"Arise, O LORD" - 11 June 2023

 

Arise, O LORD, let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you (Numbers 10:35). We pray for your Church throughout the nations, for Midwest City Church of God, Shartel, Cross Connection, and Open Door Church of God. Would you kindly smile upon your people and prosper our work that is being done for your honor, for Christ’s kingdom and according to your will.

Be pleased to govern our General Assembly this coming week. There are good decisions we need to make and wholesome discussions we need to have. As the PCA is often the flagship for many other Reformed denominations, pilot us safely through troubled waters and treacherous shoals that we may sail forward rightly.

We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but, above all, for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace and the hope of glory. Give us, we pray, such a sense of all your mercies that our hearts may be sincerely thankful, so that we would declare your praise not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days. Assist us in truth, worship and Christian love that we may become better makers of disciples of Christ. And add to our number such as are being saved.

We silently mention to you the folks, friends and family we know who need to repent of their sins and believe in Christ, as well as those who have strayed away and need to be restored, and those whose faith is shaken (…). Have mercy on them.

O Lord God, we call upon you for our nation, that you would lead our leaders and govern our governors so that they would walk wisely, defeat evil, and advance true justice for all: born and unborn; displaced and disabled; marginalized and moneyed. May sanity and sensibility gain the upper hand! We pray for OKC and the surrounding townships, that you would steer our mayor and city council in ways that would be honorable and beneficial for all the citizens. Hear us, O Lord, as we petition your leadership for the nations of this world. Please bring under control the warring factions and chaotic turmoil plaguing many countries (Sudan, Ethiopia, Myanmar); restore peace and wholesome order. Give aid, and arouse real recovery, for all of those afflicted by volcanic activity and earthquakes, floods and droughts.

We intercede on behalf of those who are troubled and besieged by physical, financial, emotional and spiritual distresses (…). Hold them firmly in your care, reestablishing some sturdy sense of order and health and peace of mind. And now, we join voices and hearts together to pray as our Lord Jesus directed, saying, Our Father, who art in heaven…

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