Praying to End Gender Based Violence

Learn about the violence against women in South Africa and join us in our Prayer movement. Below is a video of the what, the why and how to partner with us.

Praying to end Gender Based Violence.

Join us!

What is GBV?

Gender-based violence (GBV) is an umbrella term for harmful acts of abuse perpetrated against a person's will and rooted in a system of unequal power between women and men.

THE CALL

The imPOSSIBLE Prayer Movement

In Matthew 17:21 Jesus suggests that certain spiritual obstacles, like those mentioned in the context of casting out demons, require prayer for resolution. Similarly, addressing the deep-rooted issue of gender based violence in South Africa (and all over the world) necessitates collective prayer, emphasizing the need for unified spiritual intervention to combat this societal challenge effectively.

Ending Gender Based Violence today through the power of Prayer with Botshabelo, South Africa in view.

Prayer Schedule

pray with us at these times:

5:00 am

9:00 am

12:00 pm

4:00 pm

9:00 pm

Use Your Prayer Beads, and Let’s Pray Together Five Times Per Day.

the prayer

The Invitatory Bead:

  • Starts at the cross for Christ.

  • The upper bead is for God.

  • The first Cruciform bead is for the Spirit.

Four Movements:

  • Sit:

    • Hold the cross while sitting with God.

    • Receive God’s invitation to find rest in His hand.

    • Sit with whatever seems impossible.

  • See:

    • Cruciform beads [6:00] invite us to four movements.

    • Look to images and memories to see what we want to end.

    • Provide a picture for each week of Lent.

    • Reflect on personal or shared experiences related to GBV.

  • Say:

    • Talk to God about the impossibility.

    • Hold the third bead and express the challenges.

    • Discuss the magnitude of the problem and its impact.

    • Share thoughts on how it affects the community and the world.

  • Surrender:

    • Let go of fear, doubt, and logic.

    • Embrace God's ability to overcome challenges.

    • Be expectant of positive change.

Seven Last Words:

  • Lord, into Your hands I commend my Spirit:

    • God's desire for GBV to end.

  • My God, My God:

    • Lament and sadness about GBV.

  • I thirst:

    • Express longing for survivors.

  • Mother, behold your son:

    • Express longing for the community.

  • Forgive them:

    • Forgiveness and longing for the repentant perpetrator.

  • Today you will be with me:

    • May God’s promises be fulfilled.

  • It is finished:

    • Demonstration of trust.

Prayer Time:

  • Sit:

    • In a dedicated prayer space.

    • Hold the prayer beads with the cross in your right hand.

    • Imagine being held in God’s hand – with Jesus.

    • Move to the upper bead to sit with the Father.

    • Move to the first Cruciform bead to sit with the Spirit.

  • See:

    • Hold the second Cruciform bead as you look at the image.

    • Seeing is essential to loving.

    • Let your heart absorb the visual.

  • Say:

    • Hold the third bead.

    • Tell God about the impossible things.

    • Discuss the problem's size and impact.

    • Share thoughts on the community and world.

  • Surrender:

    • Remind yourself of who God is and what God has done.

    • Give it to God with confidence that God can end GBV today.

    • Take off your burden and give it to God.

  • Back to Sit:

    • With Spirit, Father, and Son. Amen.