As we look at the Church in Australia, and note its tiny size, its apparent powerlessness, and many looming threats, we are tempted to blame the godlessness of our nation, our circumstances, the mistakes of our forebears... anyone and anything but ourselves. When however Daniel prayed on behalf of the broken and exiled church in the sixth century BC, he put the blame for the disaster squarely on the church herself. What a challenge! What a vital prayer and mindset for us to grasp.
