Gracious heavenly Father, You have promised us in Your Word that if we
call upon You in the day of trouble You will deliver us so that we might
glorify You. Hear us now as we call upon
You in prayer:
We ask Your blessing upon the mission of the Church throughout the
world. Help Your people to declare Your
glory among the nations. Watch over our
missionaries and their families and empower their work with Your Spirit. Especially do we pray that You would help us
here in San Angelo bear faithful witness to You as we have opportunity.
We offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving for the years of marriage
that You have granted to Erwin and Carolyn as they celebrate their
anniversary. Continue to bless them in
body and soul all their days. We also
give You thanks and praise for the rain that You have sent upon this dry land
and pray that You would continue to bless the work of farmers and ranchers. We also thank You for the good test results
that You have given to Virginia.
When we experience hard times and difficulties and struggles help us to
understand and believe that we are undergoing Your fatherly discipline that You
give to those who are blessed to be Your children. Cause this discipline to produce in us a harvest
of righteousness and peace. According to
Your wise fatherly will grant healing to those who are ill, especially Ann,
Barbara, Sue, and Kay. Comfort those who
mourn, especially Lena’s family. Watch
over and protect expectant mothers and their children even as You comfort those
families who have suffered miscarriages.
Strengthen us by Your Spirit so that we can fight against sin and walk
in Your ways and strive for peace and live lives that are holy in Your
sight. When the root of bitterness
springs up and causes trouble in our marriages and families and congregation
bring us to repentance and make us ready to forgive from the heart.
Heavenly Father, we confess and believe and trust that Your Son Jesus
Christ is the Mediator of a new covenant of forgiveness and peace in his shed
blood on the cross. We give You thanks
for his body and blood on the altar this morning that speaks a better word than
the blood of Abel, assuring us that we are right in Your sight.
Remind us that we have before us today a day of grace and salvation by
which we can enter into eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ and help us
to hear and heed Your warning that this day will not last forever so that we do
not cast Your grace underfoot.
Whatever else You see that we need; whatever serves our neighbor and brings
glory to You; whatever extends Your kingdom and works for our final salvation,
grant to us dear Father in heaven for we ask it in the name of Jesus
Christ. Amen.
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