The Raging Pandemic

Since its detection in late 2019, the Coronavirus has resulted worldwide in 5,579,670 deaths and 337,837,110 cases of infection as of January 19, 2022, at 3:20 PM. The monetary cost exceeds 11 trillion dollars. These numbers do not include the tremendous amount of discomfort, anxiety, and grief this virus has afflicted upon hundreds of millions more.

Here in Louisiana, we are in the grips of a massive omicron variant of COVID that is shuttering schools, pushing hospitals to the brink, and causing disruptions in the workforce. Many congregations are curtailing services due to large numbers of their members being ill. At Naff Avenue, we are continuing, but members are being careful to quarantine if they have been exposed to the virus. At present, I am not conducting in-home visitation unless I am invited to do so by the member or homeowner.

Hopefully, this surge will soon subside, and we can resume our more normal activities. I ask you to please pray for: all on our sick list, for our first responders and health care workers, and for the Lord to put this pandemic behind us. Let us pray for our government leaders on the national, state, and local level to make Godly decisions in accordance with the Holy Scriptures. I ask we pray for our nation to repent and to return to God. Let us pray for our young, the school staff and administration, and for the elderly. Let us pray for God to direct our lives and give us the wisdom we need to be a light to this sinful and perverse generation.

Let us never discount the power and importance of prayer. James 5:16 teaches, “Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much”. Let us stand firm in the Word and prayer as we live during these tumultuous times.

Stay true to the Word,

Brother Travis