PRAYERS AND INTERCESSIONS.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume 26, Issue 5, 1 May 1936, Page 9

PRAYERS AND INTERCESSIONS.

O Lord, we beseech Thee, open the eyes of the Leaders of our own and other nations that they may know Thy Will; guide and strengthen them to fulfil it- That delivered from the evils of Sivar, and united m true fellowship with one another, we may find m Thy service our perfect freedom. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Social Workers. O Lord, grant to Thy Workers wisdom to deal with the perplexities of a new order; courage to face the strife and darkness of the present; foresight to gain a vision of the glorious brotherhood of work. Save those who have from greediness m keeping; save those who lack from greediness m gaining; and help both to spend generously and wisely. Comfort them m hours of discouragement, helping them to feel near to Him Who, like them, came to minister, and Who, like them, was often wounded m the house of His friends; and crown their labours with such success as is according to Thy Will. For Jesus' sake. Amen. For the Rogation Days. Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, to Thy faithful people the spirit of prayer, that our wills being conformed to Thy most holy Will, we may ever seek from Thee those things which Thou desirest to bestow, and so may receive our petitions to our joy and to Thy glory. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Almighty God, Creator and Ruler of the world, Whose is the gift of life, and Who dost order all things m heaven and earth by Thine infinite wisdom; we humbly pray Thee to bless the labours of Thy servants, and to grant that all things may so work together m Thy kingdom of nature that we may receive the fruits of the earth m due season. Give us grace that we may ever recognise Thine Hand m the mercies we receive and praise Thee with grateful hearts for Thy bounty. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Ascension Day. O Lord Jesu Christ, Who after Thy Resurrection from the dead didst gloriously ascend into heaven, grant

us the aid Of Thy loving kindness, that, according to Thy promise, Thou mayest ever dwell with us on earth, and we with Thee m heaven, where with the Father and the Holy Ghost, Thou livest and reignest, One God for ever and ever. Amen. For Whitsuntide. Almighty God, Who, as at this time, ; didst send down upon Thy waiting people the Holy Ghost, the Comforter; mercifully bestow upon us the richness of His manifold gifts, and grant that being taught by Him we may be sanctified for Thy perfect service, now and for evermore. Amen. Fray for the Runion of Christendom. O God, grant us faith that Thy purpose can be realised. Grant us such persistent prayer as may help to its accomplishment. Grant the supply of whatever is wanting, and the correction of whatever is amiss, m any part of Christendom. By the working of the Holy Spirit may prejudice be broken down, ignorance be enlightened, and external obstacles removed. Enable us so to humble ourselves before Thee and open our minds to the teaching of Thy Spirit that those things may be done which shall unite, m one body Thy faithful people. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.