"O God, Most High..." - 19 July 2020

O God, Most High, to you all nations are as a drop in a bucket and are counted as the small dust on the scales. Before you all nations are as nothing and are counted as less than nothing and emptiness (Isaiah 40:15-17). Therefore, we beseech you to preside over all the actions, plans and associations in our land, steering leaders and citizens alike to do justly, love mercy and walk humbly before you in truth (Micah 6:8). Look compassionately on the families in our country that are striving to make ends meet, stressed over whether they will be able to have long-term viability, and strained in their relationships. Look compassionately on those families that have single parents, on the children who no longer have their parents but are raised by grandparents, or Aunts and Uncles. Look compassionately on those families that have turbulence behind closed doors whether from abuse, alcoholism, Alzheimer’s, or abandonment. O God look compassionately on the families in our country.

Smile upon the State of Oklahoma, continue to furnish us with moderate rains and showers as we need; grant us greater economic stability; make our crops, cattle, and honest industry to be bountiful; strengthen our education; bring upon our neighborhoods genuine neighborliness; cause this pandemic to melt away, and guide our state and local leaders to make the right decisions for our region.

We remember before you the nations of this world and their leaders, and implore you to take up their reins and guide them away from blood feuds, intimidation, internal and external bludgeoning harassments, as well as all dishonest scheming; and revive honor, blameless valor, peace, and success in every place for the good of all peoples, and that your church may live in tranquility and equanimity, and the Gospel spread throughout all lands without harm.

We pray for your Church in every realm, along with these churches in OKC area; Break Out Church, Bridgeway Church, Calvary Chapel, and Capitol Hill Full Gospel Church. Nurture our hearts and minds that our doctrine may be unblemished and health-giving, our lives virtuous, our worship unadulterated, our needs taken care of, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ to have full sway over us in all that we think, do and say.

We implore you to support our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, those in the Coast Guard, our Law Enforcers, Firefighters and Paramedics (…). May they be courageous in the face of danger, diligent in the face of drudgery, successful in their responsibilities, and led by wholesome leaders. 

Finally, we pray for the sick, the recovering, and the mentally and physically limping, (…). Through the trials and turmoils grant them to grow ever richer in good sense and reasonableness, to gain restored health, and to flourish in joy and peace. All of these petitions we ask for your honor, our good, and in the name of Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.