Having decimated thousands of homes in the island nation of Grenada where it killed at least 23 people, Hurricane Ivan is now headed for Jamaica, Cuba, and parts of Florida. Ivan is fiercer than either Charley or Frances were.
Please ask God to help the people of Grenada to rebuild their lives.
Pray too that the people of Jamaica and of repeatedly-assaulted Florida and Cuba will be kept safe.
I hope that you will also pray for the efforts of relief workers in all these places, asking God to give them the strength, energy, resources, and wisdom they need to deal with this set of disasters.
Moving from natural disasters to one caused by the cruelty of human beings, please continue to pray for the people from the Darfur region of Sudan. Government-protected militia still are hounding, killing, raping, and stealing from people there, displacing more than one-million from their homes. Secretary of State Colin Powell and the US Congress, have described the situation there as genocide and so it is.
Pray that justice will come to the people of Darfur, that those who have lost their homes and property will be able to reclaim them and that those who have murdered and raped will be forced to face the consequences of their ghastly crimes. Pray that the current regime in Khartoum will either reform or disappear.
Please also pray that God will wrap His arms around the people of Darfur, comforting them and enabling them to move on with their lives in peace. May they be able to see that Jesus Christ is weeping with them.
And pray for the efforts of relief workers there, asking God to give them safety, wisdom, compassion, and the power of His Holy Spirit for making right choices and decisions.
You can also donate to relief organizations like the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and Lutheran World Relief.
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