Our “This Sunday” series will be another a Corona Virus edition. For this Sunday here’s what you can do: Pray for the Fires in West Coast United States.
I know two weeks ago on Sunday I posted “Pray for people affected by Hurricanes.” But for today I want to pray for the West Coast of the United States.
I saw an NBC News article that stated the following:
California has never before seen a fire as large as the one burning now on federal land north of Sacramento.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, on Thursday put the August Complex Fire in Mendocino National Forest atop its list of the largest wildfires in the state. Six of the 20 largest fires have taken place this year
Wow. Largest fire in California history. Also 6 of the 20 largest fire in California is taking place right now.
I’m from Southern California and there’s a fire that’s only 6 % contained and tonight when I looked up the latest fire department update they mentioned heavy fire activity have continued in the north and south end of the fire. The South end has several communities in the foothill and they are trying real hard to not have that spread. I don’t know how the fire officials gauge succh things but some local news report that this fire won’t be put out until October. That’s pretty crazy.
Yet its not as crazy as the fire up in Northern California.
The West Coast of the US (California, Oregon and Washington) has had a rough year for 2020. High virus count. Continuous mob destroying things. Wild fires. Shrinking economies and people moving out. These are some of the most Left leaning states that have pushed for a lot of ungodly agendas such as giving legal leniency for those who commit sexual crimes with minors and other legislation and governor’s and mayor’s action that Christians would say isn’t right. In one of the most unchurched region in the United States, this part of the country really needs Jesus. Pray for that, a revival in which many people would come to see their sins, and from being convicted of sin they turn to Christ as Lord and Savior.
I am and will continue to pray! Nathan and I are praying for you and your family!
Aww thank you! Say thank you to Nathan for us! Wow are you an early riser or did you not sleep?
I am an early riser and an overall terrible sleeper 🤦♀️
Do you live far from where the police were ambushed? At what point will this violence be denounced?
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Praying for California! What a year for sure. Blessings on this holy day.
Thank you for the call to prayer, Jim! I also thank those who prayed for the fire to end; this may be remote to me but it affects me too. We also pray for both victims and responders that they won’t be overwhelmed and GOD will give them the strength to carry on in faith in Him. GOD bless you and your family!
Thank you for your prayers. You don’t have any relative or friends in California affected by this do you? I imagine it’s very probable given the large Filipino population in California…
Yes, Jim, I do have and also in other States. I’m about to pray in the evening.
Here in the Rust Belt, we only see the one-minute blurbs on these fires in the news. Your info gives us some perspective. I’m praying for the souls in California, that the crews can contain the fires and that, in crisis, people will turn to Christ.
Thank you for your prayers; because the fire is close the air quality is bad I look at the window across the street and I see a lot of smoke even thirty feet away…so no walking outside. How is your steps? I’m below 3 K staying at home studying and not walking outdoors
This morning on the news they were talking about fires and the thick smoke in the air over Cali.
RE: steps
Just checked and I’m averaging only 6K/day the last week. Just busy with a lot of different things, distracted me from my walk routine. Yeah, the news said Cali residents are being advised to stay inside. Not a good idea to ramp up respiration.
SlimJim, thank you for this, I appreciate this. Praying For all these situations! Thank you for the post to call us to remember to pray.
Thank you Patricia (do you feel comfortable being called Pat?) for reading this and commenting! I think the last two weeks God has been teaching me the importance of praying for everything!
You are welcome, Please call me Patricia, which is my given name. I confess there is in me a move from the Lord into the focus onto prayer and intercessory prayer. Prayer Chains and prayer lines are so key in such a times as these.
This is just an awful state of affairs. So many things to pray for.
I do believe CA’s fires can be laid at the feet of Gov Newsom for not implementing adequate forest management. But rather than take responsibility, let’s just blame it on “climate change”.
