Wednesday, July 13, 2011

PRAYERS & THANKSGIVINGS

     [This and the posts of Morning and Evening Prayer and the Mid-day Prayers were originally posted in a much different and abreviated form as a single post under the title "Shiloh Prayer Requests".   Shiloh was the place where the tabernacle was set up for the first time in conquered Canaan, and where Hannah prayed for a son.  That was my namesake, Samuel, who was brought back to Shiloh as a young boy to serve God.
     I thought it convenient for my own use to put together an editable, copy-paste friendly form of these prayers.  I also thought others might find them useful, much of what I have so far found on line being difficult to follow for anyone not familiar with them.  These posts are a work in progress.]

     "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. "  2 Chronicles 7:14
     "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee."   Psalm 122:6
     "Pray without ceasing.  In every thing give thanks."   I Thessalonians 5:17-18
     "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed . The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."  James 5:17


                                     BEFORE MEALS

LEADER:         The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord;
RESPONSE:     And thou givest them their meat in due season.
                                                                                                     PSALM 145:15

 
LEADER:         Thou openest thine hand;
RESPONSE:     And fillest all things living with pleantiousness.
                                                                                                     PSALM 145:16

LEADER:         Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost:
RESPONSE:     As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.  Amen.

LEADER:         Bless O Lord this food to our use and us to Thy service.
                    Give us grateful hearts for all Thy mercies bestowed upon us,
                    And keep us ever mindful of the needs of others.
                    Through Christ our Lord.

ALL:              Amen.

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           OCCASIONAL PRAYERS


Sunday Morning.

        O God, Who makest us glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection of Thy Son our Lord ; vouchsafe us this day such a blessing through Thy worship, that days which follow it may be spent in Thy favour ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.     Amen.


Sunday Evening.

        O Lord, Who, by trampling over the powers of darkness, didst prepare our place in the new Jerusalem, grant us, who have this day given thanks for Thy resurrection, to praise Thee in that city whereof Thou art the Light ; Were, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, Thou livest and reignest, one God, world without end.  Amen.

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                                            General Requests

    For the President of these United States, and for the Governor of this State, and for all who are in authority; for Congress, and for the Legislature; for our City and County governments; for the Supreme Court, and all our courts and judges; and for all who are in public service.

     For pastors, and for all who minister in the churches and among the people;  for teachers, and for all schools, colleges, and universities.

     For all who travel by land, sea, or air;  for all prisoners and captives;  for all who are in sickness or in sorrow;  for all who have fallen into sin;  and for all who, through temptation, ignorance, helplessness, grief, trouble, dread, or the near approach of death, especially are in need of prayer.

                                    Praises and Thanksgivings

     For rain and sunshine; for seed-time and harvest, for the increase of the ground and all the fruits thereof; for the products of all honest industry; and for all good gifts and graces, temporal and spiritual, to us and to all people.


MORE TO COME.

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