"The LORD Is My Shepherd" Congregational Prayer - 25 August 2019
(This congregational prayer is shepherded by Psalm 23) The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. O God, our hearts are full of thankfulness because we have been richly endowed with your goodness: health, strength, hope, stamina, happiness, sustenance, homes and satisfaction. And even when in your good providence these are withheld from us, we have you, our greatest good and deepest joy! Thank you! Truly, the LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want! He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Give strength, aid, increasing love, durable commitment and unwavering godliness to fill and replenish your church here, as well as Metropolitan Church of Spencer, New Hope Church of Christ, Redeemed Christian Church, the Church of the Bride and your church throughout the world. O great Shepherd of your people, where there are wolves in sheep’s’ clothing in your flock, expose a...