Friday, September 13, 2013

Ways that YOU can Pray for Colorado

Ways that YOU can Pray for Colorado:

-Pray for safety for people and property of those who own or rent homes in the affected areas. Most flood insurance is offered by the government and is inadeqate. In addition, a lot of homes in the mountains are not in “flood plains” and not able to get insurance.

-Pray for the homeless. There are a lot of homeless people in the Boulder and Colorado Springs areas. They primarily rest in parks located near creeks and rivers or in highway underpasses. With flooding happening, these places are not safe to be.

-Pray for first responders. No matter how many preparedness drills you run there are still elements that cannot be predicted. Also in situations like these, first responders often have to work multiple shifts because the other workers are stranded or they can't go home.

-Pray for teachers and students. As they miss school days for this flood situation, it takes away days that are normally used for “snow days”. This places an increase of stress on administrators, teachers, and students to get in the mandated number of instructional days.

-Pray for our civil officials who are having to deal with the crisis of the moment and the recovery that happens in the aftermath (along with the criticism that accompanies these disasters)

-Pray for our National Guard men and women who are being activated to help deal with this crisis. They leave jobs that pay them much more than their public service and families who worry about them as they serve.

-Pray for the clergy who will proclaim the promises of God to people who are questioning: the promise that a “groaning creation” will be reunited with its Creator and the promise that this world will not be destroyed by floods. God's desire and Jesus' work assure us that it is possible for even His highest form of creation, humanity, to be reconciled to Him.


Pray to God for relief, for help, for strength, and for restoration for the people of Colorado through Christ Jesus. I believe in a God who can and will make ALL THINGS NEW!

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