"Praise the LORD!" - 20 March 2016 AM (Psalm 148)
{Prayer drawing from Psalm 148}
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Praise the
LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him,
all his angels; praise him, all his hosts! From the
highest to the lowest, from the nearest to the furthest, may all come and
worship you, submitting to you, praying to you, cherishing you as their
greatest good and deepest joy. Therefore we pray for you to give our
missionaries – especially the Pardigons, Berrys, Iversons, Shepherds, Taylors,
Youngs, and the Hatfields – assets and achievements to this end. And we pray
that you would reclaim and rescue those who are outside of Christ…
Praise
him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! Praise him, you highest
heavens, and you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the
LORD! For he commanded and they were created. And he established them forever
and ever; he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away. We
pray for the earth that its vast resources would be replenished and maintained.
Bring us rains and showers in ways and quantities that are most fitting. Settle
the shaking, shifting fault lines and tectonic plates that cause so much
damage. Restrain the destructive floods and reverse the devastating droughts.
Prosper the scientific and medical studies that are good, right, moral, and
honorable. And for those involved in research that is dehumanizing and
demoralizing, bring them to see that they are not gods, and that “can” doesn’t
mean “should”.
Praise the
LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all deeps, fire and hail, snow
and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word! Mountains and all hills, fruit trees
and all cedars! Beasts and all livestock, creeping things and flying
birds! May
our farmlands produce bountifully, and our cattle be plentiful. Enrich the
labor of our farmers and ranchers, fisheries and those who harvest the seas, as
well as those involved in industry and manufacturing. May their work be safe
and successful, and help them to produce in ways that respect the earth and its
resources.
Kings of
the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth! Young men and
maidens together, old men and children! For our own country
and all peoples of this world, we pray “O God of love, O King of peace, Make
wars throughout the world to cease; The wrath of sinful man restrain; Give
peace, O God, give peace again.” Guide our nation in ways right and good,
restrain evil and further wholesome morality.
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