Post – May 7, 2023

- The fractious debate continues within the United Methodist Church in the U.S. Many churches

are leaving the denomination over leadership’s acceptance of same-sex marriage and

homosexual clergy members. Disputes over legalities continue. Pray for churches to follow the

commands of God and to be united as “the Church”, the Bride of Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:16 – “Don’t you realize that all of you together are the house of God and

that the Spirit of God lives among you in his house?”

- Fentanyl (a synthetic opioid) overdose deaths have more than tripled in the U.S. from 2016

through 2021. It is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. It

continues to take lives daily. Pray for chains of addiction to be broken and for the supply chain

to dry up.

Romans 6:19 – “I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves.

Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-

increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to

holiness.”

Romans 6:22 – “But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves

to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.”

- Worthy News notes that “a new report by an international alliance of humanitarian

organizations shows that 258 million people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last

year.” There is so little food that lives and livelihoods are in immediate danger. This shortage is

a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and other world conflicts, climate change and weather

patterns to include droughts and flooding, and effects from the COVID-19 pandemic. “In a

statement, UN Secretary – General Antonio Guterres said the report was a “stinging indictment

of humanity’s failure” to implement UN goals to end world hunger.” There is a need to examine

agricultural interventions that can anticipate food crises and work to prevent them.

Psalm 82:3-4 – “Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the

poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the

wicked.”

- The slaughter of Christians continues in Nigeria, humanitarian relief is needed. Worthy News

reports that the authorities appear unwilling or unable to do anything and that the

“international community does nothing to hold the Nigerian government to account.” Pray for

the persecuted.

Isaiah 3:14a – “The Lord enters into judgement against the elders and leaders of his

people:”

- Mourn with those Serbia where a 13-year-old shot and killed eight fellow students and a

security guard and injured six other pupils and his teacher. Pray for the families of those who

lost loved ones and for healing for the injured.

John 11:33 – “When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her

also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.”

- Continue to pray for peace between Russia and Ukraine as deadly attacks on each other

continues and soldiers and civilians continue to die.

Psalm 34:14 – “Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.”

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Continue to pray for Ukraine.