At 10 AM every morning, my alarm goes off to remind me to pray for our leaders and/or scientific advisers meeting to discuss the Covid19 situation. With today being a significant point in the lockdown situation, it occurred to me to share my usual prayer, so anyone can use it. It’s short but concise, to say what I believe needs to be said, even when I’m in the middle of something.
“I pray for all the people going into the meeting(s) today. Grant them wisdom, strength, compassion, co-operation, courage, peace and hope, to make the right decisions about what needs to be done for our nation. I ask for an outpouring of your Holy Spirit on any Christians that may be in the meeting(s). In Jesus’ name, amen.”
Although I’ve never written this down before, as time’s gone on I’ve found I’ve fallen into a pattern with regards to what I say. From time to time I’ll add something, for example mentioning Boris Johnson specifically when he was first returning to work after recovering from the virus. Adapt as you want.
(I should note that I chose 10 AM because it’s the time I was led to believe from television that the UK government holds its daily Covid19 meeting. I now think I may have misunderstood and it’s the scientists meeting instead. But God knows who is meeting, and I’ve phrased it openly to account for any misunderstandings.)