Recently, a church in China’s northwestern Shaanxi Province held prayer meetings for the flood-struck Henan Province.
Shengli Road Church in Baoji, Shaanxi, gathered nearly 100 believers who come from Henan to pray for the rainstorms and floods in their hometown on the morning of July 23, followed by a special prayer meeting the next afternoon.
In the second day’s prayer meeting, a female believer surnamed Meng led others in singing the hymn Here We Have the Presence of God.
Next, Rev. Zhou Shunli prayed, "Dear Lord, please have mercy on Henan people who are in deadly danger and whose properties are badly damaged, as the rainstorm has caused floods which have destroyed their cities and houses.
"Lord, we believe only you can stop the disaster and let the flood recede. We plead with you to give peace and strength to the people in danger, comfort those who have lost their families so that they can get out of the predicament and return to a normal life as soon as possible.
"Lord, please protect soldiers in the front line and the volunteers and staff who go to Henan for disaster relief. Give them the wisdom to find each missing person and strength to transport trapped people to safety. Let us raise our hands to pray for Henan: Peace in Henan! Peace in Zhengzhou!"
After the intercession, Rev. Zhou led the congregation in singing songs, including Rock Rock Jesus Christ.
The record-breaking rainstorms have caused 99 deaths and five missings as of Thursday afternoon, affecting more than 13.91 million people and 1.04 million hectares of crops.
(The article is originally published by Gospel Times and the author is a Christian in Shaanxi.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
陕西宝鸡胜利路教会为河南郑州等地的暴雨、洪灾举行了多场祷告会。
7月23日早晨8时，宝鸡胜利路教会招聚河南籍信徒近百名，专为老家的暴雨、水灾祷告。
紧接着，在7月24日17时，在周顺利牧师主持下，宝鸡胜利路教会为河南多地暴雨、洪灾再次举行了专场祷告会。
首先是孟姊妹带领大家歌唱赞美诗《这里有神的同在》。
接下来，主持人周牧师代祷说：“亲爱的主啊，我们向你祷告、向你祈求！我们的邻近省河南下了暴雨，起了洪水。淹了城市，毁坏了房屋。人民的生命危在旦夕，财产损失严重。
主啊，求你帮助河南这些同胞们，求你怜悯他们看顾他们。我们相信在洪水泛滥的时候，只有你才能阻止灾难的延续，只有你才会让洪水退去！
所以，我们这些你的儿女向你恳求，恳求你的帮助，恳求你听到我们大家的祷告。主啊，我们感谢你，赞美你。求主将平安和力量赐给灾区中的人们，加给一切参与抢险救灾人员的力量。求你用你的爱去安慰失去亲人同胞的心灵，让灾区中的人们早日走出困境，恢复正常的生活秩序！
主啊，求你看顾和保守前去河南救灾的志愿者和工作人员。看顾和保守奋斗在第一线的人民子弟兵。给他们平安，给他们安全。赐给他们智慧，搜索找到每一位失联的灾民。给他们加力，让他们把每一位被困的灾民运送到安全地带。加油，河南！我们在主里一起为河南举手祷告：河南平安！郑州平安！那城平安！”
周顺利牧师祷告结束后，再次带领大家歌唱了赞美诗歌《主啊你是大海中的船》, 《人的生命只有一次》《磐石磐石耶稣基督》。
自7月17日以来，河南省普降暴雨、大暴雨，局部特大暴雨。使郑州、焦作、新乡、洛阳、南阳、平顶山、济源、安阳、鹤壁、许昌等多地陷入百年未遇的洪灾之中，人民生命及财产遭受到了巨大损失。
（本文作者渭水，为陕西一基督徒。）
http://www.gospeltimes.cn/article/index/id/57192
陕西宝鸡胜利路教会为河南汛情举行多场祷告会
Recently, a church in China’s northwestern Shaanxi Province held prayer meetings for the flood-struck Henan Province.
Shengli Road Church in Baoji, Shaanxi, gathered nearly 100 believers who come from Henan to pray for the rainstorms and floods in their hometown on the morning of July 23, followed by a special prayer meeting the next afternoon.
In the second day’s prayer meeting, a female believer surnamed Meng led others in singing the hymn Here We Have the Presence of God.
Next, Rev. Zhou Shunli prayed, "Dear Lord, please have mercy on Henan people who are in deadly danger and whose properties are badly damaged, as the rainstorm has caused floods which have destroyed their cities and houses.
"Lord, we believe only you can stop the disaster and let the flood recede. We plead with you to give peace and strength to the people in danger, comfort those who have lost their families so that they can get out of the predicament and return to a normal life as soon as possible.
"Lord, please protect soldiers in the front line and the volunteers and staff who go to Henan for disaster relief. Give them the wisdom to find each missing person and strength to transport trapped people to safety. Let us raise our hands to pray for Henan: Peace in Henan! Peace in Zhengzhou!"
After the intercession, Rev. Zhou led the congregation in singing songs, including Rock Rock Jesus Christ.
The record-breaking rainstorms have caused 99 deaths and five missings as of Thursday afternoon, affecting more than 13.91 million people and 1.04 million hectares of crops.
(The article is originally published by Gospel Times and the author is a Christian in Shaanxi.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Shaanxi Church Hosts Prayer Meetings for Henan Floods
