Deus Misereatur

  O Lord God, who is more willing to hear than we are to pray and is willing to give far more than we either desire or deserve: we pray for your Church and your World because you have made us priests through your well-beloved Son, Jesus Christ, our great High Priest. We pray for this congregation (gathered and scattered): for your Church throughout the world, for Penn Ave Redemption UMC, Quayle UMC, St. Andrews and St. Mary’s: with your servant and our brother Augustine, we ask you to give what you command and command what you will. Stir up your people to work out our salvation in fear and trembling, for it is you who works in us to both will and do for your good pleasure (Philippians 2:12-13). Reform all that is awry, restrain that which is evil, and return all to glorifying and enjoying you. For all those who are struggling with pain, broken-bodies, grieved hearts, and fractured minds we pray (…). Restore to them the joy of your salvation; refurbish their frail bodies; re-knit th...

  O LORD you are a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you (Psalm 9:9-10). It is to you we come to focus our prayers: We implore you to maintain your church in all places, including this congregation, as well as Lakeside UMC, Mayfair Heights UMC, New Covenant UMC, and Nichols Hills UMC. Bring unity to your church where there is division; establish order where there is disorder; restore faithfulness where there is infidelity; reestablish godliness where there is impiety; reinstate the Gospel where there is legalism; and reestablish forgiveness where there are grudges. Hear our Prayer, O Lord! We implore you for the nations of the world, including Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. Since national entities often think more highly of themselves than they ought, and seek to place themselves above you, and above justice, and above...

  Mighty God, strong to save, you have willingly accommodated yourself to us by not only speaking the Holy Scriptures, but in sending your Son to us and for us. We pray for your Church and the World. For this congregation (gathered and scattered) we pray. Set captives free, open blind eyes, release prisoners, turn sorrows to gladness, and make our homes places of light, love, harmony and health. We ask your watchful care to be bestowed on your Church throughout the world, including Broadway UMC, Cornerstone, First UMC, Korean First UMC; and especially your people who are being hounded and harmed by predators and persecutors. Forgive us for trying to earn your unearnable love; stir up in us a greater trust and confidence in your Son Jesus Christ and help us to toss away all false doctrine and false living which tarnishes your generous kindness and your glorious majesty. Further, build up the ministry, and supply all the money needed for James Post and the RUF at OU. For all those wh...

  Father, who by your almighty and everywhere present power, upholds – as it were by your hand – heaven, earth, and all creatures, and so governs them that herbs and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and barren years, food and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, come not by chance but by your fatherly hand: In grateful solace and solicitous gratitude, may we be patient when things go against us, thankful when things go well, and for the future have good confidence in you our faithful God and Father that nothing in creation will separate us from your love; for we are convinced that all creatures are so completely in your hand that without your will they can neither move nor be moved (Heidelberg Catechism 27-28).   We ask you to strengthen those who are fighting against the carnage, inhumanity and evil in their lands. Please stop human trafficking. Please stop the harassment and harming of your Church. May all nations come to bow the knee to the Lord Jesus, and goo...

  Lord God our Father, we long to see your power, justice and majesty flow into every nook and cranny of creation. Therefore, we pray for your Church and your World. For this congregation (both gathered and scattered) we pray: hold us by your hand so that our feet may never slip. Turn our worries, fears, frettings and woes all into faith in you. Be pleased to continue to add to this your flock such as are being saved; and cause our retired guys coffee, Wednesday evening Catechism classes, Thrive!, Music Ministry, women’s Bible study, and Sunday School classes to aid us in glorifying and enjoying you better. Also, be with your Church all over the earth, including Cross Timbers Church, Joy Mennonite, Crown Heights Methodist, Resurrection Free Methodist and Edmond Free Methodist Church; as well as our brothers and sisters covered in persecution, famine, economic collapse and warfare. Oh Lord, strengthen what is pleasing to you, remove what is foul and festering, heal what is hurting, ...

  Praying the Ten Commandments Since righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people (Proverbs 14:34), and because our nation is celebrating its 250th Anniversary this year, we earnestly and heartily pray to you, O reigning God, for our country. Reflecting on the Ten Commandments, your law of liberty, we pray first and foremost ( Preface ) that all in this land would come to know that you are the life-giving, liberty-giving God, and that all would be set free and made alive in your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. We also pray ( 1 st ) that all of us who are citizens and inhabitants of this land would come to know, trust and have you as the only true and living God. That we would ( 2 nd ) avoid all idolatry and worship you properly, from the State house to our house. That we would ( 3 rd ) treat your name with fear and reverence and honor your Word and works. We also implore you ( 4 th ) to work on our whole population so that on the Sabbath day we would come to happi...

