NEW: President Mnangagwa prays for successful SADC Summit, wisdom

Online Reporter

THE Church and the nation should pray for grace to successfully host the SADC Summit and wisdom and humility to lead the bloc, President Mnangagwa has said.

Speaking at the National Prayer Service held at State House in Harare on Wednesday, the President urged Zimbabweans to unite in prayer and remain steadfast in their faith ahead of the regional indaba.

The prayer meeting ran under the theme “A quest for God’s Help in Nation Building”.

“In a few days, our beloved motherland, Zimbabwe, is hosting the 44th Ordinary Session of the SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government, whereupon we shall assume the chairmanship of the strategic regional body,” he said.

“I, therefore, call upon the Church and the nation at large to persistently pray that God grants us the grace to successfully host the event and lead with wisdom and humility in the weighty responsibility before our country.”

Drawing from Psalm 127 verse 1, the President emphasised the significance of prayer.

“Unless the Lord builds the house, they that build it labour in vain. Unless the Lord keeps the city, the watchman watches, but in vain,” added President Mnangagwa.

“I give thanks to the Almighty God for the constructive spirit which he has imparted to us all, including our traditional leaders and the Church.”