Welcome to the #18daychallenge movement. This is a movement committed to take 18 days to pray for Kenya in the words of the Kenya National Anthem using the KENYA NATIONAL ANTHEM DEVOTIONAL. I know what you are thinking, the Anthem has 18 lines? Yes, it does. 18 lines to one of the most well thought,...
Source: www.dayspring.com Fill every heart with thanksgiving Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophesying, but test everything; hold fast what is good, abstain from every form of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5: 16-22)...
Build this our nation together Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. (Psalm 127:1) O God of all creation, build this our nation of Kenya. Unless the Lord builds our nation, all our efforts will be...
In common bond united Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience, forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything...
The heritage of splendour For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, a land in...
Let one and all arise And I told them of the hand of my God which had been upon me for good, and also of the words which the king had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work. (Nehemiah 2:18 RSV)...
Plenty be found within our borders Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that thou wouldst bless me and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldst keep me from harm so that it might not hurt me!” And God granted what he asked. (1Ch 4:10...
O God of all creation This is a most profound and important opening line of the Kenyan National Anthem. It sets the pace and the foundation for the rest of the anthem; it definitely marks out the Kenyan National Anthem as a prayer. So who is this God of all creation? Genesis 1:1 – In...