"There is No Rock Like Our God" - 10 April 2022

 

“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 of your generosity to us (…).

We pray for your churches throughout the nations. 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. Add strength and encouragements to your church in hard places, such as Ukraine, Russia, Ethiopia, Myanmar, and other locations. “There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.”

We call upon you to be with these churches around Oklahoma City, Peoples Church; Piedmont First United Methodist Church; Power House Church of God In Christ; Praise Tabernacle. Guide them in the ways of your truth and righteousness that they may show themselves your own people in earnestness and truth. “There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.”

Please help this congregation that our families may be filled with godliness and holiness. May those who are single thrive in chastity, consecrated in their singleness. The married be charitable, gracious, and faithful. Give all parents encouragement and energy and help in raising their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. May these children love you with all their hearts, souls, and minds, and their neighbors as themselves. And may the aged live out their remaining days in the joy and peace of your Holy Spirit. For those who have been unable to be with us in worship for an extended period of time, fill their hearts with your steadfast love that endures forever, and grant them the warm reminder that we remember them and love them dearly. “There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.”

We remember before you those who need to repent of their sins and embrace your Son Jesus Christ in genuine faith (…). “There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.”

O Lord God, you have blessed us with civil government to restrain evil and promote justice. We ask you to take our governmental authorities in hand and turn their hearts and deliberations in ways that will be truly good for our country and State. “There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.”

Guide the nations and leaders of the earth, so that all peoples, and especially your Church, may be safe and secure. “There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.”

Finally, give renewed hope and restored health to those who find they are in dire straits, dog-tired or done in and done for (…). “There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.” 

All of this we ask with the assurances you have given us in Christ Jesus. And we pray as we have been taught, saying, Our Father…