PRAYERS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT --- PART 6

Almighty YAHVEH, Father of all mercies, we, Your unworthy servants, give You humble and heartfelt thanks for all Your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all people. We bless You for our creation, preservation and all the blessings of this life, but above all for Your limitless love in the redemption of the world by our Adonai Yeshua HaMashiach; for the means of grace and for the hope of glory. And, we humbly request, give us a sense of all Your mercies, that our heart may be openly thankful, and that we may show forth Your praise, not only with our lips but in our life, by giving up ourselves to Your service and by walking before You in Holiness and righteousness all our days, through Yeshua HaMashiach our Saviour, to whom with You and Ruach HaKodesh be all honour and glory, world without end. (1 Chronicles 17).

Adonai Elohim, grant us grace to desire You with our whole heart, that so desiring, we may seek and find You; and so finding You, we may love You; and loving You, we may hate those sins from which You have redeemed us, for the sake of Maran Rabbeinu Yeshua HaMashiach. (2 Chronicles 1).

Grant unto us, Almighty YAHVEH, the peace of Elohim that passes all understanding that we, amid the storms and troubles of this life, may rest in You, knowing that all things are within You. We are not only beneath Your eye but under Your care, governed by Your will and guarded by Your love. With a quiet heart may we see the storms of life, the cloud and the thick darkness, ever rejoicing to know that the darkness and the light are both alike to You. Guide, guard and govern us to the end, that none of us may fail to gain immortal life; through Yeshua HaMashiach our Saviour. (2 Chronicles 14).

O gracious Father, who opens Your hand and fills all things living with plenteousness: Bless the lands and waters and multiply the harvests of the world; let Your Spirit go forth, that it may renew the face of the earth; show Your loving-kindness, that our land may give increase; and save us from selfish use of what You give, that men and women everywhere may give you thanks; through HaMashiach our Adonai. (2 Chronicles 31).

Let us give thanks to HaMashiach and offer Him continual praise, for He sanctifies us and calls us His brothers and sisters. Adonai, help us to grow in holiness. With single-minded devotion we dedicate this day to the honour of Your resurrection; may we make the whole of this day pleasing to You by our works of Holiness. As a sign of Your love, You renew each day for the sake of our well-being and happiness; renew us daily for the sake of Your glory. Teach us today to recognize Your presence in all men, especially in the poor and in those who mourn. Grant that we may live today in peace with all men, never rendering evil for evil. (Ezra 1).

Grant us grace to come near You with faith unshaken and full of hope to confess our trespasses and despise them. Let Your Spirit reprove us for our sins. Enlighten our hearts that we may see how greatly did we err, misbehave, and forsake the way. Grant us determination to forsake evil that we may be established in Your commandments and live to glorify Your holy Name. (Ezra 10)

Our weakness Adonai, gives You continual opportunity for displaying Your strength. And opposition to Your church gives You continual opportunity for displaying your power. Thus, at times of persecution, when we feel weak in the face of our enemies, sustain our heart with your strength, and defeat Your enemies by Your mighty power. And may the blood that Your faithful people shed today become the soil in which Your church grows and flourishes in the future. (Nehemiah 4).

Almighty YAHVEH, Father of our Maran Rabbeinu Yeshua HaMashiach grant we pray, that we might be grounded and settled in Your truth by the coming of Your Ruach Kodesh in our hearts. What we do not know, reveal to us; What is lacking within us, make complete; That which we do not know, confirm in us; And keep us blameless in Your service, Through Yeshua HaMashiach our Adonai. (Nehemiah 13).

Almighty YAHVEH, King of kings, who has called us into a Kingdom not of this world: Send forth Your Spirit, we pray, into the dark dwelling places of guilt and woe. Reach the heart of every oppression, and make arrogance silent before Your presence. Still the noise of our strife. Put to shame the false idols of every heart. Bring faith to the doubting, hope to those who fear, strength to the powerless, and comfort to all who mourn. O Adonai, bestow Your Word on faithful witnesses, so that Your Kingdom may come quickly. May Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven; through HaMashiach our Adonai. (Esther 4).