Prayer for Haiti : President Jovenel Moïse killed

Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse was killed and his wife Martine Moïse seriously wounded by a group of assailants in his presidential home on 7 July. The National Police have captured a number of people accused of involvement, including ex Colombian military personnel and a small number of Haitian Americans. The interim Prime Minister, Claude Jospeh, has declared martial law and has instructed citizens to stay at home as much as possible. He has also declared a 15 day period of mourning and has closed commercial flights. The Global Relationships Team has been in touch with the Haiti District of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas to reassure them of our prayers at this time. Jean-Lesley Dorcely The District Bishop, Jean-Lesley, expressed that “We receive your words of prayers and comfort for us and the nation as a whole.”

This letter was sent from the President and Vice- President of the Methodist Conference in Britain to Bishop Dorcely of Haiti District of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and America's.  Click here.

Please pray with us for Haiti:

Dear Lord, we mourn the loss of the President of Haiti alongside our Haitian brothers and sisters.

We pray especially for his wife and family and ask that your Holy Spirit will comfort them and reassure them of your love and hope. We pray that Martine Moïse would make a full and speedy recovery from her injuries.

We pray that your justice and will be done as the perpetrators are caught.

We ask that you comfort a nation that is not only grieving the loss of its president, but also coming to terms with yet another tragedy in a long line of tragic events in recent Haitian history.

We ask that your Holy Spirit would strengthen the interim president and the current government, giving them wisdom to lead the nation during this turbulent time and this time of mourning.

We ask that you would fill the hearts of all Haitians with hope for a good future, peace that surpasses all understanding and assurance in God’s good plans for the people of Haiti.

We pray that you would take the nation of Haiti from glory to glory and strength to strength, so that every Haitian can have the opportunity to live the abundant life that you promised us in Christ Jesus.

In Jesus’ name we pray, amen.