Awesome, omnipotent, Creator God.
We worship You as One…
who laid the earth’s foundations.
who marked off its dimensions,
who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
who made the clouds its garment,
who fixed limits for it, and
who said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’.¹
We remember when You watched Your disciples struggling in the storm on Galilee, then walked across the water, climbed into their boat when they called out to You, and commanded the wind and waves to be still. And they obeyed!²
As Hurricane Harvey threatens the Gulf area, we are asking You to look on the residents of the Gulf area. We cry out to You on their behalf. We know that the wind and the waves still know Your voice. Command them to be still. Please. For the glory of Your great name.
Even now, we ask that You comfort those in the path of the storm; give wisdom to the local, state, and federal officials; encourage neighbors, friends, and families to meet this threat together. Grant them mercy. Save them. Keep Your promise, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.”³
You are Immanuel. God with us. Facing this storm. Now.
We cling to You.
In the name of the One whom the waves and winds still obey…JESUS.
Amen
[1] Job 38:4-11
[2] Mark 4:35-41; 6:45-51
[3] Isaiah 43:2
Great, Perfect High Priest,[1]
We worship You as One who understands the feelings of our infirmities.[2] You are tender. Gentle. A bruised reed You will not break. A smoking flax You will not quench.[3]
You never grow tired or weary.[4]
We confess that sometimes we do feel weary. Breakable. Lonely as we stand for You and speak out for You when so few others do. You don’t blame us for our weariness and weakness. Instead, You sympathize with us.[5] Yet we remember You have said that You set the lonely in families.[6] So we thank You for Your family…brothers and sisters who stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart… as we continue to live for You in this increasingly dark, dangerous and hostile world.
As we meet here in prayer, dear Spirit of our Father God, use us to encourage each other. Build each other up. Strengthen each other. So that when we have done all we know to do… when the enemy comes in like a flood assaulting us from every side, on every level and from every angle…we still stand. With spirits battered, maybe. With hearts wounded, maybe. But with Sword raised in victory![7] We are still standing![8]
For the Glory of Your Great Name,
Amen
Please pray with us and post your prayer below in comments.
[1] Hebrews 4:14
[2] Hebrews 4:15
[3] Isaiah 42:3
[4] Isaiah 40:28
[5] Hebrews 4:15
[6] Psalm 68:6
[7] Ephesians 6:17
[8] Ephesians 6:13
May 15, 2017
For the Lord will not forsake His people, for His great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you His people. 1 Samuel 12:22
Dan and JoAnn Cummins are dear friends who have a passionate commitment to pray for and with our national leaders. The following article* gives a great perspective on the events of May 4th — the National Day of Prayer:
