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Church told don’t stop praying
According to the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper, Jamaica’s Governor General, Sir Patrick Allen, has called on the Church to never cease praying for the nation, but rather to have faith that positive change will come.
“Do not give up in despair, Jamaica is not going anywhere. It is not going to sink. Do not listen to all the doomsday prophets, we are not going anywhere.
“We are just going through a cycle; we are going through hard times, but we will come out. How soon we come out is dependent on how much we pray,” the Governor General said.
He was addressing persons who turned out at the St Ann’s Bay Baptist Church in St Ann for the National Prayer Vigil. The vigil, which was organised by the St Ann’s Bay Ministers’ Fraternal, was held under the theme ‘Justice, Unity, Peace and Healing’.
“Prayer promotes tolerance and encourages unity and positive vibes, and all of this is good for Jamaica. It is the supreme remedy for the challenges facing our nation. It draws us closer to God and transforms the lives of all persons who are engaged in prayer,” Sir Patrick said.
The Governor General argued that the social and economic challenges that confronted the nation resulted from intertwined components that could only become untangled through collaborative bouts of prayer.
“Men and women must always pray and not faint,” he emphasised, referring to a popular Scripturel passage.
