Church – Christians are to submit to the headship of Christ which is exercised through His Spirit (Rom. 8:14), His Word (2 Tim. 3:16), and Church leadership (Matt. 18:17-20, Heb. 13:17).

    God has established these authorities as the “delegated” extensions of His authority. If we resist cooperation, we are in effect, resisting God’s own authority and Lordship. This is why Paul told wives to submit to their husbands “as to the Lord” (Eph. 5:22).

    can i suggest we have gotten what we have asked for… what we prehaps deserve…prehaps God is doing something we cannot see, in and thru our PM… can i suggest if we prayed rather than put ourselves as God and judge that WE CHRISTIANS WITH GOD WOULD CHANGE OUR NATION… seems to me all we are doing is giving the enemy more power and recognition… I THINK IT IS GOD WHO IS AT WORK.. WE ARE JUST SO CAUGHT UP IN THINKING WE KNOW WHATS GOING ON THAT WE ARE BLIND TO SEE ….

  22. 22 Phil - Sydney

    Dear Pastor Daniel

    I 100% agree. this is the hour we need a Christian in power instead we have an atheist PM.

    Regrettably many silly Christians including John Dickson in Sydney (An Anglican who should have known better) were saying before the election as long as we have someone Competent in power as PM that’s all we need.

    So we have a PM making wooden and obvious statements with no reference to God’s love and power.

    The Nation as a whole suffers

    What a hopeless situation we have in Australia at the moment. A PM who is more interested in taxing the daylight out of us than doing anything useful

    regards
    Phil

    e ten
    l10

  23. 23 Audra

    Thanks :) God bless you guys as we stand together for our nation.

    it was great to read the media released as i was really bothered by Ms Gillard’s statement of “thoughts and sympathies” even saying that other countries had sent their “thoughts and sympathies”…when I believe many of them would have said they were praying. I wonder what her response to a devestating cyclone might be and if the citizens of Australia will be frustrated at her unwillingness to cry out to, or even acknowledge, God.

    if the media doesn’t pick up the press release now, it might be worth sending again in a few days. Once again, may the Lord bless you in the work you do.

    Audra

  24. 24 Ruth

    Dear Jason,

    Thanks for this. I was saddened by hearing Anna Bligh say on TV the ‘someone up there must have a grudge against us”. God’s Holy Name is being maligned, and the fact that His Son died to show His love to humans. How we need to repent!

    God bless,

    Ruth

  25. 25 Ilona

    Brilliant – please keep up the pressure on the media – keep hammering home that a nation must pray – but more so it is for the christians to pray – how to motivate an apathetic nation? consumed with consumerism and I don’t discount myself –

    May the Lord have mercy on Australia

    May we be merciful as we speak with non christians who are acting according to their kind

    may our warnings be as salt and salted with gentleness

    Ilona

  26. 26 Dave

    Hi all

    Praying for you at our prayermeeting near Loughborough in UK

    He was not in thye earthquake wind or fir but in the still small voice

    Listen for Him

    Peace in His Name
    Dave

  27. 27 Ken

    Job 37:16

    Do you know the balancings of the clouds,
    the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge.

    So I can only presume that God knew and chose to create Cyclone Yasi. Thanks God.

  28. 28 Colleen

    Every Christian individual is called to pray so let us be fervent and persistent in our prayers and intercede for our leaders as we are commanded to in the Scriptures and stop criticizing and judging them. We the Church should bind the ciritical spirit that seems to be a stronghold over our nation even over the Church and loose a spirit of love, grace and mercy and ove one another as God has commanded us to irrespective of who they are. God is no respector of persons nor should we be………………Love, Colleen xx

  29. 29 Valarie

    Hi Colleen,

    I will pass on your email to Catch the Fire Ministries.

    Also I would like to say that no other Pastor in Australia has travelled the length and breath of this nation having revival meetings and praying for Australia. The Fire has been lit all over this land. There is also all night prayers for this nation on the first Friday of every month at Catch the Fire Ministries.

    When God called Ps Daniel out of Saudia Arabia to Australia He gave him the name RISE UP AUSTRALIA. Many pastors in Melbourne rejected the name and said it should be called Rise Up Melbourne. Ps. Daniel did not relent and was told by a messianic preacher last year that RUA (Rise Up Australia) in Hebrew means God has given you Victory over the enemy.

    There are many Pastors standing with Ps Daniel and have joined his ministry and moved to Melbourne standing with him for Australia to be not just a Christian Nation by name but to live it. There are also many against him.

    Pastor Daniel calls a spade a spade and that is how he is.

    In His love

    Valerie

  30. 30 Naomi

    Yes, Hallelujah.

    Naomi

  31. 31 Daniel

    Hi there,

    Let’s not forget that not only is Gillard an atheist but having a female in a position of leadership is in violation of God’s model for leadership. (Genesis 2, Corinthians 11).

    We should also be praying for God to provide a capable man to act in our countries top job.

    YBIC,

    Daniel.

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