Let us pray.
Almighty God, we come to you in prayer, knowing that prayer is powerful, because You are a powerful God who hears prayers and answers them in Your power, wisdom and sovereignty. When you say yes, who can say no to you? When you say no, who can refute that? When you seek to do something, it is always accomplished! When you decide to act, who can stop you? O Lord You do as You please with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth.
Oh Lord, you tell us to pray and never lose heart. Yet we do not want to go to you in prayer, for it will mean that we have to admit to ourselves that we are not in control or have power over our lives and situations. But yet we come to You now in our brokenness and powerlessness to pray to You
O Lord we are powerless when those we love reject you and gospel that we seek to share with them. When they rather wait than make a decision to give their lives over to the God who loves them. Lord we look on powerlessly but Lord you are powerful and merciful. We pray for our parents, children, siblings, relatives, friends and colleagues who do not know you. We pray for Jek Aun’s parents, for Stella Goh’s parents in law. For the husband of Sister Leng, that you may guide those who are sharing the gospel with them. Send Your truth, light and Your holy Spirit into the hearts of those who live in darkness.
Lord we are powerless when suffering hits too close to home and we feel like things are crashing and we are suffocating in misery. Lord we are powerless but You are powerful.
So we want to commit into your loving hands those who are sick, feeling unwell and undergoing cancer treatments in this time, including Johnny Lou, brother of Dorothy; and Sister Hanna, mother of Ribka, grant them physical healing and relieve the physical pain. Grant energy for each day and joy for each moment. We pray for the mother in law of Esther Goh that she may be comforted in her old age despite the poor hearing and eyesight. Be with the father and brother of Esther Leong who has tested positive for COVID-19. That strength and healing will come swiftly and that her mother may come to see Your power and care in this trying season and come to trust in You as her Lord and Savior.
Be with all caretakers and family members as looking after those unwell can be physically and emotionally tiring, may they find in you rest and physical sustenance sufficient for each day.
We pray for the family of our Field Education Student from Singapore Bible College Poudi, May you grant health and safety of his wife Hatis and two children Obed and Bethany who are in Manipur, India. And as they wait for Your perfect timing, that you may grant that they may be physically reunited soon.
Thank you for walking with Sister Jeanie in her last moments here on earth and welcoming her to her eternal home with open arms, bringing to completion the work you started in her in Jesus Christ. May you bring your comfort to her grieving family, and all who have lost loved ones in these few months, that all may turn to You for the hope the Lord who has victory and power over sin and death.
We thank You for your peace that guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus, given to those who come to you in prayer.
Help us in our varying encounters with suffering this day to experience Your perfect heavenly peace which transcends all understanding. Quiet our spirits and calm the turmoil of our souls. Settle the storms within us and give us the strength to weather the suffering caused by the trials around us. As we cry out to You, help us look to Christ who came to suffer on the cross for us. Let us rest in the embrace of the Prince of Peace who in His power has overcome this world.
And it is in the power and might of the name of our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ we pray, Amen
Pr Evan (Prayer) and Pr Isaac Chang (Devotion)
