In Times of Trouble - Psalm 9,10

Father and King

You are on the throne of judgement

Justice, righteousness and uprightness belong to you.

You have not forgotten the oppressed.

You have heard the cry of the afflicted.

Arise o Lord and judge

Do not stand far off.

Do not hide.

Wickedness prevails.

Evil prospers.

Oppression, mischief and iniquity,

And the poor and helpless are crushed.

Arise o Lord. Do not forget.

See, help and call them to account.

You are king forever and you will do justice.

Amen

How to make a success of your life - 2 Tim 3:10-17

Father, may the lives of faithful leaders resound in our hearts

As we see their faith, patience, love, steadfastness, persecutions and chosen sufferings,

May the word of their lives send us in the direction of their faith.

May we continue in the Scriptures firmly believing their testimony to them,

As the Scriptures make us wise for salvation

And equip us for holy, good lives.

May we believe your word at this point

And put ourselves under it.

As it soaks into us,

Make us eternally successful for your glory alone.

Been hurt by the church? 2 Tim 3:1-9

Father,

As we experience the worship of self,

The love of money, pride, arrogance and abuse;

Disobedience reigns,

Ungrateful, unholy, unloving, uncontrolled and slanderous;

People are brutal, treacherous, reckless, conceited and pleasure loving

We easily become uncertain and afraid.

And we easily become like them…

Teach us to avoid such people, not to admire them but instead to seek truth and commit to the outcomes of truth in our lives;

As truth makes us more holy like Christ

Amen