"Look, O Good Shepherd..." - 29 March 2026

 

“I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down,” declares the Lord GOD. “I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice” (Ezekiel 34:15-16). It is to you we pray.

Look, O Good Shepherd, with compassion on your one flock all around the world, and around the OKC area to include: New Bethel COGIC, Page Sanctuary, Trinity, and Victory COGIC. With rod and staff, comfort the people of your pasture and the sheep of your hand. Seek out your sheep and rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. Seek the lost, and bring back the strayed, and bind up the injured, and strengthen the weak (Ezekiel 34:12, 16).

Look, O Good Shepherd, with compassion upon this part of your one flock, Heritage Presbyterian Church. Bring us to dwell securely; to be a more expressive extension of your promise to Abraham that through his offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed; to dwell securely with none to make us afraid; and that we may know that you are YHVH our God with us (Ezekiel 34:25-31). And, O Good Shepherd, help us to commit our work to you and find you establishing our plans (Proverbs 16:3). 

Look, O Good Shepherd, and have compassion on the ailing, the fretting, the aching, and the despairing (…). Raise them up and uphold them. And, on all those who are walking in the ways that seem right to a man, but the end is the way of death (Proverbs 16:25) (…). Rescue them and save them for your name’s sake.

Look, O Good Shepherd, and have compassion on the nations and leaders of nations. Many are harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd (Matthew 9:36). Political and religious Shepherds have fleeced their flocks, abandoning them to become prey; and many oppressed have become oppressors, and victims have become victimizers trampling out what others need, pushing with their sides and shoulders, thrusting the weak with their horns. Feed them in justice; bring them to see your better way; and cause your covenant of peace to set up house in their lands for their good and your glory. 

Look, O Good Shepherd, and have compassion on our own country and the elected and appointed officials. Since it is an abomination for kings to do evil and the king’s throne is established in righteousness, may wisdom be sought more than gold and understanding rather than silver; may we, the leaders and the led, guard our ways and walk along the highway of the upright that turns away from evil. Since pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall, lead us one and all to honor humility more than ham-fisted hounding. And now we join together in the power of the Spirit to pray as he taught us, saying, Our Father…

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