"Our Father" - 18 October 2015 AM and PM
Sunday morning:
(Following the format of the Lord’s Prayer and the
Westminster Shorter Catechism 100-107):
O our Father in heaven, we come near to you with all holy
reverence and confidence, as children drawing close to a father who is able and
ready to help us.
May your name be hallowed by us and all others
so that we may glorify you in every way that you make yourself known. Arrange
all things – all of our conduct, hardships, desires, marriages or singleness,
occupations, as well as all the governmental and civil events of this world and
our country – to your own glory.
May your kingdom come. We implore you to destroy
Satan‘s kingdom, and advance your kingdom of grace, especially through the
prayers and works of your world-wide Church, to include the Wisconsin Evangelical
Lutheran Synod; The Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church
outside of Russia; The Anglican Church of Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya; and The
Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians; may we all be brought into
it and firmly kept in it (and here Lord, we pray specifically for those who
have never turned in faith to Christ, or who have strayed away….), and may your
kingdom of glory be hastened – Come, Lord Jesus!
May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
that you, Lord God, by your grace, would make us (together with 1st
Pres-Minco; Redeemer PCA-Edmond; City Pres and Christ the King-Norman)
able and willing to know, obey and submit to your will in all things, even as
the angels do in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread; that of your free gift we (and those who are in various troubles and ailments….) may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life, and enjoy your blessing with them (including health, hope and deliverance).
Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors;
This, Lord, we are strongly encouraged to ask, because by your grace we are
enabled from the heart to forgive others; therefore, remembering that we have
wronged you far more than anyone has ever wronged us, help us to be quick and
ready to forgive those who wrong us, and to be swift and set to ask forgiveness
from those whom we have wronged.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;
O God, please keep us from being tempted to sin, and when we are tempted, please
support us and deliver us; and Father, beat down Satan under our feet.
Yours, O Lord, is
the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
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Sunday evening:
“Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you,
majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? You have led in
your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; you have guided them by
your strength to your holy abode” (Exodus 15.11, 13).
O heavenly Father, we beseech you to have mercy and
compassion on all of your children living with mental darkness, confusion,
emotional distress,...Restore them to strength of mind, cheerfulness of spirit,
clearheaded perception; and give them health and peace in their communion with
Jesus. O Lord, hear our prayer.
O God, Lord of the young, and Lord of the aged; we pray for
our parents and loved ones who are feeling their years, slowing down, and
experiencing growing inabilities;...help us to know how to meaningfully care
for them during this life-season, to know how to navigate the gap between their
limitations and their desire for independence; and show us how to communicate
our love and respect to them in significant ways. O Lord, hear our prayer.
Lord Jesus, who loves and cares for this church more than
any of us can or will, and chief Shepherd and overseer of our souls; lead us in
paths of righteousness for your name’s sake; make us to lie down in green
pastures and restore our souls (Psalm 23.1-2); and please, Lord, supply every need of ours
according to your riches in glory (Philippians 4.19). O Lord, hear our prayer.
We pray for your Church throughout the nations, including the
Free Methodist Church of Edmond; Resurrection Free Methodist Church; Cathedral
of Deliverance; Church on the Rock; Everlasting Gospel Lighthouse Church; and
Faith Church; We have the treasure of your glory in Christ in jars of
clay, for the purpose of showing that the surpassing power belongs to you and
not to us. As your people are afflicted in every way, may they not be crushed; when
perplexed, may they not be driven to despair; when persecuted, may they know
they are not forsaken; when struck down, may they not be destroyed; that we
would see that we are always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that
the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are
always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus
also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. (2 Corinthians 4:7-11). O Lord, hear our prayer.
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