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Almighty God, we cry out to you in this hour where your hand is so clearly at work in the world.
We thank you, Father, for your good and perfect work, asking that you equip your children–your church–to enter in to what you are doing.
Raise up your church, O God, to speak of your goodness, to make known your truths to the lost and the seeking. Let us be the voice of one crying in the wilderness to make the path to you level and straight. May the mountains be brought down and the valleys raised up that the path to know you is made clear to eyes that have been blinded.
Remove the veil that shrouds spiritual vision and understanding, Oh Lord. Make your ways known, and reign down an urgency for confession of sin and repentance. Break hearts that are hardened and plow up the fallow ground of souls that the people of this earth would no longer resist you.
Impart the knowledge of your salvation, and equip your church to make known your kind and tender mercies which will draw the lost to you. Grant us broken hearts and contrite spirits.
We, your church, repent of our complacency, God. We repent of our reliance on the ways of man and political systems to make things right, instead of crying out to YOU to make things right. We repent of loving politics more than loving you. We repent of our fear of man and our “let someone else do it” mindset. Set us free from this selfish mindset and equip us, Oh God, to give to those who do not have, to feed the hungry and to care for the widow and the orphan in Christ’s name. Equip each and every one of us, Jesus, to walk the second mile and to turn the other cheek. Equip us to walk in the power of truth and in the might of Your Spirit.
Let your church be that city on a hill where light and truth beckon to the souls of those in bondage to sin and who walk in darkness. May we be seasoning salt that tastes good to those whose existence has been beset by blandness. Make them hungry, Lord.
Ignite the fire, shine the light, and make us ready, Oh God. For the hordes are coming… the people are hungry and searching… Let us not fail you, Lord Jesus…. Let us raise high a banner of truth and righteousness…Let us raise high the cross of Christ that will draw people to you. We beseech you for the work of the Spirit in their hearts and minds.
We beseech you to send visions and dreams and revelations to plow up the fallow ground. Fill our pockets with seeds, Oh Lord, that we might be ready to plant, to water and to harvest lost souls for Your kingdom.
May we share in your suffering heart, Jesus, that we might enter into the burden you carry for the lost, forsaking our own interests and needs. For you, our Lord and King. Send the rain, Send the river, cover us with Your pinions. Have mercy on this lost and hurting world. Prepare the way of the Lord…Prepare this kingdom harvest. In your name we pray.
Amen
