Evening Prayers

'Day and night, night and day, let incense arise

Day and night, night and day, let incense arise
Day and night, night and day, let incense arise
Day and night, night and day, let incense arise'

David Brymer, 'Worthy of it All',  2012

^'My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.' Malachi 1:11 (NIV)

Incense shall rise to You each morning and evening which signifies prayer and praise.

Dear Father. Fear has a name and today it's coronavirus. Common to bats and snakes and rare in humans and apparently some unknowingly eat these animals raw. We were originally told it had jumped the species barrier. Now we know it was manipulated in a lab and made to harm humans through gain of function. Similar to SARS and MERS, it resembles the common cold.  The CDC says the risk to Americans is low. They say 100 people in China have died from the virus. We are told to avoid nonessential travel to China. Preparations are being made and the government has failed once again to keep us safe. Who can we trust? There is none Lord, only You.

 

Even now, it appears our country has been taken over by a coup and our illegitimate corrupt embarrassment of a president, who knows nothing of what the Founders did by giving us a Constitution and godly principles to live by and what they intended for this country to be, calls foreign countries and offers to give them money. Of course he doesn't realize how hard Americans work to earn the money that they pay their government in taxes. For this tragedy Lord, and so much more, help us.

Please forgive us Father, for the things that we often so stupidly do. We don't deserve Your mercy or Your grace. So we pray. So we plead the blood of Jesus over all of Your people! Deliver us from this evil double plague. Save us from ourselves Lord.

I pray for Justice and Holy Spirit supernatural intervention to come in like a flood and destroy this evil threat to life. This man and mere virus that can do so much to put the entire world into a panic. 

Lord, I must not take Your name lightly or in vain for You deserve the Glory. I must choose to be holy and live by right principles, in the right manner, for the right reason. I must surrender all things for Your Glory. I must live for You and put my trust in You alone. It was because of my sin that your Son choose to die and why God is taking my country through this trial by fire.

Jesus, Your name is great. I raise my prayers like incense to You. My praise goes up likewise to You just as the fragrant incense. I must worship You in spirit and in truth. You are worthy of it all. You, who created the universe know everything about every virus, bacteria, evil intent by man and threat. You are the Lord of all. You control it all. You alone are good. You are not surprised about anything. So I put my trust in You. 

When I say Your name again and again I find my peace in You. You are merciful. There is healing in Your name. I shall have no fear for thou art with me. And I know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him. Yours is the kingdom and the power forever. You deserve the Glory. In Jesus's mighty name. Amen.

 

Source: 'Drummingthemessagehome', January 28, 2020 blog post.