Prime Minister Scott Morrison prays for God to 'give Australia strength' and compares the fight against Coronavirus to the story of Moses in leaked video

Scott Morrison has asked for 'prayers for Australians' in a leaked video posted on a Christian website in which he appears to compare himself to Moses.

The Prime Minister, an evangelical Christian, led a heartfelt prayer for the nation, saying Australia could 'rely on and trust in God' during the coronavirus pandemic.

As he began reciting verses from the Bible, Mr Morrison discussed the story of Moses as he compared it to trying to steer the government through the crisis.

Speaking about national cabinet meetings, he said: 'There are decisions we're taking now, which is to extends the borders as far and wide as we can. We have to get it right, it has to work.

'It is a moment like when Moses walked down to the sea and held up his staff, and on they went. There are moments of great faith in all of this.'

In the Bible, Moses led the embattled Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea to safety.

Mr Morrison explained that having a strong faith was giving him 'enormous encouragement' in his own decision-making skills.

He is known to attend the Horizon Church in his home area of Sutherland Shire with his wife Jenny, 52, and two daughters Abbey, 12, and Lily, 10.

The private prayer session was filmed on a viewer's phone and uploaded to YouTube.

'As a Prime Minister I have to take my decisions on the basis of very strong advice and exercise the best judgement I possibly can,' he said in the six-minute clip.

'And my faith gives me an enormous encouragement in how I can make those decisions and try and do that the best way I can.'

Prime Minister Scott Morrison (pictured) is seen singing during an Easter Sunday service at his church, Horizon, in Sydney's Sutherland Shire in 2019

SCOTT MORRISON'S CORONAVIRUS PRAYER FOR AUSTRALIA

'Heavenly father, we commit our nation to you.

'In this terrible time of great need and suffering for so many people.

'And we do this also for the entire world, places far from this country there are people suffering even more, going through tremendous hardship, crying out, we pray you'll hear their voice.

'Pray you'll deliver them, that you'll send them peace and that you'll send them comfort and you'll send them strength in this time of great, great need.

'Father, give us strength here in this country. Give us wisdom, give us judgement, give us encouragement.

'Let your peace reign, let your love shower this nation in this time.

'And let your people, let those you trust in you, Lord, be instruments for your love, for your compassion, for your justice, for your mercy, for your grace.

'Let us be lights, Lord, in a time of great darkness.

'May you lift us up in this time, may you strengthen us and encourage us and in all things, Lord, may you shine upon all of us at this time as we seek your grace, we seek your strength and we seek your favour.

'We pray this in Jesus' name. We pray also for our leaders, my colleagues in parliamentary roles, doesn't matter what party they're from.

'I pray particularly for my colleagues in the cabinet, ministers making difficult decisions each and every day.

'And I especially pray for my colleagues in the national cabinet, premiers and chief ministers, faced with terrible challenges that were unthinkable only a few days ago as they become realities.

'We pray that you'll keep the national cabinet strong and united and that we may be able to face each day and each challenge with unity and purpose.

'I pray all of these things, Lord, as we praise you always.

'May your kingdom come, may your will be done, Lord, on earth as it is in heaven and bring peace to our world and to our nation.

'In Jesus' name we pray.'

He has done well. It will be interesting to see how early intervention will hold up when winter finally gets here. Newpapers and social media made early attempts at crticism but they have fallen silent over the past week or so. Now you will have the typical god haters coming out with the predictable jokes about the flying spaghetti monster. Lefties are so boring and predictable.

One of my worries is Australia and what it portends for our coming summer. The experts say that we should get respite because the virus does not do well in heat and humidity. Australia is frequently hotter and is entering their fall season. Granted their cases are much lower than ours, 5,314 and deaths of 25 but how does that compare per capita and by population concentrations?

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