Weekly Prayer Update
Friday, June 27, 2025
Hurricane Erick Impacts Mexico
Last week, Hurricane Erick formed off Mexico’s Pacific coast and rapidly intensified before making landfall early on June 19 as a Category 3 storm near western Oaxaca. The storm brought torrential rain—up to 16 inches—across multiple southern states, triggering flash floods, landslides, and widespread damage to homes, roads, and power infrastructure. Nearly 277,000 customers lost electricity, and thousands of homes were flooded as rivers overflowed. So far, two fatalities have been reported. .
The Church of the Nazarene in Cuajicunilapa, Guerrero, lost its roof in the storm. It was one of many buildings damaged by rain and wind. Mexican church leaders are preparing a compassionate response in impacted areas that will include water, food pantry items, prepared meals, clothing, and bedding distributions, pop-up medical clinics, and the establishment of safe spaces for children to process the upheaval to their daily rhythms.
God, we pray for the pastors and church members who are responding to help people impacted by Hurricane Erick. Through their efforts, may those who are suffering experience your grace and mercy. Comfort children who are struggling with the trauma that a storm of this nature can bring. Grant them your peace that passes understanding. Be with all who are working to clean up and rebuild after Erick. Lord, hear our prayers.
Prayer for the Middle East
Shared from the Eurasia Region of the Church of the Nazarene:
For decades, the Church of the Nazarene in the Middle East has supported people in need with food, shelter, medical care, education, trauma care, and more. To partner with Nazarene churches, schools, and clinics in the Middle East as they reach out to those in need, give here: www.ncm.org/middleeast
Gracious God,
We come to You as the Prince of Peace—as the God of justice, mercy, and hope for the world.
We remember Your radical call on the Church to love all people—neighbors, strangers, and enemies. We remember Your call to be peacemakers and to work for reconciliation.
We grieve all forms of violence that mar the image of Your goodness that is present in all humanity.
God, we pray for an immediate end to violence, for a lasting and just peace in the region. We pray for the most vulnerable—the sick, the wounded, children, women, and the elderly; for all those living with deep trauma, anxiety, and fear.
We pray for healthcare workers, primary caregivers, aid agencies, and all those serving those in need.
We pray for peace and comfort for all who are suffering, knowing that all the people of this earth are made in Your image and loved beyond measure.
Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.
Anti-Human Trafficking Ministries
Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery that enables people to profit from the control and exploitation of others. Human trafficking is a global problem that affects people in every country in the world. Nazarene Compassionate Ministries partners with local churches in anti-trafficking efforts that range from awareness and education campaigns to prevention efforts that lower individuals' risk of being trafficked to protection and care for victims of trafficking. /p>
We pray for those who have survived human trafficking and for those who are still trapped. Encourage them and bring them healing and peace. We pray that those who would harm others in this way would be brought to swift justice. May we learn to recognize the signs of trafficking and change our own habits that may support it. Lord, hear our prayers.