"Give Us Life" - 26 February 2017 AM and PM
Sunday morning:
Give us life, and we will call upon your name! Restore
us, O LORD God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved (Psalm
80.18b-19)!
Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and
see; have regard for this (Psalm
80.14) your Church in all nations, Heritage and these churches in the
OKC area: Memorial Presbyterian
Church; Messiah Lutheran Church; Metro Mennonite Church; Midwest Boulevard
Christian Church; Miracle Revival Center; Moore Baptist Temple; and Mount Rose
Baptist Church. Turn to us and be gracious to us; give your strength to
your servants, and save the sons and daughters of your maidservant. Show us a
sign of your favor that those who hate us may see and be put to shame because
you, LORD, have helped us and comforted us (Psalm 86.16-17). Restore us, O
LORD God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved (Psalm 80.18b-19)!
Consider, O God,
those who do not know you or have broken faith with you….Change their hearts
that they may confess Jesus as Lord and believe in their hearts you raised him
from the day, so that they may come to join with us in praying; Restore us,
O LORD God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved (Psalm
80.18b-19)!
O God, please refresh
those who are weary; replenish those who are parched; restore those who are
bowled over; revitalize those who are vitiated; … On their behalf and with them
we pray; Restore us, O LORD God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may
be saved (Psalm 80.18b-19)!
O God, we
pray for our nation and leaders, including our State Representatives such as Chad Caldwell; Kevin Calvey; Ed Cannaday;
Dennis Casey; Bobby Cleveland; Josh Cockroft; Donnie Condit; and Jeff Cody.
May we, heads and inhabitants of this land, be directed and guided to protect
the defenseless and to stand up and stand in for those who are oppressed.
Profit our businesses, grant our schools, colleges, universities, homeschools,
private schools and vocational schools to succeed in educating our students
that they may be well cultivated for the life ahead of them. Provide what is
lacking for this State. Furnish us with the rainfalls we need to have plenty of
fresh water, bountiful crops and abundant livestock. We pray for our country;
Restore us, O LORD God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved
(Psalm 80.18b-19)!
O God, please
be with all world leaders, to include Bounnhang
Vorachith; Raimonds Vējonis; Michel Aoun; King Letsie III; Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf; and Fayez al-Sarraj. We pray that you would
re-establish order, solid infrastructures, medical establishments, schools, and
families in those places devastated by wars and rebellion. We pray that you
would have mercy on those desiccated by drought or drowning in floods; those
made paltry by famine or by inefficient food production. For all of the nations
and peoples of the world we pray; Restore us, O LORD God of hosts! Let your
face shine, that we may be saved (Psalm 80.18b-19)!
For Christ’s sake,
give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are
enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth, and Restore us, O LORD God of
hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved (Psalm 80.18b-19)! Amen.
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Sunday evening:
O LORD, who created us, who formed us, and who has said to
us – frequently and in various ways – “Fear
not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you
pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall
not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the
flame shall not consume you. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of
Israel, your Savior (Isaiah 43.1-3). It is to you we pray, O Lord, hear our prayer.
O LORD, who created and formed us through your Son and by
your Spirit, thank you for watching over Hxx, his brother and those with them
as they travelled and worked in Ethiopia. Continue to assist Txxx Wxxx in all
of the fund raising as well as in all the matters she needs to complete before
she goes to Thailand. May she be drawn closer to you through all of this, and
see you do amazing things. And may Txxx’s time and toil in Australia be
encouraging to the Hxxxx, effectual in their desire to communicate the Gospel,
and essential in her own growth as a godly Christian woman. O Lord, hear our prayer.
O LORD, who created and formed us your Church, we seek your
kingdom and righteousness for our denomination, this congregation and these PCA
churches in Oklahoma: Trinity Presbyterian Church- Owasso; Grace
Presbyterian Church-Stillwater; In Tulsa Christ Presbyterian Church; Ethos
Presbyterian Church; River Oaks Presbyterian Church; and Grace Presbyterian
Church-Shreveport. Rouse us and refashion us that we may always be remembered
for our work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord
Jesus Christ; and that your gospel would work in us, and come through us, not
only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction
(1 Thessalonians 1.3-4). O Lord, hear our prayer.
O LORD, who created and formed us to be part of your world
rescue operation; we ask, even now, that you would take in hand our Marriage
Conference, our Carnegie Mission VBS and trip; and our own outreach VBS. Bring each
of these, in their specific focus, to be efficient and effective in presenting
your Gospel. And may each of these, in their specific focus, produce results
that bring others to join us in glorifying and enjoying you forever. O Lord, hear our prayer.
O LORD, who created and formed us in Christ Jesus to desire
what you desire, love what you love, rejoice in what you rejoice over; bring us
to see the opportunities you give us to do good to everyone, especially those
of the household of faith (Galatians 6.10). And bring to us “divine
appointments” where we will have openings to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ
to some in our families, among our friends, to our foes and with our fellow
citizen. O Lord, hear our prayer.
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