{"id":930,"date":"2011-08-04T09:28:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T13:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/?p=930"},"modified":"2011-08-04T09:28:39","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T13:28:39","slug":"prayer-for-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/08\/prayer-for-haiti.html","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>God, as storms prepare to devastate the land of Haiti and its people, I cry out to you.<\/p>\n<p>I beg for your mercy to spare the lives of people, to protect their homes, to comfort hearts.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, you simply said, &#8220;Peace, be still,&#8221; and a storm stopped.<\/p>\n<p>I ask that you would do it again today.<\/p>\n<p>Help Haiti. Bring peace. Still the storm.<\/p>\n<p>As only you can.<\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p><em><sup>23<\/sup> Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. <sup>24<\/sup> Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. <sup>25<\/sup>The disciples went and woke him, saying, \u201cLord, save us! We\u2019re going to drown!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<sup>26<\/sup> He replied, \u201cYou of little faith, why are you so afraid?\u201d Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<sup>27<\/sup> The men were amazed and asked, \u201cWhat kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Mark 8:23-27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God, as storms prepare to devastate the land of Haiti and its people, I cry out to you. I beg for your mercy to spare the lives of people, to protect their homes, to comfort hearts. 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