Isaiah 45:8

""Rain down, you heavens, from above, And let the skies pour down righteousness; Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation, And let righteousness spring up together. I, the LORD, have created it.​"

“Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?”

Luke 24:38

“Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest O Israel, my way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?” The Lord cares for all things, and the meanest creatures share in His universal providence, but His particular providence is over His saints. “The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him.” “Precious shall their blood be in His sight.” “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” “We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are the called according to His purpose.”

Let the fact that, while He is the Savior of all men, He is specially the Savior of them that believe, cheer and comfort you. You are His peculiar care; His regal treasure which He guards as the apple of His eye; His vineyard over which He watches day and night. “The very hairs of your head are all numbered.” Let the thought of His special love to you be a spiritual painkiller, a dear quietus to your woe: “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” God says that as much to you as to any saint of old. “Fear not, I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.”

We lose much consolation by the habit of reading His promises for the whole church, instead of taking them directly home to ourselves. Believer, grasp the divine word with a personal, appropriating faith. Think that you hear Jesus say, “I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not.” Think you see Him walking on the waters of thy trouble, for He is there, and He is saying, “Fear not, it is I; be not afraid.” Oh, those sweet words of Christ! May the Holy Ghost make you feel them as spoken to you; forget others for a while—accept the voice of Jesus as addressed to you, and say, “Jesus whispers consolation; I cannot refuse it; I will sit under his shadow with great delight.”​

-- C. H. Spurgeon

COVID-19 Crisis Prayer - Pastor Mike

Today's Prayer
Psalm 67

COVID-19 Crisis Prayer Topic: Endurance

The impact of the coronavirus has varied greatly from state to state and from community to community. Some cities and towns seem barely touched; others have been devastated. On the front lines, doctors and nurses, have maintained a truly heroic effort. So have all manner of first-responders: emergency medics, firemen, and police. As can be seen in on-line interviews and news stories, many are utterly exhausted. They need relief and a rest. In some cases, relief has come in added workers, but in others, it has not.

Pray for those on the front-lines, and that includes convalescent homes and elder care homes as well as all hospitals and emergency care facilities.

Pray that those on the front-lines receive rest and assistance.

Pray for planned rotation of workers, with replacements or relief workers willing to move to different parts of the country to assist others.

Pray for a lessening of new cases, and for patience and cooperation among those drawn from differing fields, differing locations, and differing backgrounds

Pray for steadfast perseverance,  and pray the all Christians be filled with the Holy Spirit and be gracious witnesses of the Gospel.

Isaiah 40:28–31 (ESV)

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.

Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

“God be merciful to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, that Your Way may be known on earth, Your Salvation among the nations.  Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You” Psalm 67: 1-3