LET US PRAY,
Rise up, ye women of Jamaica that are at ease. Rise up, ye women of Jamaica who are at ease. Rise up, ye women.
Hear the voice of the Lord, you women who have turned a blind eye to injustice, you women who are in privileged positions, positions of power in this nation of Jamaica. You know of the evil deeds of your employers, the evil deeds and practises even of government officials, officials in the private and public sector, officials in churches across this island of Jamaica, and you have kept silent.
The word of the Lord to you women across this island of Jamaica is rise up! Rise up, women! Many days and years shall ye be troubled, you women, across this island of Jamaica.
Rise up, women who are at ease. Be troubled. Cry out to the Lord.
Move about in the communities. Lord, we thank you for the peaceful, purposeful, persistent prayer protest. We thank you for the women who have been activated and have been going to the byways and edges, but there are too many women who are unconcerned. There is a place for women to cry out to the Lord.
The man of God, Isaiah, hundreds of years ago, led by the Holy Spirit, was challenged to call out the women. We are calling out the women today across this island of Jamaica, the wailing women, the travailing women. There is the scope for the travailing women, the wailing women, to cry out across this nation, to cry out in the communities, to cry out on their verandas, to cry out at the crossroads, to cry out in their prayer meetings, to cry out on the taxis and buses.
There is a call, a clarion call for wailing women, to cry out in traffic, as they are around their steering wheel, as they are driving or being driven. Yes, there is the call, a clarion call for the wailing women, the travailing women, to cry out across this nation, to cry out in the valleys, to cry out on the streets, to cry out in the shopping centres, to cry out in the metropolises, to cry out in the cities, to cry out in the town centres, to cry out in the hospitals, to cry out in the prisons.
Oh yes, there is a call, a clarion call for men, righteous men, to arise and also to stand with the women, to cry out to God, because this nation is in a crisis. We are in a crisis in the family, we’re in a crisis in government, we’re in a crisis in the church. Many of the churches have lost their lamp-stand. Many of the churches are led by men and women who are compromised, so compromised they are, that many of them are not hearing from God. Many of them are disillusioned, many of them are demotivated, many of them are preaching, but that which they are preaching is not of God. That which they are preaching is of no relevance or moment. But Lord, we pray that you will visit our churches. Our churches are in crisis. We are still known to have the most number of churches per square mile, but many of the churches are not of God.
Lord God, we pray that you will move across this island of Jamaica and rescue the perishing, care for the dying, rescue those who are on the verge of committing suicide, struggling with suicide ideation. Lord God, rescue all young people, rescue all young women, all young men, rescue our children, many of them are struggling with suicide ideation. Lord God, adults are struggling, mothers are struggling, fathers are struggling, business owners are struggling.
Amen