Psalm 40, Starting with the first verse of the next Psalm,
we can see where we are going.
Psalm 41:1 Revised English Bible
Happy is anyone who has concern for the helpless !
The LORD will save him in time of trouble.
Those who pray for their own neighbourhood -- for their
own town, and for the people in their own streets,
often pray from grateful thankful hearts, having been lifted
personally from distress and oppression.
Psalm 40:1-2 Revised English Bible
1 Patiently I waited for the LORD.
He bent down to me and listened to my cry.
2 He raised me out of the miry pit, out of the mud and clay
He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm footing.
3 On my lips he put a new song, a song of praise to my God.
Our personal experience of being lifted out of ill health, debt,
homelessness, unemployment, drink, gambling, or drugs
gives us a heart for those who still bear the weight of such burdens.
We'll be praying the heart of God for our community,
praying with the heart of Christ.
On taking Jesus to raise the broken on our streets,
we can tell them not only that God loves them/us
but also that He has a great purpose for each of their/our lives.
In Spirit and Truth we identify in love with the people we are praying for.
We can pray inclusive prayer on behalf of our community, and this is how
we should pray: Matthew 6:9-13 Revised English Bible.
Our Father in heaven, may your name be hallowed;
your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us the wrong we have done,
as we have forgiven those who have wronged us,
And do not put us to the test, but save us from the evil one.
1st Samuel 2:8 Revised English Bible
He lifts the weak out of the dust
and raises the poor out of the refuse heap.
There is one church;- the body of Christ.
Members of the body of Christ are one in the Spirit
with the whole body of Christ.
In Him we live and move and have our being in the unity of the Spirit.
We need to know our own poverty and our own need.
We need to know the poverty and need of those we pray for..
May all that Jesus achieved for us on the cross of Calvary
flow unrestricted to the people in the community we pray for.
Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you.....
and pray to the Lord on it's behalf. Jeremiah 29:7 NRSV
we can see where we are going.
Psalm 41:1 Revised English Bible
Happy is anyone who has concern for the helpless !
The LORD will save him in time of trouble.
Those who pray for their own neighbourhood -- for their
own town, and for the people in their own streets,
often pray from grateful thankful hearts, having been lifted
personally from distress and oppression.
Psalm 40:1-2 Revised English Bible
1 Patiently I waited for the LORD.
He bent down to me and listened to my cry.
2 He raised me out of the miry pit, out of the mud and clay
He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm footing.
3 On my lips he put a new song, a song of praise to my God.
Our personal experience of being lifted out of ill health, debt,
homelessness, unemployment, drink, gambling, or drugs
gives us a heart for those who still bear the weight of such burdens.
We'll be praying the heart of God for our community,
praying with the heart of Christ.
On taking Jesus to raise the broken on our streets,
we can tell them not only that God loves them/us
but also that He has a great purpose for each of their/our lives.
In Spirit and Truth we identify in love with the people we are praying for.
We can pray inclusive prayer on behalf of our community, and this is how
we should pray: Matthew 6:9-13 Revised English Bible.
Our Father in heaven, may your name be hallowed;
your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us the wrong we have done,
as we have forgiven those who have wronged us,
And do not put us to the test, but save us from the evil one.
1st Samuel 2:8 Revised English Bible
He lifts the weak out of the dust
and raises the poor out of the refuse heap.
There is one church;- the body of Christ.
Members of the body of Christ are one in the Spirit
with the whole body of Christ.
In Him we live and move and have our being in the unity of the Spirit.
We need to know our own poverty and our own need.
We need to know the poverty and need of those we pray for..
May all that Jesus achieved for us on the cross of Calvary
flow unrestricted to the people in the community we pray for.
Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you.....
and pray to the Lord on it's behalf. Jeremiah 29:7 NRSV
