Parliament
We bring
before You Father God the members of our Parliament and hand them over to You.
Abba,
Father, my Father, our Father. Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Father of all,
Prototype and perfection of all fatherhood. Father, dear Father.
Our
Father
Father in
heaven, the sphere of the spiritual and eternal, of perfection, holiness, blessing and love, not far removed, but
omnipresent, perceptible to the eyes of faith, tangible to the action of faith.
Our Father in heaven.
May all
MP’s know You more deeply, more intimately, more truly, know You as seen in Jesus
Christ, both in His incarnate life and in his incarnation within ourselves. May
they reverence and love You, may all do so.
Hallowed be your name
May the
members of Parliament love You with all their hearts, with all their minds,
with all their will and in the depths of their being. May no lesser loyalties
rule over them. May Your rule deepen in them and extend over the world in which
they live.
Your Kingdom come.
May your
righteous, loving, holy,
effective will be done in each MP
and in the world, by us and by growing numbers of people -the loveliest, most
perfect, passing all understanding and all desire.
Your will be done.
On earth
as in the spiritual sphere, by us as by the angels and saints, here and now,
approximating more closely to the perfection with which your unique Son Jesus
obeyed and effected it.
On earth as in heaven.
Hasten
the time when all people shall have sufficient food and all that is necessary
for abundant living. Give each MP their spiritual food for today, for its duties,
its difficulties, its opportunities, and adventures.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive the
selfishness of the members of Parliament, their immaturity, their failing in
love, their timidities and lack of faith, their falling short of all that they
can become by your grace. Heal all the diseases
of their souls, make up all their deficiencies.
Forgive us our sins.
May MP’s
learn that only they remain within the circle of your forgiveness, if they too
forgive anyone who has harmed them. Save them from being self-righteous,
censorious, judgemental. Make them understanding and compassionate towards all
who sin.
As we forgive those who sin against us.
Don't let
any member of Parliament fall into temptation through weakness, self-will, pride, the memory of past falls, the
persuasion of others, or the prevailing assumptions of the world around them.
Lead us not into temptation.
Alert each
MP to evil, don’t let it get any entry into their mind, imagination, or will.
Protect them,
save them, from evil without or within. Sanctify them, fill them with love.
But deliver us from evil.
For all
belongs to You. You have made all, You love all, You will to save all and to
bring all men into Your Kingdom of righteousness and love. And it is only
through Your faithful love that we continue to live, only through Your power
that we are strong, only through Your grace that we grow in maturity and holiness.
So the glory is Yours, for all that is and all that can become.
Glory be
to You, Creator, Saviour, Lord, Our Father for ever and ever.
For the Kingdom, the power and the glory are Yours
now and forever. Amen
[Lords Prayer (edited) from Praying with the Bible by George Appleton]
Premier Radio Daily Prayer
God of Love, keep us from hating those we disagree with.
Give us the humility to seek to understand and to love those with opposing
views. Amen
Please pray and share with your
intercessors, Bible Study Groups, Prayer Groups, Church Prayers, Men &
Women’s Groups. Thank you.
Las & Arlene Ratnayake
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