Granted, there have been earthquakes with higher magnitudes (more profound shaking). And obviously, there was the December 26th, 2004 earthquake centered in Sumatra, the 2005 quake in Kashmir. There was the Ancash quake (Peru) in 1970, the Great Tangshan quake (also 1970), the 2008 quake in Sichuan, Yogyakarta 2006 (Indonesia), the 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake and, of course, the 1988 Armenian earthquake, Haiti 2010. But this quake in Turkey (this past Monday) has to rank as one of the top-ten deadliest earthquakes of this century (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_21st-century_earthquakes#Deadliest_earthquakes_by_year) and among the top *20* of the last 100 years (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_20th-century_earthquakes#List_of_deadliest_earthquakes). As you’re reading this, would you please pause with us for prayer for those who have lost loved ones, those who are homeless (in the dead of winter), and all who are injured (with hospitals overwhelmed)? You could run this video as a backdrop as you pray. Please ask your church to pray this Sunday. We might not have been in the disaster, but we can ask God to be present for the healing.
1) Please Join Us in Prayer for Turkey and Syria
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