Pray for those in the path of Tropical Storm Isaac. From the Associated Press:
Tropical Storm Isaac targeted a broad swath of the Gulf Coast on Monday and had New Orleans in its crosshairs, bearing down just ahead of the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The potential for a landfall as a Category 1 hurricane as soon as Tuesday [Aug. 28] prompted evacuations along a wide area of the Gulf Coast and sent people out to stock up on staples.
Each week we invite you to pray with us for our brothers and sisters around the world who share our faith but not our freedoms. Using the “watchlist” produced by opendoorsusa.org, we will pray for persecuted Christians in a specific nation each week. We will also pray for Christians across America by lifting them up by state. Additionally, we will pray each week for our fellow Presbyterians. So, in 2012, we will pray together by name for Christians in 50 nations, Christians in all 50 states and all the presbyteries of the PCUSA, EPC, PCA and the emerging new Reformed body of The Fellowship of Presbyterians (these will be added as they are formed). You are encouraged to add specific pastors, lay leaders, congregations, missionaries, new church developments and other ministries to the list by posting a comment to the blog. (Please do not publicly post the names of missionaries serving in contexts where exposing their identity would cause them harm or bring harm to those they serve in Christ’s name.) Let us kneel before the Father and ask His will be done.
Let us pray …
- Prayer for persecuted Christians in Tajikistan.
- Prayer for the nation – focusing on the state of North Dakota.
- Prayers for the PCUSA: Peace River, The Peaks, Philadelphia and Pines presbyteries.
- Prayers for the PCA: New River and New York State presbyteries.