Gracious heavenly Father, You have promised that when we
call upon us in the day of trouble You will deliver us and so cry to You in
prayer with our whole heart:
As we experience Your faithfulness and receive the answer to
our prayers help us to observe your testimonies and keep Your statutes and in
this way show our faithful love and obedience.
We confess that You are the Judge of all the earth,
punishing the wicked and delivering the righteous. Turn the hearts of those who have perverted
Your good gifts of marriage and family and sexuality in our nation. Raise up leaders who will walk in Your ways
and renew our fellow citizens in their love for You.
We give You thanks and praise that when we were dead in
trespasses You made us alive in Christ, canceling the debt that stood against
us by nailing it to the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Baptism You buried us with Christ and
raised us to walk in him. Fill us with
Your Spirit so that Christ’s triumph over sin and death would always be our
own.
Heavenly Father, help us to be people of prayer, trusting
that we are Your children and You are our Father and we can confidently ask for
the things that we need, trusting that You will give good things to Your
children. Especially do we ask that You
would give good gifts to those who stand in any material need: healing for the sick; deliverance for the
addicted; food for the hungry; and friends for the lonely.
As we pray for Your kingdom to come bless the work of our
church so that Your gracious reign would come to many in our community. Bless the work of the civil government so
that the Gospel may flourish.
We give You thanks and praise for all of those who have
fought the good fight of faith and now rest from their labors. Especially do we remember Dick and Ella and
pray that You would keep us faithful unto death so that we may too may receive
the crown of eternal life.
Whatever else You see that we need; whatever is good for our
neighbor and gives glory to You; whatever works for our final salvation, grant
to us dear Father for we ask it in the name of Jesus who promised us that You
will give who ask. Amen.
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