Preparing for disastrous Cyclone Yasi

Cyclone Tracey vs Cyclone Yasi ... slight size difference

It’s hard to believe my awesome country is about to be hit by a second disaster for the year!  Cyclone Yasi is brewing and is said to be bigger then anything we have ever seen.  Above is a picture comparison Cyclone Tracey which hit in 1974 which killed 71 people, caused $837 million in damage (1974 AUD) and destroyed more than 70 percent of Darwin’s buildings, including 80 percent of houses.  [4].

Cyclone Yasi is due to hit around 10pm somewhere south of Cairns and is a category 5 with the potential to cause as much terror as America’s Hurricane Katrina.  You can read more here.

From my little office in Toowoomba today there’s not much I can do expect follow the prompts from an email sent by my mentor and friend, Graham Sercombe.  I’d love to urge you… wherever in the world you may be to join me!

G’day Everyone

This is an urgent call!

We have a category 5 cyclone (300 kilometer winds – more devastating than cyclone Tracy in 1974) the biggest cyclone in living memory on direct path to the North Queensland coast, expected to make land fall at 10.00pm tonight (Wednesday)

We know that God does answer prayer.

God once said to a man in a crisis situation, “Call to me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things that you do not know”.

This is a call to prayer for Australians to pray – to pray on the hour every hour for one minute asking God for three things

1. Pray and ask God for safety and protection of people and property that are affected by the cyclone

2. Pray the cyclone will be redirected in its anticipated path and head out to open sea and dissipate.

3. Pray that we as a nation will be humble before God and that we will acknowledge our need of Him in all of life not just in a crisis.

There is powerful statement in the Bible that says, “You have not because you do not ask!”

Come on Australia – we have no time to waste. Lets act immediately and acknowledge that we need God and pray and believe for a miracle in our hour of need.

Sincerely

Graham Sercombe

Brisbane