SG Churches Australia - Day Of Prayer & Fasting

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One of the ways that Scripture calls us to respond to trouble, like the COVID-19 pandemic, is to pray, knowing that God will answer our prayers. David writes in Psalm 20, “May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion.” (Psalm 20.1-2). God is eager to send help when we ask him for it in prayer.

Just last week, Mark Prater (Executive Director of SG Churches) called all the Churches in the USA to a day of prayer. And now, one week one, I’m eager to do the same for us here in Australia, calling us to a day of prayer and fasting on Friday 27th March, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that we all face

Please join us in this if at all possible. Here’s a list of items that we can pray for:

  • Ask God to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus throughout our world, and bring healing and comfort to those that do have the virus, and to their families.

  • Ask God to protect and strengthen frontline healthcare workers, as they tend to the sick.

  • As God to protect those who are especially vulnerable to the virus, that this sickness would pass over them and not infect them.

  • Ask God to be near to all those who may have lost work in all this and who may be negatively impacted financially, and to provide for them.

  • Ask God to give wisdom and strength to the Pastors of Sovereign Grace Churches, starting here in Australia, and then beyond, as we seek to make daily and weekly decisions relating to the many and varied aspects of Church life.

  • Ask God to give wisdom and strength to the Leaders of our Countries as they seek to make good decisions for our health and well-being.

  • Ask God to give us opportunities and courage to share the hope we have in the Gospel with unbelievers who are without hope and fearful.

  • Ask the Prince of Peace to give us peace as we walk through this pandemic together, trusting in His sovereign rule and reign. For as John 14.27 tells us, “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give as the world gives. Don’t let your hearts be troubled or fearful.”

May we all keep looking up at this time. Forever His.

If you’d like more information on fasting, listen to Pastor Dave Taylor’s recent sermon here:

https://soundcloud.com/user-986589168/running-dependant?in=user-986589168/sets/the-race-of-our-lives

Riley Spring