In Beryl’s Path and Wake

(Updated July 4) At least three people have died in Venezuela, three in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and three in Grenada and Carriacou due to Hurricane Beryl this week. With winds close to 160 miles per hour, and gusts all the higher, it is the first storm to reach Category 5 status since Emily in 2005, and the strongest hurricane (Category 4 at landfall) in known history ever to pass through the Grenadines.

Let’s pray for those who mourn and must now rebuild their lives in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (#25 on our 30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening map below) where hundreds of homes and buildings have been damaged, especially on Union Island, which is 90% destroyed. Grenada (#13) and its islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique are 95% destroyed.

Beryl moved over Jamaica (#16) Wednesday, July 3, and is headed to the Cayman Islands (#8) and on to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula July 4.

Lord, please be a Shield around Jamaica and every place still in Beryl’s path. Protect people from harm. Urge them to call out to You in their time of trouble, and then answer them in a way they will know it is You. Please wrap Your arms around each grieving person in the Windward Islands and comfort them with Your love. Let them hear Your voice speaking tenderly to them. Meet them in the dark hours of the night and in their desperate moments. When they cry out to You, answer them like only You can, O God. Bring Christians to them to comfort them and care for their needs. For those who are still missing, You know where they are. Be near to them and calm their fears. Point the way for rescuers to find them quickly and get them to safety and to whatever medical care they need. But most of all, as they wait to be found, let them know they are not alone, that You are with them. For unbelievers, use this tragedy as a wake up call. Move them to leave whatever destructive paths they’ve been on that have kept them from You and to choose You as their Savior now. For those who already know You, give them a yearning for more of you. Give them courage and passion to recommit their lives to You and You alone. Awaken the Windward Islands and all the Caribbean to You. Remind every heart why they were created, so they’ll turn aside from whatever distractions have kept them from giving You first place. Draw families closer together. Plant churches where one hasn’t been before. Use the love, peace, joy and singing of Christians in the midst of such loss and tragedy to draw the lost into Your arms. Show believers how they can reach out to their needy neighbors and show them Your love. Provide for their needs so abundantly they will also abundantly help others. Let the kindness of those who love You shine so brightly many will take back their judgments of Christians and long to know You as Lord. Give those in leadership wisdom in each situation. And have mercy, O God of Love, on the many families in great need at this time. Heal their wounds, keep them from sickness, push back the floodwaters, get the electricity back on, clear the roads of debris, and bring clean water, food and shelter to those without. Begin every rebuilding with a rebuilding of the heart. In Your name, Jesus. Amen.

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