🙏 Prayer
Special prayers for the COVID-19 Pandemic
God, when we sit at the edge of hope and uncertainty, fill our hearts with your peace which surpasses all understanding.
- Pray that Australians will not have vaccination hesitancy and will be able to access vaccination sites.
- Pray that those who have already had their first Astra Zeneca vaccination will have wisdom as they make their decision about their second vaccination
- Pray that the revised vaccination schedules and the operation of the mass vaccination clinics will be well-formulated, the logistics of the delivery of vaccines throughout Australia will run smoothly and the accompanying advertising program will be successful.
- Pray that any outbreaks of the spread of infection will be quickly brought under control and researchers will be able to identify and track cases to isolate the source(s)
- Pray that the range of views about opening Australia’s borders will lead to the right decisions being made about the timing of these changes.
- Pray that our leaders will have great wisdom as they decide what to do about the situation in India and the repatriation of Australian citizens there. Pray also for the leaders in India as they seek to bring the crisis under control, and the wider community who are in such danger with so many contracting the virus every day
- Give thanks for those governments worldwide who are putting aside funds to assist poorer countries to have their own vaccination programs and pray that they will have great wisdom as they embark on the program that there will not be a “rich/poor divide” and there will be sufficient funds for all people needing vaccinations to receive them
- Pray that we will be sensitive to the needs of others in our community who are suffering additional stresses as a result of measures that have been introduced to reduce the spread of the virus. Ask also that God will give us ways we can show His love to those around us.
General prayer points for this week
Lord, make us strong and courageous. Let us sense Your presence surrounding us. Cover us with Your peace and protection. Through our weaknesses, show us Your perfect power. Help us feel the same power that raised Christ from the dead alive inside of us. Renew our minds with Your truth. Empower us with the fruit of self-control from Your Spirit. In Jesus’ name, Amen
- Pray for Willem’s mum as she continues her treatment that it will achieve all that is intended. Give thanks for encouraging reports on progress. Be with the whole family as they interact remotely with each other in supporting Brenda.
- Pray too, for Simone’s mum and dad, for speedy and complete recovery after their recent surgery, and as they make plans for their future home as they both recover. Pray, too, for Willem, Simone, Amelie and Madeleine as they “minister to them at a distance”.
- Pray for all those in our Church family who are facing stresses of various kinds that they might know that you are the God who cares and we might be able to support them in prayer.
- Ask God to show us how we should worship Him now as a Church, after worshipping at home privately and virtually on Sabbath for so long, and that our lives will be influenced by the reality of what He did so long ago.
- Pray for continued healing and complete recovery for Gil, strength for Amy, and comfort for the whole family. Pray that Amy and Gil will have wisdom and favour as they make their move to Perth
Holy, holy, holy God, fill us with strength and courage, with discernment and compassion, that we may be your instruments of justice and love in this world, that it may be on earth as it is in heaven.
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