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SATURDAY MORNING UPDATE:
Death toll spikes to 35 as firefighters gain ground in long fight
The Mercury News
Staggering new totals: 90,000 people have fled their homes, and 5,700 structures have been destroyed. Read the full story
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Update: “Great progress” but challenges ahead for firefighters in Wine Country blazes
The Mercury News
The two largest wildfires burning in Northern California, the Tubbs and Atlas fires, are both at least 25 percent contained as of midday Friday, according to state fire officials. The death toll has increased to 32. Read the full story
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Pastor Jerry McCullah leads us in prayer….
Dear Heavenly Father, All Powerful God, we know You are mindful of the fierce and destructive force of wildfires. We pray for Your loving and compassionate presence to be felt in the many communities throughout California, both north and south, that have experienced the tragedies of lives lost, persons unaccounted for, and the mass destruction of homes and businesses. It is hard for us to imagine the magnitude of so many lives lost, so many loved ones missing, and the devastation of losing everything of value to a life so swiftly, and the grief and sorrow that it has brought.
Your Word tell us in Isaiah 53:3 that Jesus Christ was “a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and suffering.” We feel Your understanding of the many hurting hearts throughout California. Send Your Spirit of Comfort to invade the minds and hearts of all who wander in a bewildered state of mind to bring peace.
May Your love flow through the prayers, presence, and help of Your caring people from all over this state and nation, to begin the healing process. Heal those who suffer physical, emotional, and mental injury. Comfort those who are grieving the loss of family and friend. Unite the communities in common grace, faith, and trust. Protect the many that place their lives in harm’s way to stop the destructive course. Send out Your assisting angels and Your life and hope giving Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen.
