Medical caregivers on break outside the hospital react with surprise as bystanders applaud them.
By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
—Jeremiah 27:5
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.
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Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
—Job 5:17/font>
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God.
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Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
—Psalm 33:12/font>
Father God,
Sovereign King, Lord over all, hear the prayers of Your humble servants today on behalf of our nation in this viral crisis.
We are sinners and our nation has gone astray, weakened from self-indulgence. Yet, You have sent us the means of recovery, if enough of us have the means to recognize how blessed we remain.
We offer You first our thanks for these and all blessings:
We are grateful, Lord God, that our President and Vice President pray, that they pray with others in government and from among the People, and that they ask the general citizenry to pray. This is a great blessing to the People. We pray for their continual faith, strength and protection, and the protection of their teams and their families.
We are grateful that You have provided a well-seasoned, highly skilled and bold executive to care for the nation in this new, asymmetrical warfare. We lift him up to Your constant spiritual guidance.
We thank You that the People are having bedrock thoughts and feelings, sampling mild shortages and experiencing lack as Job did, that they may have a clearer appreciation of the real values of human community, of their basic needs emerging from the fog of materialism, and of their unexpected blessings—closeness with family, friends who call, neighbors who share, strangers who reach out, churches that forge new paths to reach them. Help them know that You are God and You have promised never to leave or forsake those who believe and honor You.
Lord God, we are grateful to You for the heroism, bravery and selflessness of medical caregivers, as well as the truckers, farmers, grocers, provisioners, and manufacturers who are stepping into the supply gap foisted on us by globalists. We pray for their health, safety, family stability and growth of spirit.
We give You thanks that the agenda of the Democrat Party and the media stand in clear contrast to common decency, and are so starkly displayed as hatred, and indifference to the suffering of working people. We pray for their repentance and conversion, and for the People affected by them—not only for a spiritual revival but also a rapid political awakening, that we may elect a government responsive to our foundational Constitutional principles.
These are unusual blessings.
But what the globalists intend for evil, You use for our good.
We praise You!
We now intercede:
We pray for those individuals and families who have lost employment, a sense of purpose, vital connections with others, or the lives of loved ones. Give them peace of mind, adequate supply, and surprising awareness of their own resourcefulness and natural strengths. May each realize the cost of freedom in their personal sacrifice and count it all joy, awaiting Your reward farther along.
Bring the People to a deeper awareness of the need for You and Your Word as the Supreme head and law of our nation; make it abundantly clear that salvation cannot be found in ideology, politics, or judges.
We pray for wisdom and selflessness among the President’s crisis and reopening teams, that their efforts may bring a profound healing to the present crisis and a deep correction to the underlying weaknesses of atheism and globalism.
Christ be with us in all decisions, we pray,
You are the well, the One I'm drawing from
You are my refuge, my whole life long
Where else would I go?
Your love defends me, Your love defends me
And when I feel like I'm all alone
Your love defends me, Your love defends me
I will remember, You're with me in this fight
Although the battle, it rages on
The war is already won
I know the war is already won
Your love defends me, Your love defends me
And when I feel like I'm all alone
Your love defends me, Your love defends me
You're my portion, my salvation
Hallelujah
