"O God of Our Forebears" - 31 October 2021

 

O God of our forebears, God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Deborah, Hannah, Moses, David, Isaiah, Peter, Mary, Martha, Paul, Justin Martyr, Polycarp, Irenaeus, Cyril, Anselm, Aquinas, Wycliffe, Tyndale, Luther, Katarina, Calvin, Idelette, Bucer, and Cranmer: O God of our forebears, thank you for the good and godly heritage handed on to us, which we have received, and in which we rejoice! 

We cry out to you, our Father, to heal our hurting and hammered world: especially Haiti, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Sudan, just to name a few. And we implore you, O God, to help our country and citizens during these tense and troubled days. Exalt that which is right and pull the plug on that which is wrong. Direct our leaders from the White house to the State house to the city house that they will follow your way and will, work toward the best interests of all, and preserve and protect the citizens and inhabitants so that there will be true liberty and justice for all – for the freeborn, the foreign born and the unborn. 

O great Physician, we intercede on behalf of those who are approaching or undergoing physical, mental, emotional, parental, chronological, and vocational hardships (…). Fill them with your peace that passes all understanding, guarding their hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. 

Lord of Life, we beseech your watchful care for your church all around this world, for this congregation, and for churches in the OKC area including Quayle Methodist Church, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Redemption Church and River of Life Church. May we be all about Scripture alone that leads us to Christ alone by whom we are justified by grace alone that is received by faith alone, all to the glory of God alone! Where any of your churches have weakened and waned in their confidence in these Reformation gems and where any of your churches have sold their birthright for a mess of red-stew with Esau – be pleased to restore, rebuild, reframe, and revive. And where any of your churches are endeavoring to hold these, to maintain them, to teach and proclaim them, to cherish and live them – fortify their resolve, and grant them to flourish in them.

Merciful Lord, enliven and save our faithless family members, friends, coworkers, allies, and enemies (…). And reclaim and restore those who once walked with us in the house of God and have since walked away (…). These requests we ask in the name of our Lord Jesus, and we pray as we have been taught, saying, Our Father…

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