PRAYER OF THE WEEK

O GREAT AND MIGHTY GOD:

WE COME BEFORE YOUR THRONE THIS WEEK FIRST OF ALL TO SAY THANK YOU!! YOU HAVE KEPT US, YOUR HAVE SUSTAINED US AND IN SPITE OF ALL THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT AFFLICT US WE KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN MIGHTY GOOD TO US!!!!

LORD JESUS WE NEED YOU!! GAS IS GOING UP! FOOD PRICES ARE GOING UP!!! RENT, INSURANCE, CLOTHES AND ALL OF LIFE'S NECESSITIES SEEM TO BE GOING UP IN COST!!!! AND YET TIME IS GOING FASTER, MONEY SEEMS TO BE SHORTER AND OUR PATIENCE IS WEARING THIN!!!! TEACH US LORD HOW TO KEEP OUR MINDS STAYED ON YOU!!!! TEACH US TO BELIEVE THE PROMISES IN YOUR WORD MORE THAN WE BELIEVE OUR FIVE SENSES!!! TEACH US TO HOLD ONTO OUR FAITH AND BUILD IT UP, AND THEN USE IT UP AND COME BACK AND GET MORE!!!!!

LORD BLESS GOVERNMENT LEADERS, BLESS OUR PRESIDENT, OUR NEW GOVERNOR, OUR MAYOR AND ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. HELP THEM TO STOP LYING, STOP SCHEMING AND STOP MAKING DEALS WHICH BETRAY THE PUBLIC INTERESTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALREADY WEALTHY FEW!!!! HELP THEM TO KEEP THEIR ZIPPERS CLOSED, THEIR DRESSES ON AND THEIR MINDS ON THE NEEDS OF THE POOR AND THE SUFFERING!!!

LORD YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD THAT THE AUTHORITIES THAT BE ARE ORDAINED BY YOU, BUT TOO MANY POLICE SEEM TO BE OUT OF CONTROL, SOME OF THEM CAN'T EVEN OBEY A CHIEF, IF THAT CHIEF IS A BLACK MAN!!! TOO MANY  INNOCENT BOYS AND GIRLS ARE BEING CRIMINALIZED, HARASSED AND INTIMIDATED!!! LORD HELP US!!! HELP THEM CHANGE THEIR HEARTS AND GET THEM OUT OF POSITIONS THAT THEY USE TO ABUSE AND NOT TO SERVE!!!!

LORD JESUS, BY YOUR SPIRIT, HELP OUR YOUTH!!! HELP THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE TO REACH OUT TO THEM IN LOVE. SO MANY OF THEM ARE JUST LOST!! STIR YOUR PEOPLE UP!!!! LOOK DOWN ON BURMA IN LIGHT OF THAT CYCLONE! LOOK DOWN ON CHINA IN LIGHT OF THAT EARTHQUAKE! LOOK DOWN ON HAITI IN LIGHT OF THE FOOD SHORTAGE! HAVE MERCY ON WARRING AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST!! STOP BY LATIN AMERICA AND STIR UP YOUR PEOPLE TO PREACH THE TRUE GOSPEL AND STAND UP FOR JUSTICE!!! VISIT THOSE WHO SUFFER IN ASIA AND AUSTRALIA!!! SWEEP THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN!!! REMEMBER ALL THOSE WHO I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR!

THIS IS OUR PRAYER IN THE MIGHTY AND MATCHLESS NAME OF THE LORD JESUS I PRAY AMEN!!!!

REV. DR. MARK V.C. TAYLOR 

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Revised: 05/17/08.