Asbury Theological Seminary released a corporate prayer for the people of Haiti earlier this year, saying, “Where Christians agree together around prayers anchored in Scripture and animated by the Spirit, the Kingdom of God moves on Earth.” Here is the full text, to share with anyone who will join in praying with one voice:

Pray for the people of Haiti*

Almighty God, our Father, Creator of Heaven and Earth, Mighty Fortress, You are our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. Though the Earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging we will not fear for you have entered into and overcome human suffering in the suffering of your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ. We join in the prayers of your people all over the World, interceding in agreement, pleading for your merciful intervention for the sake of your people in Haiti. We believe there is a river whose streams make glad the City of God, and we pray this river of mercy to flow through the streets of Port Au Prince.

In your mercy, by your Spirit, through your people and in the name of your son Jesus, would you:

bless the poor, comfort the mourners, rescue the orphans, protect the widows, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, heal the sick, raise the dead, renew the hope, repair the ruins, restore the land, release miracles, send workers, compel relief, and cause Salvation to spring up through the brokenness of the ground as a witness to your compassionate Glory.

Please hear our prayers. Make us into your mercy and show yourself mighty to save.

We agree in these prayers in the Name of Jesus Christ.
Amen.

*Reliance on Psalm 46

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