by Maritza
As we have been praying for the Coronavirus these last few weeks, we have prayed for ourselves, our communities (including medical personnel), our leaders, and our country. One area that can get overlooked is praying for our world. This pandemic clearly shows us is how interconnected we all are, not just locally but also globally. Thus, we also want to intercede for our global community: the world.
Here’s a prayer for the world modeled after the Lord’s Prayer that Jesus taught us in Matthew 6. Take some time and personalize this prayer (as a guide) as you lift up the needs of our world in this pandemic.
Dear Heavenly Father, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Eternal Spirit, we worship you as the Creator and sustainer of heaven and earth, the One who was from the beginning, through whom all was made that has been made. We worship and lift up your name. We fall on our knees before you to bring our broken world to you. This world that you love, Lord, is in deep pain at this time. You see the novel corona virus that is moving like a darkness covering the globe. We pray, Lord, for our/your fragile and precious world, the earth and all upon it. We pray against the darkness of the corona virus. We pray healing for those currently stricken; we pray comfort for those currently grieving and mourning. So many places in the world have no access to water, soap, sanitizers, medicine, hospitals, respirators. We pray, Lord, for your protection over the poor and the most vulnerable of the world. We pray for believers all over the world to join in one voice to free the world of this sickness. We also pray for protection over medical workers everywhere. We pray for medicine, science, and miracles to come together to save lives all over the world.
Wherever the global church needs to repent and ask forgiveness, may we repent. Wherever the global church needs to offer praise and worship, may we magnify your name. Wherever the global church needs to submit to your will and usher in your kingdom, may your kingdom come and your will be done. We pray, Lord, for the provision of daily bread and basic physical needs (food, water, shelter, hygiene) for the many hungry and poor in the world, made even more vulnerable by closed borders and lost work. We pray you protect your followers everywhere from temptation that we might not bring a shadow upon your name. We pray you deliver us all from evil, specifically from the evil of this virus. We pray for your global church to be protected and to be salt and light, your hands and feet to serve the poor, the needy, the sick, the dying. May your kingdom come and your will be done on this earth as it is in heaven. Amen.