"You Hear Our Words and What Cannot Even Be Expressed in Words" - 2 October 2022

 

O Lord, you know what we have need of even before we ask. Therefore, we pray with greater confidence that you hear our words and what we cannot even express in words.

We pray for the troubled and tormented peoples in our world, suffering from floods, droughts, hurricanes, unemployment, military threats and fears – especially impacted by hurricane Fiona and Ian, and Typhoon Noru. And we pray for the leaders of the nations. Please establish peace, judicial integrity, economic stability, and healthy recovery in all lands, for the good of all, so that the Gospel of Jesus may spread unchecked, and that your Church may dwell in peace and quietness. Guide our own national and State leaders away from envy, greed, power-mongering, and injustice toward legitimate fairness, moral integrity, and contentment with what is good in your sight.

Give ear to our concerns as we pray for those who are still in their unbelief and for those who have deserted the Christian Faith (…). May they turn around and believe in your Son Jesus Christ and have everlasting life.

For your Church in all places, for this congregation, and for Liberty Baptist Church, Northeast MB, Shield of Faith, and Union MBC we pray. Strengthen our resolve to glorify you and enjoy you in knowledge, righteousness and true holiness. Please hold us back from following harmful paths and prosper us in walking in the light as you are in the light. Help us to love our enemies, forgiving those who have wronged us, as you loved us and reconciled us to yourself when we were your enemies.

Almighty God, whose joy is our strength (Nehemiah 8:10), whose kingdom is a matter of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17), and whose love is poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us (Romans 5:6); we pray for ourselves, our immediate and extended families, and for one another. May your Spirit wash over us with joy, so that righteousness may flourish in our homes and callings, and peace thrive always and in all ways. May your Spirit make your love for us, to us, and in us more real than ever.

Finally, LORD God, the Almighty, who gives power to the faint, and to the one who has no might you increase strength, we pray for those sick or sore, for those weak or weary, for those beaten or bruised, for those limp or lifeless, (…). And we pray for some who have come to our church building asking for help, such as Marilyn H. and her daughter Jackie, Shamelle L., Francisco and his family. There’s also Gerald, Julio, and Tamethia, as well as others (…). We implore you to lift up all of these on eagle’s wings; renew their strength; rouse them with renewed hope and life to run and not be weary, to walk and not be faint (Isaiah 40:29-31). And those who are heading down dangerous paths, turn around and raise them up.

And now we join our hearts and voices to pray as we have been taught, Our Father…