O LORD, who created the heavens (you are God!), who formed the earth and made it (you established it; you did not create it empty, you formed it to be inhabited!), you have spoken and said: “ I am the LORD, and there is no other. I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I the LORD speak the truth; I declare what is right ” (Isaiah 45:18-19). It is to you we come to seek your face and call for help. We pray for this congregation, Messiah Lutheran Church, St. Mark’s, St. Paul’s, Trinity of Edmond, Trinity of OKC and Zion Lutheran, that we all may be united together by your Holy Spirit, in your true Truth, and around your Son Jesus. We additionally pray for all of the congregations in our Hills and Plains Presbytery that you would guide us in truly and humbly serving you in order that your name may be glorified before all people and that we would love truth and peace (Zechariah 8:19). And please, oh please, look on our b...

Lord God the Almighty, who delights in executing lovingkindness, justice and righteous throughout the earth, we pray for the Church and our world: For all of those who are oppressed, enslaved, abused, tormented by the cruelties of others, forced into bondage, shackled to destructive addictions, or held captive be thugs and drug cartels, we pray: Lord have mercy on them . For those who are being truly persecuted for the Christian Faith around the world, in the Middle East, Iran, China, Nigeria and numerous other places, we pray: Christ have mercy on them . For those who are working in the name of Christ to alleviate poverty, famine, plague, and injustice of every kind, we pray: Lord have mercy on them and grant them success in their endeavors. For your Church throughout the world, this congregation, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Resurrection, Cristo Rey, and Faith Lutheran Church, we pray. By your Holy Spirit and Holy Scriptures, defend us all from error, lead us into all truth, and fill...

  In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, “Flee like a bird to your mountain, for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart; if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? ” O Lord our refuge, our shelter in the midst of storms, for those who are taunted and teased by their afflictions, ailments, burdens or biliousness to “ flee like a bird to your mountain ,” we pray (…). Enfold them in your compassion and fill them with courage that they may rejoice in your goodness. For those being aimed at by the bow of the wicked, shot at in the dark and dimness, we pray (…). Shield them from the fiery darts and screen them from slander and spite. For those who are rocking and reeling and feeling as if the bottom is falling out, we pray (…). May they find in you their sure foundation and be built up in sturdy strength.     The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD's t...

O God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, who has promised us that we have nothing to fear for you are with us, we have no reason to be dismayed for you are our God, who strengthens us, who helps us, who upholds us with your righteous right hand (Isaiah 41:10): we pray for your Church throughout the nations, especially in Iran, along with Voice of Victory Church, Peoples Church (all campuses), Prayer of Faith and Victory Faith Center. Look upon the necessities of your churches and grant all good things essential for them to do the things you have called them to. Build them up in the most holy faith that has been once for all delivered to the saints, so that they may be able to stand strong against all the wiles of the devil. Almighty and most merciful Father, look upon this congregation with your favor and support. Grant unto us—with all Your gifts—a heart to love you. Enable us to show our thankfulness for all your benefits by giving up ourselves unto your service, deligh...

  O God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, Giver of all good gifts, we pray for your Church throughout the nations, including Praise Assembly, Draper Park Christian Church, Grace Bible, Heaston Community, and Maranatha Church. Sustain us, your people, through the hard and happy times. Look upon our needs and provide all good things necessary for us to do the work you have called us to. Warm our hearts and inspire in us greater and greater holiness. Kindly look on this congregation: give patience and joy to all the parents as they raise their children in your righteous ways. Aid the single that they may resist the pressures of our world and keep themselves chaste. Enrich our marriages that they may be full of harmony, hope, and health. Strengthen the young adults to continue to follow Christ faithfully. May our children (younger and older) embrace the Christian faith we have been handing on to them with gusto and confidence. And may the fruit of the Spirit (…) grow lar...

  Holy Father, you who are the highwater mark of all true fatherhood: we are grateful for our fathers, especially when their firm love and care reverberated harmoniously with the melody of your own fatherhood. Help us to rightly honor our fathers and their memories. For those fathers in our lives who missed the mark, grant them to find you a true Father in Jesus Christ; repair that which they scarred or marred or broke and heal the wounds. For the fathers here in our fellowship we ask you to guide us by your fatherly hand that we will be, more and more, a noble and wholesome reflection of you to our children, whether those children are still at home or out on their own. And reclaim and reestablish the honorableness of fatherhood in your church throughout America. Lord God of Hosts, the whole earth is filled with your glory. For the welfare of all we beseech you to arm world leaders with the tools, desires, energy and abilities to establish and enforce real justice and integrity tha...

Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. LORD, you are the One who builds the house, and watches over the city. We plant and water, but you are the one who gives the growth! Bless our congregation with fitting and fair growth; that we would grow roots downward and bear fruit upward; that you would add to our number such as are being saved. Further, we pray for your Church all around this marvelous globe, as well as Westmoore Community Covenant Church, Lighthouse Foursquare, Resurrection Free Methodist and Edmond Free Methodist Church. Uproot the weeds of heresy and apostasy from your church; and cause all to flourish and grow and fruitfully blossom with your true truth and peace. But we also pray for our General Assembly that meets at the end of this month. Prese...

  Moses once announced, “ For the LORD your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them ” (Deuteronomy 4:31); and Paul once prayed, “ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort ” (2 Corinthians 1:3). We rejoice that you are merciful, a God of mercies and comfort! Be merciful to your people on every continent, counting this congregation, St. Augustine Episcopal, St. James Episcopal, St. Paul’s Episcopal and Trinity Episcopal. Bring reformation and revival. Exonerate what is true and right and change the hearts and perspectives of those who are misguided and wrongheaded. Be merciful toward our brothers and sisters facing difficult times in difficult places like Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Sudan, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Be merciful and grant us your gracious presence and strength. Be merciful to the Presbyterian Church in America. Govern and g...

  Creator God, in the beginning you made all things of nothing by the power of your word, and all very good and your Spirit hovered over all that was formless and void to bring forth order and life. We pray for your Spirit to hover over us; and we pray that your Spirit will continue to cause the earth to bring forth bountifully. We pray: Come, Holy Spirit! Revealing God, you assigned prophets, Apostles, Judges, and Psalmists – like Moses, Deborah, David and Isaiah, Peter and Paul – to bring forth your decrees, directions and adorations, and you clothed them with your Spirit who guided them and testified through them of the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. Cloth us with your Spirit that we may bravely serve you and our neighbors in love and truth pointing them to Jesus. We pray: Come, Holy Spirit! Holy God, you sent your Son Jesus Christ into the world that through him we might have life. And after his death, burial, resurrection and ascension, you sent forth your Ho...

  Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments! His offspring will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. We pray for your Church, O God, throughout the greater Oklahoma City area, this congregation, Grace Covenant, St. Benedict Orthodox, St. Elijah Antiochan Orthodox, and St. George Greek Orthodox. May your Church be blessed walking in the fear of God, submitting to Scripture alone, believing in Christ alone and delighting in your glory alone. May we be repentant where we have gone astray, especially where we have come to rely on our own works and ethnic pride as somehow giving us standing with you. May your grace break in, reforming and reviving us in our manners, message, and mission. Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous. Watch over Pastor Ezra Jyn, those beloved brothers an...

  (One Way to Pray the Ten Commandments for Our Nation) Since righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people (Proverbs 14:34), and because our nation is celebrating its 250 th Anniversary soon, we earnestly and heartily pray to you, O reigning God, for our country.  Reflecting on the Ten Commandments, your law of liberty, we pray first and foremost ( Preface ) that all in this land would come to know that you are the life-giving, liberty-giving God, and that all would be set free and made alive in your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.  We also pray ( 1 st ) that all of us who are citizens and inhabitants of this land would come to know, trust and have you as the only true and living God.  That we would ( 2 nd ) avoid all idolatry and worship you properly, from the State house to our house.  That we would ( 3 rd ) treat your name with fear and reverence and honor your Word and works.  We also implore you ( 4 th ) to work on our whole populat...

  It is our privilege and honor to be invited into your presence to pray on behalf of the world and your church. And in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord you have given us bold access into your presence to bring our cares and petitions. We come, Lord, at your invitation and bidding. For those in our State, townships and neighborhoods who feel that all hope is gone; who are in despair and deep in darkness; who are in continual pain. We pray that you would place people in their lives who will hold on to them and walk with them through it all. And we especially pray for those who are having thoughts of suicide. O God, break into the grief and gloom with your hope, and raise them up to see your life and light in Jesus Christ. For those who are in great need, who have chronic health troubles, who are being treated for cancer, and other infirmities (…). We pray for them to have relief, to walk whole and healthy. And we pray for them to overcome the doubts and disbelief that seem to normally...

  “ There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God ” (1 Samuel 2:2). We offer up to you our thanksgiving for all your generosity to us, especially in preserving our health, sanity and livability. We pray for your churches throughout the nations and around Oklahoma City such as: Midwest City Community Church of the Nazarene, Moore Church of the Nazarene, Oakcliff, and Piedmont. Give them all the resources they need to serve you properly and well, and the heart they need to serve you with sincerity. Deliver our brothers and sisters who are being hounded and harmed for the Faith that they may serve you in peace and joy. “ There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God. ” Please help us in this congregation so that our families may be filled with godliness and holiness. May those who are single remain consecrated and joyful in their singleness and the married be charitable, gracious and fait...