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PRAYER ALERT: Churches Promote National Prayer & Fasting vs. Covid

Pastors and leaders from around Belize met on Wednesday at My Refuge Radio to discuss the pandemic. Specifically, we sought how to respond to the Ministry of Health & Wellness (MOHW) plan to mandate that all get vaccinated by October 1^st. Moreover, those without proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test would not be able to enter any public building.

Therefore, to hear better from God on this issue, we called the nation to three days of prayer and fasting, Sunday-Tuesday, September 19-21. And of course we prayed together right then and there.

That evening, Prime Minister John Briceno announced “drastic measures.” But they did not include the MOHW plan to get everyone vaccinated by October 1^st, thank God. Yet the PM did order churches (and casinos) to close beginning Monday, September 20. So this seems to blame much of the crisis on churches, without giving any reason why.

So we have all the more motivation to pray. Because the less churches meet, the less we can pray for the healing of Belize. And the less we can exhort Belizeans to responsible behavior. Because such behavior stops the spread of diseases. Basically, the less a nation honors meetings with God, the less it can expect God to answer in times of crisis.

At the My Refuge meeting we agreed on four prayer points for the three days of prayer and fasting:

1. Wisdom from God for national leaders on this issue (Prov. 28:2).

2. Strength for front-liners, and space and resources for hospitals (1 Tim. 2:1-5).

3. Healing for those suffering in many ways during this crisis (Mt. 4:23).

4. For the nation to turn to God, and revival to begin (Acts 19:10; Acts 19:20).