Now Is The Time

Then another man spoke up and said, “Lord, I’ll follow You, but first I must take care of my aged father and bury him when he dies.” But Jesus said to him, “Now is the time to follow Me, and let those who are dead bury their own dead.” Matthew 8:21-22 TPT

God, we are grateful for Your steadiness in uncertain times, we pray Your emotional, physical, and spiritual protection over our families. Keep evil far from them, and help them to trust You alone as their refuge and strength. Lord, we pray You will guard our minds from harmful instruction, and grant us discernment to recognize Your truth. We pray You will make us strong and courageous in the presence of danger, recognizing that You have overcome and will set right all injustice and wrong one day. Help us each to find rest in Your shadow, as we live in the shelter You provide. Let our communities know that the only safe place is in Jesus, and that this home on earth is only temporary.  We pray hope, we pray healing, we pray deliverance, we pray love, we pray rejoicing, we pray salvation, we pray revival, we pray forgiveness in the name of Jesus Christ, amen!