Opioid Crisis...a plea for help

***Opioid Crisis...a plea for help

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,

The opioid crisis continues. Have mercy on us. Help Lord.

The needs and the crisis is immediate. People, many people, are dying each day, each hour. We have not been able to contain this crisis, so now it has become a national emergency...a true crisis. We are directed to carry naxolone if we know someone.

Father, we don't even know if we know someone. With the severity of this crisis, it is likely that everyone in the United States knows someone!

We look for a quick-fix to this problem and we are unwilling to face the real issues that have caused this crisis. Forgive us. Please open the eyes of our understanding on this matter.

The heart of the issue:
Father, the heart of this issue is obvious and it is not a hidden issue. We have rebelled against You. You Word calls it pharmakeia and it is translated "witchcraft." We are unwilling to think of ourselves as entertaining witchcraft and being in open rebellion to You. But we are. Have mercy, O God, and open the eyes of our understanding.

Your Word:

Ephesians 1:18
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Truly, Father, we are plugging holes in the dike. One hole is plugged and another opens up. Each hole represents the lives that are dying and are precious to You. There is no way that we can catch up by plugging holes, carrying naloxone. Forgive us and call us to repent.

We are in pain. We are like sheep without a shepherd. We don't know how to manage the pain and we turn to drugs. Yet, the pain is not physical. Our pain is that of separation from You. We have taken our own path, sought our own solutions, and we have ignored the real problem.

Father, we do not want to admit our need for You. We are unwilling to bend our knee before Jesus Christ. Have mercy O God. Bring us to the place where we can see ourselves and cry out to You, the One True and Living God, that we may turn from this death and find Life.

How can I help? I pray. How can the real answer to this be made known? Where are the voices that would speak Truth in Love. Where are the people who can bring Your strength to individuals. O Father, it would take an army. Can You call one? Will You help us? I beg for Your mercy. You are the God of mercy.

You, O God, lost Your Son, Jesus Christ. You know the pain of parents who are losing their children to this epidemic. Have mercy. Jesus, Son of the Living God, You took the sin of rebellion upon You, that we could be set free.

A solution is at hand. Holy Spirit, open the eyes of our understanding and strengthen us to reach out and grasp the freedom that only the blood of Jesus can bring.

• Where there is hopelessness;
         help us to grasp the hand of Jesus.
• Where there is pain beyond reason;
         help us to embrace the sacrifice of Jesus.
• Where words of sorrow cannot express the depth of grief;
         help us to receive Your grace.
• Where hearts and minds have been destroyed by guilt;
         may we grasp Your forgiveness.
• Where hearts and minds have been destroyed by grief;
         may we receive Your mercy.
• Where lives have been forfeited;
         bring healing.

Father, call Your church to action for this nation...

      ...that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

In the Name of Jesus Christ,

Another prayer: Hope for a nation of addicts—opiodes: fentanyl OxyContin, heroin, alcohol...and greed.

†     †     †    

Intercessors For America offers a variety of helpful resources to pray about pro-life issues: daily devotionals, prayer bookmarks, and special reports.

Please consider these prayers for the revival of our nation:
For the U.S.
For the Sanctity of Life
Disaster Recovery Prayers
For the Trump Administration
For Leaders and Decision Makers
For Pastors, especially in the U.S.

***This prayer is my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of any organization. It is inspired by the Intercessors for America newsletter. Learn more and consider joining this incredible organization, that is committed to praying for America.

For assistance in understanding God's Word, consider the Derek Prince Legacy Radio podcasts. This and other free and life-changing resources can be found at https://www.derekprince.org/.

For encouragement and guidance to pray for our nation, please consider being a part of Intercessors for America. Join this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

Hope for a nation of addicts—opiodes: fentanyl OxyContin, heroin, alcohol...and greed

Hope for a nation of addicts: opiodes: fentanyl OxyContin, heroin, alcohol...and greed

Please pray with me.

Heavenly Father,
Your Word:

Your warning:
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Your hope:
1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].

Your solution:
Psalms 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

John 8:36 “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”

2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

CORRUPTION:
Father, I come before You in shock as I read information about the opioid crisis. I can only believe that those who find themselves addicted are, by and large, victims of greed.

