"Oh, Continue Your Steadfast Love" - 7 July 2024
Transgression speaks to
the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes. For he
flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and
hated. The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely
and do good. He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that
is not good; he does not reject evil. Our hearts, O God,
grieve for those who have never repented of their sins, believed in Christ and
avowed him as Lord (…). Save them, work mightily penetrating their resistance
and draw them into your family. But we
also pray for those in our world whose words are trouble and deceit, who plot
trouble on their beds, who set themselves in a way that is not good and don’t
reject evil. Restrain, O God, and vanquish their bloodlust and bring order and
honor to fill the void.
Your steadfast love, O
LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your
righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great
deep; man and beast you save, O LORD. Stand up, O God, be
present now with your church gathered here, with your church world over, with
the PCA, and with Faith Church, Faith Crossing Baptist, Faith Tabernacle, and
Fellowship Church. Protect her from
persecutors and pursuers. Fill her with resilient strength to be
faithful and firm in her witness of your Son, Jesus Christ. Bring your Spirit
of Truth to guide her into all truth, and to turn her away from syncretism
with, and surrender to, the pressures of godlessness and greed, materialism and
mania.
How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light. We have feasted on the abundance of your house and have drunk from the river of your delights, for you are our fountain of life and in your light we see light. May we be a vital and valid channel through which your Gospel and good will would go forth into our neighborhoods. Shower your goodness on our Heritage VBS Sports Camp. May we make good, gospel connections with kids and parents to your honor and their salvation. Continue your steadfast love for those burdened by bleakness, loaded with lament, fraught with fear, encumbered with illness (…).
Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright of heart! Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away. There the evildoers lie fallen; they are thrust down, unable to rise. Regarding the spirit of anger, anxiety, apprehension and aggression that seems to be wafting over our land – save us from it! Cause to blow over us a fresh mindset and outlook that will foster charity, chivalry, and cooperation. Further, we pray with the patriotic hymn, “America! America! God shed his grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea. America! America! God mend thine every flaw, confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law.”[1] And now, we join hearts and voices to pray together as Jesus our Lord taught us, saying, Our Father…
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