Don’t forget to pray for the people 60-70 miles south of New Orleans,LA and below. We live along bayou Lafourche and our area is devastated. Port Fourchon and Grand Isle may never recover. We are hurting here too. Also Terrebonne parish is demolished. We have not seen this amount of damage in 50 or more years!

There are so many of the above prayers that I agree with! The the identification repentance of Daniel is of paramount importance!Repentance in this nation is of paramount importance!
I’d like to point out some other things here.
I believe the body of Christ in some ways has indeed matured since the days of Katrina. I live in North Texas where summers are blistering and dangerously hot. In 2016, my prayer partner and I agreed that this heat in the summers was not Gods will. The summer heat here killed people, plants and animals. Every year. We began to take authority over the weather as Jesus himself did. We have learned so much by doing this. And now in 2021 we have mild or more manageable summers in North Texas. The weathermen here for the last few years have been baffled because the heat index has not done what it had done in prior years. There has been more rain, breezes during the summer and lower temperatures. We speak to the clouds and tell them to multiply and cover the sun. We take authority over all predictive weather words that have already been spoken by others that do not line up with God‘s will. God showed me that the weather does not have free will like man does. When we speak to it we do not get that type of opposition so it’s actually easier than praying for a person. All that to say this. Since Katrina in 2004, progress has been made in this area of authority. Many prayed against Ida and took their God given authority over this storm so that there would not be a repeat. Though I see much damage was done, Katrina took 1836 lives. The death toll from Ida has been low. So far I think maybe 4 to 6 people. Even though it could go higher it wasn’t able to do what Katrina did. I believe this is because of the authority taken over the storm by believers. That is progress!
We must continue to ask God to help us understand the power he’s given to us and exercise it over this world we find ourselves in today.

I would like to share todays devotion from David Wilkerson.

I believe one of the most important things that we can pray for is for the people to turn to with repentance, trust in, and get to know Jesus. My hearts desire it that people will see and touch Jesus in the midst of this storm. That He would be extolled and exalted in the midst of this.

I watched roof after roof get blown away off of hospitals – I believe there is a lesson to be learned here by the demonstration. On Jesus can “Cover” us and protect us in the midst of this storm and in the storms & wrath to come. All else will fail us because God’s beginning judgments are designed to strip away our trust in our idols – as in the days of the plagues of Egypt. We need to repent and put all of our trust in Him – NOW – because greater wrath is coming.

Every tree is calling my attention to Psalm 1.

Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.

He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

We must get ourselves rooted deeply and securely in Jesus!!!

Here’s today’s devotion:

Becoming People of Prayer
By David Wilkerson (1931-2011)

In Jeremiah 5, God pleaded, “Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; see now and know; and seek in her open places if you can find a man, if there is anyone who executes judgment, who seeks the truth, and I will pardon her” (Jeremiah 5:1, NKJV). The Lord was saying, in essence, “I’ll be merciful, if I can find just one person who’ll seek me.”

During the Babylonian captivity, God found such a man in Daniel. When the Holy Ghost came to Daniel, the prophet was reading the book of Jeremiah and asking why God was not delivering Israel after the promised 70 years. When the revelation came that Israel had not repented, Daniel was provoked to pray, “I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession” (Daniel 9:3-4).

Daniel knew God’s people had failed, yet did the prophet lambaste his peers for their sins? No. Daniel identified himself with the moral decay all around him. He declared, “We have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from your precepts and your judgments… O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against you” (Daniel 9:5, 8).

God strongly desires to bless his people today, but if our minds are polluted with the spirit of this world, we are in no position to receive his blessings. Daniel made this powerful statement: “All this disaster has come upon us; yet we have not made our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth. Therefore the Lord has kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works which he does, though we have not obeyed his voice” (Daniel 9:13–14).

We must examine our own walk with the Lord and let the Holy Spirit show us areas of compromise. We should do more than pray for a backsliding nation. We should be crying out, “Oh, Lord, search my heart. Expose in me all of the spirit of the world that has crept into my soul.” Like Daniel, we could then set our faces to pray for the deliverance of our families and our nation.

I live in Alexandria.
I blew my shofar on the night of 27 August.
I have been praying for the safety of those who were unable to evacuate or simply chose not to.
I am praying for restoration of electricity and communications in the areas most affected by hurricane Ida, for quick and effectual damage assessments and for repairs to be made or started before any more storms hit the affected areas.
I am also praying for those that are dealing with the loss of their property, possessions, and loved ones. Especially for their peace, for salvation for those who do not know the Lord, and for strength and courage for those involved in the cleanup and restoration of services, and for those repairing the damage.
I am also praying for an abundance of workers and volunteers and for those who were waiting to come into Louisiana and Mississippi to repair the damage wreaked by hurricane Ida.
Specific damage was done to roads, bridges, and levees, not to mention downed power lines and all the downed trees that need to be cleared to restore access to the damaged areas.
I am also praying for an outpouring of financial support and giving,specifically to the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and the various interfaith disaster relief services involved in the restoration and repair of homes and businesses.