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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