By Barrister Nico Halle in Douala
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| Iconic Peace crusader, Ntumfor Barrister Nico Halle |
Almighty God, Alpha and Omega, You are
Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient. You are maker of the whole world and
creator of Heaven and earth. You made man in your own image. Awesome image
indeed. To demonstrate your love, you created all the resources for the welfare
of man. Your love is unconditional, unquestionable and unimpeachable. Oh God,
the evil one- the devil- has over the years invaded your pleasant world
shredding it in the most brazen and wanton manner. Despite this sordid betrayal
of man by yielding to the devil, you still continue to show love to your
children all over the world. We come before the throne of your grace with
contrite hearts owning up by naming the sins which have taken us away from your
infinite love.
Merciful
and everlasting Father some of our iniquities we bring before you as a sign of
our admission of our sinful nature are: greed, hatred, jealousy, arrogance,
pride, envy, hypocrisy, deceit, falsehood, indecency, theft, make belief,
favouritism, concoction, manipulation, betrayal, corruption, bribery,
embezzlement, heresy, electoral fraud, tribalism, election rigging, adultery,
promiscuity, homosexuality, bigotry, chaos, disaster, disorder, racketeering,
mercenary disposition, cover up, covetousness, laziness, inertia, levity,
bootlicking, false pretence, exploitation, fraud, sexual harassment, lies,
disloyalty, graft, haughtiness, waywardness, idolatry, cabal demagogy,
disobedience, bad governance, impurity, intrigues, gimmicks, lawlessness,
selfishness, conflict, violence, terrorism, unrest, wars, strife, genocide,
carnage, ethnic cleansing, deprivation, destruction, vaulting and unbridled
ambition, injustice, dictatorship, poverty, unemployment, tribalism, false
imprisonment, power abuse, occultism, religious fundamentalism, mysticism,
suicide bombing, in short decadence in all its forms.
The
above iniquities and more have distanced us from your Grace. How can we explain
Oh God, that Africa which is the richest continent on planet Earth is not only
paradoxically very poor, but ridden with unrest and all kinds of atrocities?
How can we explain Oh Lord that man that You made in your own image and placed
to have dominion over your creation has fallen short of his responsibility and
now crawling on his/her belly experiencing excruciating pains? Is it not man,
Oh Lord, because of greed and hatred that has created terrorist groups namely,
Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the
Middle East, FARC, NAZAL, just to name a few. These terrorist groups have
committed great atrocities and wanton human rights violation all over the
world. Some of the victim countries like Turkey, India, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Columbia, Yemen, Ukraine, Egypt, Libya, Mali and recently Nigeria,
Chad, Niger and Cameroon have either been totally or partially shredded by
kamikaze terrorist acts. Where has the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning
of wisdom, disappeared to? Why do your children waste a lot of resources in the
manufacturing of arms of various brands, heavy weaponry especially weapons of
mass destruction? What sense does it make to take life when one cannot give
life? Despicable Indeed! When we look around, we see everything but love, peace
and justice.
Oh
God, unrest and strife will continue to be a major threat to the world if you
do not look down on your children with pity. We have now advised ourselves Oh
Lord, that your word is the Kingpin if we must be saved from self-destruction.
Today
world leaders are meeting in New York on the 71st Session of the United Nations
(UN) general Assembly to discuss amongst others the Refugee crises that have
ruined your children rendering them homeless. Are some of these world leaders
not directly or remotely responsible for this desperation? Is this not blatant
hypocrisy? Shame to leaders who put their people through all forms of
horrendous pain and misery.
We
pray Oh Lord that you should talk to all the world leaders, touch their hearts
and transform those who are hardhearted to have pity on their people and lead
them in the fear of the Lord. You have said in your word that if we see a
righteous leader we will also see a happy people, that an evil leader is also
surrounded by frustrated people; Prov 29:2. We call upon your Mighty name to
empower the UN Security Council, the African Union and also other peacekeeping
structures to build peace, love and justice and that when this is done, the
various brands of arms that are manufactured should rather be destroyed to
avert the temptation of using them on man, and that the resources used for the
manufacturing of these arms should rather be used to curb unemployment, poverty
and improve on infrastructure and livelihood of your people.
Lord
also empower the global church that has been seeking more souls for You and
transforming lives, to intensify your message to the people while preaching by
example.
All
these ideas will came to naught if we do not have you permanently on board.
Your word tells us that unless you build the house, the laborers labor in vain,
and unless you keep watch, the watchmen watch in vain, Ps 127. You also said in your word that
“blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God”
Matt 5:9. Make your children peacemakers Oh Lord.
May
you particularly, Oh Lord, bless the people of Cameroon, the Armed forces, the
Government, the Head of State and empower us as we face the challenges of
eradicating the Boko Haram phenomenon. Equally Oh Lord, empower the people of
Nigeria, Chad and Niger who in alliance with Cameroon are doing everything to
free your children. For the other nations that are providing love and
assistance to African Nations in general and Cameroon in particular, we commit
them into your loving hands.
And
finally, may you create an enabling and conducive environment Oh Lord, for the
varied and various natural resources that you have richly blessed Cameroon;
Land of Promise, Land of Glory to be exploited for the well-being of your
children, some of whom are experiencing excruciating poverty and unemployed,
completely desperate about life.
We
are however comforted by your word which says “I alone know the plans I have
for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about
the future you hope for”. Jer 29:11. Your word also says, if my children who
are called by my name, humble themselves, seek my face pray and ask for
forgiveness of their sins, I the lord will listen and look down on them with
pity and heal their land. 2nd Chronicles 7:14. Have pity on your people oh
Lord. Amen.
Rewritten by
Barrister Nico Halle
24thSeptember 2016
DOUALA
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