In the day of my trouble I call upon You,

..... for You answer me. There is none like You among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like Yours (Psalm. 86:7, 8).

Father, this day is the day of our trouble, and we Your church are calling on You with an intensity that, as far as I am aware, has not previously occurred in lifetime. I am sure Lord that there was much prayer during World War II. But I was too young to remember it and in any case there were nations then that were not really touched, and this pandemic is truly world wide. And we are calling on You Lord because You are a God who answers prayer. You are also a God who does nothing without revealing Your plans to Your servants the Prophets (Amos 3:7). And You have been speaking Lord that if we repent You will re-unite the Koreas, and that this plague like invasion will test us through Passover. Well Lord Passover has come and gone, and now we petition You, that You please do not remember against us our former iniquities; and that You let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low (Psalm 79:8).

And what we are asking this morning Lord, is that You would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountain of our troubles might quake at Your presence (Isaiah 64:1), and that You might show us Your glory. You are God oh Lord and there is no other (Isaiah 45:5), there is no god who can do, and does, works and deeds like Yours. I have seen glimpses of what You can do Lord, healings in my own body and in those of others. I have seen and been part of deliverances, but Lord we have yet to do the greater works You promised we would do (John 14:12). We repent of our unbelief Lord, and we ask and declare as did that father may years ago “We believe, help our unbelief” (Mark 9:24).

Truly Lord there is none like You among the gods, for indeed they are not gods, they are idols. And Lord we cast them all down, the idols of our apathy in prayer, of our independence, of our arrogance, of our ministries, of our putting our trust in anything and everything but You. You are our last Hope Lord, but what a Hope! And You should have been our first hope all along. So we come to You again this morning Lord, humbling ourselves, praying, seeking Your face, turning from our wicked ways and claiming Your promise that when we do this, You will hear from heaven, You will forgive our sin, and You will heal this land we call earth (2 Chronicles 7:14). We do not know what to do Lord, our eyes are on You (2 Chronicles 20:12), and we ask You indeed to come quickly Lord Jesus, for we ask in You Holy and Precious and lovely Name Amen