Dr Graham McLennan from the Canberra Declaration said, “We are calling the people of faith in Australia to set aside Sunday 31 October 2010 as a National Day of Prayer and Fasting for Life. A wave of anti-life sentiment seems to be sweeping Australia. Let us call to the author of life and ask him to intervene in our nation. You might be able to miss a meal, refuse dessert or fast for the day. Ask your friends to do the same. Ask your church to join with you”.
 
Dr Lachlan Dunjey from Medicine with Morality and one of the supporters of the Canberra Declaration said, “The battle for the intrinsic value of all human life intensifies across Australia with the push for euthanasia, unrestricted abortion, the elimination of all that is less than perfect, destructive embryo research and the overriding of conscience in medicine. It is more important than ever before for God’s people to declare that all humanity is created in the Image of God and support this Declaration. People in Victoria please watch www.repealsection8.net.au over the weeks prior to the state election Nov 27 2010 to see how you can vote to support right over wrong”.
 
In the 1890s when Australians were forming the Constitution and the Federal Parliament, it was the intention of the people that the nation could be called to days of prayer and fasting. This national day of prayer and fasting is a move to fulfill those wishes.

Ps Matt Prater from www.historymakersradio.com and one of the instigators of the Day of Prayer and Fasting said, “Sunday 31 October has been chosen as a day to pray and fast for life because:
 
•       Sunday 31 October is the final day of a worldwide 40 day call to prayer and fasting to halt the destruction of life on our planet through abortion www.40daysforlife.com
 
•       Sunday 31 October is the day that the Welsh Revival commenced in 1904. Evan Roberts led a movement that saw hundreds of thousands of people come to Christ all over the world. www.jesusloversincleveland.org/English/journal/vol3no10/welshrevival.htm
 
•       Sunday 31 October commemorates the charge at the Battle of Beersheba. In 1917 eight hundred Australian Light Horsemen took the town and crucial wells of Beersheba and made history. Pray for the peace of Israel, and to have the same courageous spirit as our forefathers. http://www.swcs.com.au/aust3.htm
 
•       Sunday 31 October is Halloween. We must pray for our youth to see the light of Jesus, and not be deceived with the darkness of Halloween.” *
 
Warwick Marsh from the Canberra Declaration team said, “We ask people to pray for the following: that Christians throughout Australia will humble themselves and pray according to 2 Chronicles 7:14 for revival and reformation in our nation; that God will give the media, our nation and its leaders a revelation of the beauty and sanctity of life and that hundreds of thousands of people will be motivated to sign the Canberra Declaration online and in petition format”.
 
For further information:              
Dr Graham McLennan    0427 003 549                      
Dr Lachlan Dunjey          0407 937 513
Ps Matt Prater                   0433 192 267                      
Warwick Marsh                 0418 225 212
www.canberradeclaration.org.au