Day of Prayer, Meditation,
Hope, and Renewal
April 6, 2020
“I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each new day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is now, this very minute, when each of us has an opportunity to apply one of the things that we as Christians say we fervently believe in: PRAYER. Pray for strength, perseverance and courage to face the extraordinary challenges that we find ourselves confronted with. Pray for your families, your neighbors and friends, for doctors and nurses, many of whom we do not know, for the sick and the shut in, for our national and community leaders. Ask God to guide us through these uncertain times.
–Pastor Mele Taumoepeau Aho
INVITATION & INSTRUCTIONS:
We invite you to join us from your homes on Monday, April 6 for a day of PRAYER, MEDITATION, HOPE AND RENEWAL. Each hour, we will pray with a specific focus; you may choose to pray for 5 minutes each hour, or you may feel led to pray longer. Let our spirits come together to lift up all people in our community, our country, and our world. Feel free to send us your prayer requests, joys and concerns (Pastor Mele: maho@nationalchurch.org or Pastor Ali: adeleo@nationalchurch.org). Please remember, we are in this together. We look forward to praying together with you in spirit during this time when we cannot gather together to pray in person.
We do not know how you feel, but there is one thing we know: God is with us always.
“For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you,
“Do not fear, I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13.
Prayers
6:00 a.m.
PRAY for individuals that they might find courage, strength, and wisdom.
READ: Colossians 1:9-10
7:00 a.m.
PRAY for workers who provide all types of services.
READ: 2 Chronicles 15:7
8:00 a.m.
PRAY for families with children who seek to understand and adjust to new ways of study at home and for teenagers who must reconfigure sought after hopes and dreams: social functions, end-of-school year activities, graduations, etc.
READ: Joshua 24:15
9:00 a.m.
PRAY for our government and our international and community leaders, strangers and foes who find themselves faced with a new and challenging set of circumstances.
READ: 1 Timothy 2:1-2; Proverbs 2:1-8
10:00 a.m.
PRAY for the elderly in our communities, here and abroad, to endure the uncertainty and the fear that surround them. Ease their vulnerabilities and their sense of isolation from families and friends.
READ: Job 12:12; Proverb 13:20
11:00 a.m.
PRAY for medical doctors and nurses, paraprofessionals, and maids and janitors who have left their families for our safety and protection. And pray for the teachers and school administrators who must adjust to a new way of rendering service to our children.
READ: Psalm 20:4
12:00 p.m.
PRAY for healing and for the COVID-19 crisis to be resolved.
READ: Isaiah 41:10
1:00 p.m.
PRAY for all and strengthen our hearts so that we, leaders and followers, will be not proud but do what is right and just.
READ: Proverbs 21:1, 5
2:00 p.m.
PRAY for those who are alone, without friends or family. Help those of us to discern those in need so that we might shoulder their burdens and direct them to you.
READ: Jeremiah 29:11; Galatians 6:2; Ephesians 4:3
3:00 p.m.
PRAY for our churches, for our members. Lift up the spirits of our church leaders as they strive to serve vast numbers of believers and non-believers. Help our business leaders to endure and renew their faith.
READ: Matthew 18:19-20
4:00 p.m.
PRAY for those who have lost employment, those who are hungry, and those facing the loss of shelter. Give them strength and renewed faith.
READ: Proverbs 14:31; Isaiah 40:31
5:00 p.m.
PRAY for those among us Christians and non-Christians, to remember the sacrifices made on this day many centuries ago and to remember that this should be more than a day of remembrance. It should be a time when each among us is called upon to make a sacrifice. Give until it hurts, offer our services to those in need, donate to food banks, place a telephone call to someone who is down and out, sick, afraid and despondent.
READ: 1 John 3:18
6:00 p.m.
PRAY for all among us with fear or anxiety. Remove their fear that they may pray with the blessed assurance that God hears our petitions and will act accordingly.
READ: Psalm 100:4; Philippians 4:6-7
Final Notes: It is a gift to pray with one another, to offer to God our fervent desires. In addition to these prayer petitions, we look forward to the day when it is safe to gather again as a congregation for worship, fellowship, and more!
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