A Prayer of Blessing

“When the Israelites cried out to the Lord because of Midian, he sent them a prophet, who said, 'This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors; I drove them out before you and gave you their land. I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”

Judges 6: 7-10

Dear Father,

When we cry out to you on behalf of the oppressed and physically afflicted; on behalf of the burdened and abused we can hear your Word repeated throughout Scripture that reminds us:

You are the God of Israel who—

Brought up

Rescued

Delivered

Drove out

And gave.

You are the LORD and you are Ours.

Fill us with courage to reject the gods of those in whose land we live—

Grant us wisdom to remember every thing you have done.

Give us ears to hear 

Hearts to accept

and mouths to proclaim

You.

The One True and Living God.

A Lord who acts on behalf of His people.

From my perch on this side of a parted Red Sea;

Hugging a raised Lazarus with my own arms;

Let me proclaim into any wilderness before me—

Our God Saves!

He has done it.

And He will do it again.

Come, Lord Jesus, 
Into every hurting place
Bring your hope
And come.