Liberia Prays Ebola Out

President believes that God is the
ultimate solution of the
Ebola crisis 

Liberians from all walks of life have been asked to observe three days of National Fast and Prayer beginning Wednesday, August 6, through Friday, August 8, 2014, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily, the Executive Mansion announced yesterday in Monrovia.  The three-day fast and prayer is Liberia's way of soliciting God's intervention in its ongoing war against the deadly Ebola outbreak.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in a brief statement released by the Liberian presidential palace said: “Acknowledging our devout gratitude to God for our existence as a Free, Sovereign and Independent State, and relying on His Divine Guidance for our survival as a Nation, I call on all Liberians to observe three days of National Fast and Prayer to seek God’s face to have mercy on us and forgive our sins and heal our land, Liberia, as we continue the fight against the deadly Ebola virus.”

According to the Liberian leader, God is the ultimate solution to this crisis and source of Liberia’s deliverance as a nation.

The Executive Mansion said the observance of the National Fast and Prayer is being held under the auspices of the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC). It added that the Religious Advisor to the President, Rev. Jervis Witherspoon, who is also a member of the LCC, had revealed that to climax the National Fast and Prayer on Friday, August 8^th, a team of religious leaders will meet at the old Providence Baptist Church on Broad Street to lead prayers for the nation during the last three hours, beginning at 3:00 p.m.

Religious leaders will offer prayers for the spiritual, moral and physical restoration of the land including prayers for the elimination of Ebola and other pestilence from the country; prayer for comfort and strength for hurting families who have lost loved ones; prayer for healing and restoration of quarantined individuals in the land; prayer for the protection of health workers and other volunteers in harm’s way as they fight the deadly Ebola virus; prayer against any form of witchcraft activity used to spread Ebola virus; as well as prayer for God’s intervention in the sub-regional counties (Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia) affected by the Ebola virus.

“We are calling on all Liberians to join in this time of true national repentance and prayer against the Ebola virus,” Rev. Witherspoon urged his fellow compatriots, adding, “We believe, in accordance to the scripture, that God will hear our prayer, forgive our sins and heal the land.”