Tomorrow, March 25, we invite you to join with Christian leaders worldwide to pray for healing from the Coronavirus pandemic.
Christian leaders around the globe are responding to an invitation from Pope Francis: “In these trying days, while humanity trembles due to the threat of pandemic, I would like to propose to all Christians that together we lift our voices to Heaven.” He called on “The Heads of the Churches and the leaders of every Christian community, together with all Christians of the various confessions to invoke the Almighty, the omnipotent God to recite at the same time the prayer that Jesus, our Lord, taught us” –The Lord’s Prayer.
We remember the time when King David’s sin brought a plague on Israel (1 Chronicles 21). As the Angel of Death stood with drawn sword over Jerusalem David and the elders humbled themselves and interceded with God to spare the people. God heard their prayers and the very spot where the angel stood became the site of the Temple.
We believe that God is asking the rulers and elders set over His people to humble themselves and pray in unity to stop the Coronavirus plague. The prophet Joel said “Put on sackcloth, O priests, and mourn…declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders who live in the land to the House of the Lord your God and cry out to the Lord” (Joel 1:13-15)
But not just the leaders: “Gather the people, consecrate the assembly…Let them say, “Spare your people O Lord.” (Joel 2:16-17) For all have need to return to our first love: “Even now, declares the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and He relents from sending calamity.” (Joel 2:12-13).
Join us at 12:00 noon Rome time (6am Central) or 12:00 noon your time to pray the Lord’s Prayer with our brothers and sisters around the world, and then pray as the Lord leads you.
“Who knows? He may turn and have pity and leave behind a blessing.” (Joel 2:14)