I agree; there’s a video of Newsom getting super happy smiling saying the fires’ proof of global warming. Its cringy even if someone believe in global warming, its crazy to see someone so excited. But he’s not accounting for some fire is done by arsonists. Worst still is what you said the leftist agenda has trumped responsible forest management. That’s something the government can control. It seems so many of 2020 problem including the state’s energy crisis, rioting, bad economy and fire is result of bad leftist government decision. If it wasn’t for ministry I would move out of California…again thanks for your prayers, if it seems I”m a little passionate this morning in my tweet, forgive me
I’d heard accounts of arsonists, but I wasn’t sure if they were true. The way I see it, this is all part of the globalists’ plans—and going toward the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. Leftists are globalists that actually want to destroy the USA—by Any Means Necessary (to quote one Leftist org)—as a way to bring about the New World Order. Chaos is part of the plan. As “Antifa” state, they want to burn it all down. Leftist professors are driving this ideology.
And many innocent people are caught in the middle. In some sense, this includes some “Antifa” (and etc.) members, because they’ve fallen for the lie, and they really think they are doing a ‘greater good’ in their attempts to dismantle the USA. Part of the lie is that Capitalism is inherently bad. But it’s crony capitalism that is the issue—the politicians and big businesses that have sold us out.
CV19—whatever its origins—provided the catalyst. Being former military, we know that ‘what-if’ scenarios are played out in order to figure likely outcomes and then to preemptively mitigate them—or force them to occur.
Sorry to put forth such a black pill.
“If it wasn’t for ministry I would move out of California.” God bless you for staying where He has called you, Jim. Praying you find many open hearts. If all this doesn’t get people’s attention, I don’t know what will.
Yeah if it doesn’t get people’s attention, I don’t know what else will. We are seeing the ugly fruits of ungodliness and we in California deserve so much more hardship and even wrath of God than what we are facing! The city next to us has started order partial evacuation with the fire, the part that is near the fire. Our city also is near the the direction the fire is heading, pray for people’s home to be saved if possible but more importantly pray for people’s salvation and for my ministry to be fully Gospel preaching 16 ounce to the pound
Praying for you …
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Thank you for this reminder to pray for the folks of California. I’m praying for you, as well. Stay safe, Jim.
SLIMJIM,
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Wow. Now it’s REALLY gettin’ real. I’ll pray for your safety, boldness, and for others’ salvation in the midst of all this.
Praying for rain in California!! 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for your prayers for rain!
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Praying!
Thank you for your prayers; how can I pray for you this week?
Pastor Jim you are a treasure .
I have been moving house for the last two weeks . Almost all done now .
Can you pray that I will have the opportunity to witness to Mrs Fernando. She lives next door and has a Mary shrine in front of her house .
Peace and blessings to you brother Jim.
This morning My husband showed me a ghastly map, posted on FB last evening, of the fires ravaging the western United States. I was shocked. We live in Colorado, which has had fires as well (one that is currently listed as the 5th worst in our state’s history) but not to the extent of CA,OR,and WA. We prayed. Have been praying. And will continue.The presence of the LORD is close to all who seek Him. His arms are open wide to those who are turning to Him with repentance.
LAK
Pastor Jim, I appreciate your “boots on the ground” view. Living in Ohio, I am not as well-informed as you. Praying for people affected by fires, hurricanes, and Covid.
May the Lord continue to cover his people in Jesus name. A friend of mine checked on me yesterday via text because she thought I was still in California but the Lord removed me recently from the west coast. We continue to pray for others
I have been praying about that. It also makes me wonder. About a week ago, the jet stream did a nose dive, bringing snow to the Rockies and my niece in Van Horn Texas nearly had freezing weather, but if the dip had hit the Pacific Time Zone instead, the fires might have lessened. I know the Physics involved, but you wonder what is God’s purpose?
Living in the PST zone I don’t say this lightly but I wonder if it’s God’s discipline for some of the blatant sinfulness we in the “Left” coast celebrate. I’m not dogmatic though. I hope people come to Christ through these times…what do you think?
I cannot remember who wrote it, but I read recently that those in Hell will curse God for eternity, but I pray for revival, that is miracle territory anyway, and the Jesus Movement started on the West Coast, why not a repeat?