I am angry, disgusted as I read about medical professionals who administer drugs without ethical, or even medical intelligence.

It seems that this crisis was intentional. The more I read, the more I conclude that these drugs, especially the synthetic drugs, have been developed specifically for the purpose of power and money. The corruption is deep and without excuse.

Father, There are those who are making these drugs specifically for their financial gain, paying medical staff and intentionally feeding addiction. The breadth and wickedness of this problem is beyond comprehension. I am outraged. Surely this is abhorrent to You!

Deliver the victims and judge the wicked!

2 Peter 2: 9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

CONFESSION:
After repeated surgeries over the last several years and my medicine cabinet is lined with addictive pain killers—all with multiple refills. As this problem has been in the news, I have not taken it seriously. I have not been a good steward in taking care of the freedoms we enjoy.

I could have prayed. I didn't. I repent. I petition You for Your help. First, help me to do my part.

PETITION:
For the Medical Profession and Pharma Companies
Your Word clearly outlines what is happening here. Thank You. I come to You with Your Word.

2 Peter 2:19
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

Father, the oath of the medical profession to "First, do no harm." In this situation, can it get any more hypocritical? Surely, this problem was known early in the history of testing. Surely, doctors saw the results of their prescriptions in their patients. Yet this has continued.

Father, You know the people who have devised this evil in their hearts.

There are people who knew the potential of these drugs with regard to addiction and, in their hearts, realized the financial gain if millions of people were addicted and the drug was inexpensive and easily available.

There is an industry here ...and it is in full production!

Individuals, pharma companies, developers, people who are in the production of these drugs, those who deliver them, those who make them available ...Father, I am so sorry.

Is our greatest addiction that of greed...money and power?

You know the secretly rich who have been usurious, making victims for their own gain. Your Word tells us, "...they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing." (Psalm 34:10).

Yet, this nation is not satisfied with "enough" and we are not satisfied with "every good thing"... We seem to be addicted to wanting more.

I cannot understand the motivations of those involved in the conception, production, and distribution of these drugs, that millions of people are being led to addiction... to feed what? You know O God. Greed is what comes to my mind.

Your Word is clear on this:

• For the love of money is the root of all evil: (1 Timothy 6:10)
• But they that will be rich fall into temptation and ...drown men in destruction and perdition. (1 Timothy 6:9)
• ...be content with such things as ye have (Hebrews 13:5)
• ...ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Matthew 6:24)

For our Nation and a Solution
But therein is the problem. Our nation has fallen away from You. We do not want to serve You. We do not want to believe that Your Word is there for our protection. We are in utter rebellion. Have mercy, O God, have mercy.

Father, we seem to believe that the answer is to get rid of these drugs...yet are those involved already devising their next ruse? Truly, the problem is rebellion and greed.

Are those at the heart of this matter people who will turn to You? Will they leave their corruption and repent? If so, Father, may it happen quickly...

Is there legal recourse and would it help? Are there those who have wrought this corruption who should be incarcerated? You know. Then may the judgement be severe and quickly administered.

Are people being silenced to cover up those who gain from this industry? You know O God...expose the wicked.

For the Victims
You are a God of justice! You hate wickedness. You are Truth! (John 14:6). I petition You, in Your mercy, to expose those at the heart of this problem. Raise up solutions for these victims.

Getting rid of the drugs, without a valid, reasonable pathway for those who are addicted...is not a solution. They need more. They need healing. You are the Healer.

Jeremiah 33:6
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

Bring to reality John 8:36 “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”

It is so easy for me to write and read Your Word. Yet Father, the reality for these victims is a different story. Have mercy. May they personally experience You true to Your Word. May these victims experience You firsthand:

Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

They need more than what the world has to offer them. They need You. Activate every believer to do our part.

Raise us up...that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

In Jesus' Name

Please consider these prayers for the revival of our nation:
For the U.S.
Prayers of my heart
For the Trump Administration
For Leaders and Decision Makers
For Pastors, especially in the U.S.

***This prayer is my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of any organization. It is inspired by Derek Prince Legacy Radio podcast. This and other free and life-changing resources can be found at https://www.derekprince.org/.

For encouragement and guidance, consider being a part of Intercessors for America. Join this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/