Japan - Pray for Hope In The Midst Of The Storm!

In the midst of all this destruction, death, loss of possessions, fear and mourning in Japan there is something each of us can do.  Today while in prayer the Lord revealed to me something that we really need to pray about for the Japanese people.

While hundreds of bodies wash ashore in the quake-hit areas; two nuclear power plant building have suffered blasts and problems as well in the third; the very real fears of a nuclear meltdown loom; I was reminded of a four-way conversation I had some with some pastors in northern Japan a year ago.  There concern was for the hundreds of Japanese youth who were committing suicide for fear of failure and loss of hope.  In their culture they see suicide as an honorable thing to do to save face. 

What the Lord reminded me was that we all need to be praying against this spirits of suicide, depression and hopelessness.  Pray that the Lord will reveal Himself to them and give them a hope and a future to these people who have suffered and lost so much.  What the enemy has meant for evil the Lord can turn into good.  Let's pray for HOPE!