Ebola Crisis Appeal 2014 Photo Jim LoringTearfund Prayer

Ebola Crisis Appeal 2014 Photo: Jim Loring/Tearfund Prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. James 5: 15

Photo: Geoff Crawford/Tearfund The Ebola virus continues to spread across West Africa. It has claimed 4, 500 lives so far and has had devastating consequences for another 550, 000 people. Children are being left orphaned and the economy has ground to a halt.

Our trusted network of local church partners are distributing hygiene kits and ensuring life-saving health messages are understood, as well as providing food for quarantined families and issuing protective equipment. But there are many people we still need to reach. Please pray… Photo: Ralph Hodgson/Tearfund

(Leader): Lord God our comforter, we pray for communities affected by the current Ebola outbreak. We lift up the thousands of families who have lost loved ones, and ask that they will be comforted and kept safe from infection. Photo: Geoff Crawford/Tearfund (All): Lord, you are the God who comforts. Please bring your solace to people who are mourning and your peace to those who are afraid.

(Leader): We lift up individuals in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea who are infected by the virus. We pray that they will have access to medical care and be restored to full health. (All): Lord God our healer, we pray that medical workers will be kept safe and free from the virus. (Leader): Father, we pray for the people of West Africa who are living in fear and distress because of the Ebola outbreak. We pray that effective prevention measures will be put in place, and ask that medical supplies and hygiene kits will reach those most in need. We pray also for protection of Tearfund partner staff and other aid workers in the area. (All): Lord Jesus, you who healed the sick, we ask you to raise up people struck down by Ebola, and stop this deadly virus from causing more suffering and death. Amen.

Photo: Ralph Hodgson/Tearfund Thank you for joining with us in prayer. Tearfund is responding as a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). If you would like to support our Ebola prevention work financially, visit tearfund. org/ebola

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