Daily Prayer for the Lord's Day, May 22, 2022
Prayer: Grant almighty God, though we are creatures of dust, that you would help and sustain us, your redeemed people for the sake of our souls and your zeal to glorify your only begotten Son. We confess our weakness and mourn the struggle we have with indwelling sin. Thank you for having promised never to leave us or forsake us. Though we witness many who abandon us, we are thankful that you will never do so. You are patient and kind and continue to work to conform us into the image of your Son. Though we are aliens and strangers in this world, our hope is not in this life but in the life to come as promised by your unchanging and inspired Word. Therefore, we pray for your people who may be hurting today. We pray for your sustaining grace as they endure attacks of every kind. We ask that you would uphold them in this wicked and adulterous generation. We ask for more of your Spirit working in the lives of your people with an ever-increasing measure of grace given day unto day.
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Q. 107. What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?
A. The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen,” teacheth us to take our encouragement in prayer from God only, and in our prayers to praise him, ascribing kingdom, power, and glory to him; and in testimony of our desire and assurance to be heard, we say, Amen.
Matt. 6:13; Dan. 9:4-9, 16-19; 1 Chr 29:10-13; 1 Cor. 14:16; Rev. 22:20-21.
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Q. 106. What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
A. In the sixth petition, which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,” we pray, that God would either keep us from being tempted to sin, or support and deliver us when we are tempted.
Matt. 6:12; Matt. 26:41; 2 Cor. 12:7-8.
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Q. 105. What do we pray for in the fifth petition?
A. In the fifth petition, which is, And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors,” we pray, that God, for Christ’s sake, would freely pardon all our sins; which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by his grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others.
Matt. 6:12; Ps. 51:1-2, 7, 9; Dan. 9:17-19; Luke 11:4; Matt. 18:35.
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Q. 104. What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
A. In the fourth petition, which is, Give us this day our daily bread,” we pray, that of God’s free gift we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life, and enjoy his blessing with them.
Matt. 6:11; Prov. 30:8-9; Gen. 28:20; 1 Tim. 4:4-5.
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Q. 103. What do we pray for in the third petition?
A. In the third petition, which is, Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven,” we pray, that God, by his grace, would make us able and willing to know, obey, and submit to his will in all things, as the angels do in heaven.
Matt. 6:10; Ps. 67; Ps. 119:36; Matt. 26:39; 2 Sam. 15:25; Job. 1:21; Ps. 103:20-21.
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Worship Preparation Guide for April 24, 2022
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April 24, 2022 | 2 PM
Call to Worship: Isaiah 6:1-3
Confession of Faith: The Apostles’ Creed
Hymns and Psalter Selections:
#230 Holy, Holy, Holy!
#452 Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
#204 A Parting Hymn We Sing
Sermon: James 5:1-6 (Woe to the Rich!)
Series: Practical Wisdom in a Godless World
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Q. 102. What do we pray for in the second petition?
A. In the second petition, which is, Thy kingdom come,” we pray, that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed; and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced, ourselves and others brought into it, and kept in it; and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.
Matt. 6:10; Ps. 68:1, 18; Rev. 12:10-11; 2 Thess. 3:1; Rom. 10:1; John 17:9,20; Rev. 22:20.
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Q. 101. What do we pray for in the first petition?
A. In the first petition, which is, Hallowed be thy name,” we pray, that God would enable us, and others, to glorify him in all that whereby he maketh himself known, and that he would dispose all things to his own glory.
Matt. 6:9; Ps. 67:2-3; Ps. 83.
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Q. 100. What doth the preface of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?
A. The preface of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, Our Father which art in heaven,” teacheth us to draw near to God with all holy reverence and confidence, as children to a father, able and ready to help us; and that we should pray with and for others.
Matt. 6:9; Rom. 8:15; Luke 11:13; Acts 12:5; 1 Tim. 2:1-2.
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Q. 99. What rule hath God given for our direction in prayer?
A. The whole Word of God is of use to direct us in prayer, but the special rule of direction is that form of prayer which Christ taught his disciples, commonly called, The Lord’s Prayer.
1 John 5:14; Matt. 6:9-13 with Luke 11:2-4.
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Q. 98. What is prayer?
A. Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies.
Ps. 62:8; 1 John 5:14; John 16:23; Ps. 32:5-6; Dan. 9:4; Phil. 4:6.
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