{"id":5969,"date":"2020-04-12T18:02:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T18:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=5969"},"modified":"2020-04-12T18:02:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T18:02:28","slug":"mp-calls-for-prayers-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/mp-calls-for-prayers-against-covid-19","title":{"rendered":"MP calls for prayers against Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Lurambi legislator Bishop Titus Khamala <strong>(pictured)<\/strong>\u00a0has appealed to church leaders in the country to start praying for the country to avert more Covid-19 infections.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Khamala said Covid-19 was a demonic attack that can only be fought through prayer and fasting.\u201cI am calling upon men of the cloth like me to prayer mountains and raise alters of faith and seek God\u2019s forgiveness on behalf of Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>I know God will hear our prayers and bring to an end the spread of coronavirus that has occasioned closure of churches,\u201d he said.Already Kenya has reported 197 positive cases, 25 have since recovered and discharged while eight of them have succumbed to the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, over 480,000 people have recovered whereas 100,000 people have died from the virus. At least 1.6million people have tested positive.Khamala was addressing the media on Sunday before proceeding to Ingolomosio Prayer Mountain for prayer and fasting in Shinyalu Sub County to intercede for the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can raise an alter anywhere and seek the face of God in these trying moments. As Church leaders, we will not beg the government to reopen the churches but fight the devil through prayer and fasting. When the new infections will end, our places of worship will be re-opened again,\u201d said Bishop Khamala.<\/p>\n<p>Khamala, the presiding Bishop of Cornerstone Gospel Ministries, said this period was a trying moment for the men of the cloth since they are being ridiculed and laughed at as to why they did not pray to avert the pandemic before it happened if at all they are true prophets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fight against Covid-19 is not ours but it\u2019s for God. We do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against the rulers of darkness (Ephesians 6:12). This is demonic warfare that must be attacked spiritually,\u201d said Bishop Khamala.The ANC legislator said if the church will not wake up to the calling and pray to avert the spread of the disease, then places of worship will remain closed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment will continue discriminating against the church on grounds that the places of worship are prone to the spread of the deadly virus and this is not true,\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s discriminating for the government to allow matatus and buses as well as supermarkets to operate, allow 15 people to attend a burial ceremony but close churches,\u201d said Khamala.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that Covid-19 would either break or build the church depending on how clergymen will handle the issue.Khamala said it\u2019s only through prayers that medics and scientists will get the vaccine to treat the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus Christ took up our pain and bore our suffering when he was hanged and pierced for our sins, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him,\u00a0and by his wounds we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5),\u201d said Khamala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Lurambi legislator Bishop Titus Khamala (pictured)\u00a0has appealed to church leaders in the country to start praying for the country to avert more Covid-19 infections. 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