WEEKLY PRAYER GUIDE FOR THE WEEK COMMENCING OCTOBER 25, 2021
Psalm 119:25 -32 – Please read the whole section.
Religion is often equated with being narrow minded – and perhaps often it is. But biblical Christianity is the opposite. The way may be narrow, but it leads to a renewed mind and a broader mind. Understanding God’s ways, meditating on them, holding fast to his statutes, and being strengthened with his word – does not lead to a narrowing – it leads to an opening. To God, his people, and his world. We need to run in the path of God’s commands.
Petition: Please join with us in praying for:
1.The World – There have been 243,606,283 cases (+2,975,444– a 10% increase) There are now 4,947,548 deaths of people with covid (+ 49,751 – a 12% increase). Russia continues to be an area of growth….as is Ukraine, Rumania, Serbia, Georgia, Latvia, Singapore and Belgium.
There have been substantial drops in Brazil, Iran, Philippines, Malaysia, Mexico, Israel, Vietnam and Japan.
2. Australia – There have been 158,547 cases in total. (Up 15,412 – a slight decrease)
| State | Total Cases | Weekly Change TW/LW | Total Deaths | Change in Deaths TW/LW |
| ACT | 1,710 | +139 (+245) | 11 | +0 (+2) |
| NSW | 73,500 | + 2,101 (+2,687) | 552 | +28 (+98) |
| NT | 225 | +0 (+11) | 0 | 0 |
| QLD | 2,071 | +11 (+9) | 7 | 0 |
| SA | 918 | +3 (+5) | 4 | 0 |
| TAS | 237 | + 0 (+ 1) | 13 | 0 |
| VIC | 78,763 | +13,158 (+24,477) | 1,041 | +78 (+62) |
| WA | 1,112 | +0 (+2) | 9 | 0 |
The surprising news this week is that two weeks after lockdown easing there has been no increase in NSW numbers and the numbers in hospital have really fallen. Meanwhile in Victoria they have the highest numbers yet, but the State is now re-opening. All the policies have changed. NSW and Victoria are going to open to the rest of the world. There have been 1,192,229 tests in the past week. There are 1,312 people in hospital (- 129) with 276 in ICU (-22). There are 30,054 active cases (+950).
3. Vaccine and Cures – 3.82 billion people in the world have received at least one dose. 49.8% of the population. Australia now has 74% one dose, 61% fully vaccinated. NSW has 85% fully dosed and 93% first dose. Victoria has over 70% double dosed. Some countries are already mandating a third dose.
4. Church – There are many issues that come in and divide churches. These are not just theological and personal, but increasingly often political. Views on covid, or climate change, or cultural issues become tests of orthodoxy and fellowship. Pray that we would unite in the Christian faith and have diversity on other issues.
5. Personal and Family – Pray for young families who in some areas of the country struggle to get on the property ladder. Pray that people would be able to purchase or have affordable rents for homes – and that property would be used for housing, not speculative finance.
A Prayer of Repentance:
Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.28 My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.29 Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me and teach me your law. Ps 119)
Song: This is a song for Christian unity from Scottish Praise leaders
A Prayer of Thanksgiving: Lord, we thank you for good news in Australia as regards this virus. We praise you for answered prayer in many other ways. And most of all we praise you, that whatever our personal circumstances, you are the same – yesterday, today and forever. May we delight in you and meditate on your wonderful deeds, Amen….
Covid Prayer – Psalm 119, Flavel, Facts, Figures, Prayers and Praise – Gibbons
Let’s get things into perspective by reference to hard facts and evidence instead of getting carried away by scaremongering ‘scientists’ like Professor Neil Ferguson who has an unenviable track record of getting things spectacularly wrong.
Ferguson predicted Covid deaths being of ‘Biblical proportions’ and yet the very same Ferguson didn’t comply with his own ‘advice’ to others (he was guilty of getting caught with his trousers round his ankles having travelled miles to meet his married mistress) and which scared the ignoramuses in politics to run around like headless chickens.
World population: 8 Billion
Covid deaths 5 million (round numbers)
This is 0.0625 percent and this is after almost 2 years.
Contrast the Spanish flu with deaths estimated between 17 million and 50 million (with some persons estimating 100 million) and in 1918 the world population was 1.8 Billion.
And a most important statistic the scaremongers in Edinburgh and Westminster aren’t publicizing is in the UK the average age of those who succumb is 83 years and 6 months.
This covid situation is more to do with the combination of the wilfull ignorance of politicians and ‘scientists’ with an agenda – and those egomaniacs in concert seeing how far they can push the public into giving up rights and freedoms. And this is done for a purpose…….