"Holy Father, Who Sends Rain and Sun on the Just and Unjust..." - 21 September 2025

Holy Father, who sends sun and rain on the just and the unjust, who provides food for the good and the evil, thank you for your tender mercies enjoyed by so many. O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, whom the whole heavens adore; let the whole earth also worship, all nations obey you, all tongues confess and bless you; and men, women, girls and boys everywhere love you and serve you in peace through Jesus Christ. We ask this especially for families, neighbors, co-workers, and friends we know (…).

Almighty God, we pray for churches in the greater OKC area, especially Central Baptist, Chisolm Creek, Classen Blvd, and Cornerstone Baptist Church. We pray that their work, toil, and patient endurance would flourish; that they would not abandon their first love; and that where any may have fallen into error or compromised with the world, that you would straighten them out and build them up (Revelation 2:1-7).

LORD, we beseech you for this congregation, please grant us the grace we need to withstand the temptations and to avoid the infections of the world, the flesh and the devil; so that with pure heart, sound mind and holy delight we may follow you, our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who is alive and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever One God. And beat down Satan under our feet. Oh yes, beat down Satan under our feet!

We are deeply grateful, O God, for our medical professions, hospitals and clinics. We give you thanks for all of the medical advances accomplished even in the last 50 years; but most of all, we thank you that many women and men have given themselves to the hard work of caring for people. Encourage the weary; strengthen the fatigued; and cheer the diligent. Here, Lord, we mention our own primary care doctors, pharmacists, Chiropractors, mental health professionals, and practitioners (…). May they see their work turning into healthy and happy patients.

Father, we know our nation is not spotless. We confess and acknowledge that the U.S.A. is not the kingdom of God nor the Church of Jesus Christ; nevertheless, Father, we love our country. It’s a blessing to live here, and for that we thank you. Please build up moral sanity in our people and civic sensibility in our governmental leaders. Where decency and virtue are on the decline, wake us up to the train wreck that will be of our own making and grant us to turn around. And please grant our country safety from all enemies foreign and domestic.

Our great God, in whose hands is our life, health and wellbeing: hear our prayers for those who are hungry, homeless, and hopeless; for those who are impoverished or imperiled; for those who are suicidal or dismayed; for those who find their bodies stricken or homes wrecked; for those being hampered with mental or emotional complications (…).Grant them patience under their afflictions and a cheerful outcome to their infirmities. And now we pray in the power of the Holy Spirit as our Lord taught us, saying, “Our Father…”