This Week from the Pastor's Desk

September 4, 2005

NO DOUBT WE have all been trying to make sense of the incredible disaster that has hit the southern United States , particularly the city of New Orleans . Here is a note from the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada which expresses our sentiments at this time:

We unite in grief and sadness with all of those in the United States who have been affected by the hurricane and flooding. We grieve with those who have lost loved ones and all their belongings. We call on Christians across Canada to remember these suffering ones in your prayers and to respond generously toward the relief interventions.

We ask you to pray for:

• Courage and comfort to people still trapped by the flood waters
• Healing and health to the injured
• Comfort for those who have lost loved ones and those who have not yet heard from their loved ones in the affected regions
• Rapid deployment of relief supplies – food, water, medical supplies and clothes
• Strength, courage and wisdom to the medical personnel helping the injured; to persons searching for survivors; to relief workers taking in food, water and medical supplies; and to those who are counselling the bereaved and grief-stricken
• Courage for police and the National Guard who are seeking to restore order and provide security
• Guidance for pastors, church leaders and lay people as they seek to provide spiritual counsel and help
• Strength, courage and wisdom to those directing the emergency response
• An end to the violence and a spirit of lawfulness on the part of all
• An outpouring of generosity from the Christian community towards those affected by this tragedy
• That people will seek the Lord at this time of tragedy

 

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Build yourselves up in your most holy faith
and pray in the Holy Spirit. (Jude 1:20)

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