"Your Mercies and Loving Kindnesses" - 13 February 2022
O
Lord Jesus Christ, our God, your mercies and loving-kindnesses have been from
everlasting. You became man and stooped to endure crucifixion and death for the
salvation of all who rightly believe in you. You rose from the dead for our
justification and ascended into heaven and sit at the right hand of God the Father,
from whence you shall come to judge the living and the dead. And as our great
High Priest you regard the humble prayers of all who call upon you with their
whole heart. Incline your ear and hear.
First
of all, we implore you to remember your Holy Universal Church, which you have
purchased with your precious blood, this congregation; these churches in the
greater OKC area; College Heights
Baptist, Community Missionary Baptist, Crest Baptist and Cross Baptist Church;
and also your servants who are under persecution – by totalitarian magistrates
and totalitarian movements – for your sake and for the sake of your holy
gospel. Confirm and strengthen your Church, enlarge and multiply her, keep her
in peace, and preserve her unconquerable by the gates of hell forever. Heal the
factions fueled by the factious, quench the fumings of the God-haters, speedily uproot the weeds of
heresy and bring them to nothing by the power of your Holy Spirit. And mercifully look upon all ministers, pastors, Bishops, and
presbyters of your Church. May they build up and strengthen your people in all
places, giving themselves faithfully to prayer and the ministry of the Word
(Acts 6:4).
O Lord, mercifully look
upon those who hate us and
despitefully use us. Help us to love our enemies, to do good to those who hate us,
to bless those who curse us, and to pray for those who abuse us. (Luke 6:27-28)
Assist us to submit ourselves to every ordinance of man for your sake, whether
to the President, or to governors and judges, as to those who are sent by you
for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. For we
know and confess that this is your will, so that by doing good we may put to
silence the ignorance of foolish men (1 Peter 2:13-15).
O Lord, mercifully look
upon all world rulers, and nations,
especially Ukraine, Russia, China, Malawi, and others. May their leadership
lead toward peace and prosperity for all, as well as safety and security for
your people in their lands.
O Lord, mercifully look upon our parents (…), our spouses (…),
our brothers and sisters (…), our children (…), our relatives and
our friends (…), and grant them your blessings both here and hereafter.
O Lord, mercifully look
upon the aged, young, needy,
orphans, widows, single parents, those in sickness and sorrow, distress and
affliction, oppression and captivity, prison and confinement, especially these
(…). Remember them, visit, strengthen, keep, and comfort them, and make haste
to grant them, by your power, relief, safety, freedom, or deliverance, as they
may need.
O Lord, mercifully look
upon those who have never turned
from their sins and believed in you, as well as those who have departed from
the true faith and who have become dazzled by dissent and deviation (…).
Enlighten them by the light of your Holy Spirit, and bring them into the fold of
your Holy Church. And we pray as we have been taught, saying, Our
Father…
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