DIMAPUR — The
Council of Nagalim Churches (CNC) has called for a seven-day special prayer and
fasting programme for all the national workers from May 12 to the 18th.
In this regard, the CNC leadership has urged all the
national workers across all units, regions and departments to participate in
the week-long period of consecration and intercession, believing that fervent
prayers, as in the past, could once again prevail.
The prayer and fasting on May 12 would be held from 7 am to
12 noon, while on May 13 from 7 am to sunset, May 14 from 7 am to 12 noon, May
15 from 7 am to sunset, May 16 from 7 am to12 noon, May 17 from 7 am to sunset
and May 18 from 7 am to 12 noon.
All NSCN members are expected to take part in this spiritual
discipline from their respective locations. Pastors and chaplains are
encouraged to organise and lead the daily programmes according to their local
context and convenience.
Some of the prayer points included confession for the
forgiveness of personal and national sin; prayer for earliest conclusion of
Indo-Naga peace process; Indian authorities and the Indian army for their
integrity and peaceful resolution of the Indo-Naga political issue; collective
leadership of the NSCN for divine guidance and wisdom; chief minister of
Nagaland, state ministers, MLAs, MPs and all the elected leaders across the
states to seek God's favour so that they may not fail and disappoint the people
who elected them; steering committee members of NSCN to serve the nation with
utmost sincerity and accountability; Naga civil society organisations, Hohos
and human rights groups in Nagaland, Manipur, Assam, Arunachal and Myanmar that
they may play their role to keep the Naga people live in unity; Naga army
personnel on the frontlines; Naga tribes and public in Arunachal, Assam,
Nagaland, Manipur and Myanmar among others.
