PRAYER FOR SOUTH AFRICA: ELDERLY

 

Dearest Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit

 

Thank You for a great morning, filled with Your Love and mercy.  I love You so much Lord

And I never want to spend one day without You.

 

1.    This morning I want to pray for the elderly.

2.    Please help every old person with their health.

3.  Many old people have been thrown away or forgotten by their children.

4.    Sadly enough they are now called elder orphans.

5.    And these elderly orphans are abused - physically, emotionally, and financially.

6.    Oh Lord, I pray for every old person in South Africa, so that they will not be orphaned by their children.

7.    I pray that You will work in the hearts of every child in South Africa to care for their parents, no matter what happened in the past!

8.    Please let us remember that the old people built up this land, and provided food and comfort to us when we were young.

9.    There are so many sad stories of children just dumping their parents at places of care, never to come and see them again.

10. These older people never even see their grandchildren or children again.

11.  Oh my Lord, what has become of our nation?

12.  What has become of our love towards others?

13. Be merciful to us, Lord, and help us to help the older people in the community.

14.  Work in our hearts so that we would become their children and grandchildren.

15.  Help us to adopt a granny or grandpa and to care for them – with Your unconditional love!!!

16.  I pray for the sad, lonely, and depressed elderly who long for company.

17.  They become so lonely and depressed that they cannot even perform the smallest task.

18.  Please use me to comfort one of them, Lord.

19.  Please use me to give them a little hope, cheer them up, or read to them.

20.  Please use me to visit them in the hospital, in a home, or at their house.

21.  Lord, awake in each of us in South Africa the longing to care for the elderly, as we care for the small children amongst us.

22.  Show us ways in which we can help the elderly.

23.  And… help us to show respect to them by letting them walk into a mall before us, let them drive first at a robot, let them stand in front of us in a line.

24.  Let us help carry their bags, and put them in their vehicle.

25.  Let us stop to talk to them or just hug them.

26.  They are so vulnerable, lonely, and sometimes isolated.

27.  Give us all in South Africa a heart for the elderly.

28.  Proverbs 23:22 says: Listen to Your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

29.  Lord, give us Your love for the elderly!!!

I ask everything in the Name of the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit!

Amen