Friday, November 15, 2013
Prayer Request: Tacloban, Philippines
Prayer Request:
Tacloban, Philippines- hit by typhoon
Haiyon, with 175 mph winds and tsunami-like, walls of water, have
left thousands homeless without food or water, and hundreds are dead.
Hundreds of the suffering beg for
flights out on military transport planes.
Islands for hundreds of miles have
suffered devastating damage and loss.
Bloated corpses of the dead, along with
those of animals, lie everywhere. Roads are blocked with debris, and
good drinking water is hard to find. In and around Tacloban, some
1,000 armed forces are trying to restore order and prevent looting,
with an evening curfew.
Aide has already reached Tacloban from
the United States, by C-130 transport planes loaded with supplies,
along with a 747 jetliner with relief goods, and four MV-22 Ospreys
with food and medicine, also four ships from America are on their way
loaded with food, medicine and doctors to help.
Help has also been promised from
Australia, and Japan.
These dear people need our prayers and
our support.
Please pray.
Please give.
How You Can Help Victims:
Donate to the Philippine Red Cross
at www.ushare.redcross.org.ph
Donate to the Philippine Minnesota
Medical Association at www.phmma.org/about.htm
Drop donations of food, clothing
blankets and other supplies at
Philippine Center of Minnesota,
1380 frost Av., Maplewood, or contact the center at 612-354-0837.
The U.N. World Food Program
seeks donations at www.wfpusa.org
or by texting the word Aid to 27722 to instantly donate $10.00.
UNICEF donations can be made at
www.unicef.org/support.
Donate to the American Red Cross
at www.redcross.org.
Catholic Relief Services is
accepting donations at www.emergencies.crs.org.
World Vision is taking donations
at www.worldvision.org.
Contribute to the American Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee at www.jdc.org
or call 1-212-687-6200.
Mercy Corps is taking
contributions at www.mercycorps.org/typhoon
or call 1-800-292-3355.
AmeriCares donations can be
made at www.americares.org
or call 1-800-486-4357.
Donations to Lutheran World Relief
can be made at www.lwr.org.
The
Lord, our Refuge:
Psalm
9:9 KJV
The
Lord also will be a Refuge for the oppressed,
a Refuge in times of trouble.
Psalm
34:19 KJV
Many
are the afflictions of the righteous: but
The Lord delivereth him out of them all.
Psalm
37:39,40 KJV
39
But the salvation of the righteous is of The Lord:
He is their Strength in the time of trouble.
40
And The Lord shall help them, and deliver them: He
shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them,
because they trust in Him.
Psalm
46:1 KJV
God
is our Refuge and Strength, a very
present Help in trouble.
Psalm
50:15 KJV
And
call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee,
and thou shalt glorify Me.
Psalm
121:2 KJV
My help cometh
from The Lord, which made heaven and earth.
Isaiah
43:1-3 KJV
1
But now thus saith The Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and He that
formed thee, O Israel (God's people), Fear not: for I have redeemed
thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine.
2
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with
thee; and through the rivers, they shall not
overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou
shalt not be burned; neither
shall
the flame kindle upon thee.
3
For I am The Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior..."
John
16:33 KJV
These
things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world.
In
Times Of Trouble What Should We Do?
Believe
God's Word.
Romans
8:28,35,37-39 KJV
28
And we know that all things work together for good to
them that love God, to them who are the called according
to His purpose.
35
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or
distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or
sword?
37
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that
loved us.
38
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Pray:
James
5:13 KJV
Is
any among you afflicted? let him pray..."
Ephesians
6:18 NLT
Pray in
The Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be
persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.
Do
Not Become Discouraged:
I
Corinthians 10:13 MSG
No
test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what
others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God
will never let you down; He’ll never let you be pushed past
your limit; He’ll always be there to help you come through it.
Give
Thanks For Your Heavenly High Priest, Intercessor:
Luke
22:31,32 KJV
31
And The Lord said, Simon, Simon (true for the people of God),
behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as
wheat:
32
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not..."
Romans
8:34 KJV
"...It
is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at
The Right Hand Of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Receive
Peace, Comfort, Grace And Mercy That Comes From The Lord:
John
14:27 KJV
Peace
I leave with you, My peace I give unto
you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart
be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
II
Corinthians 1:2-4 KJV
2
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord
Jesus Christ.
3
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we
may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort
wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Hebrews
4:14-16 NLT
14
So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven,
Jesus The Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.
15 This
High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses (and all our
trials), for He faced all of the same testings we do, yet He
did not sin.
16
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we
will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to
help us when we need it most.