"Count It All Joy..." - 14 January 2024
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Lord, please hear us and for Christ’s sake answer us. O God Most High, who uses our trials and the testing of our faith to bring about steadfast endurance in us (James 1:2-4), we ask you to lift up those who are dispirited in body or mind, those who are grieved or dreadfully disturbed with fear and anxiety, and those who are walking through troubled times in home and health. We especially ask your care for these (…). Grant them recovery, refreshment and some substantial sense of restored health. O Lord of the Harvest: have regard to the prayers of your servants in this congregation; send us forth as laborers into your harvest; increase in us the Spirit of power, love and a sound mind; strengthen us to endure hardships as good soldiers of Jesus Christ; and grant that your Holy Spirit may prosper our work so that by our life and doctrine we may show forth your glory and bring forward the salvation of many. We ask that your