Praying for Montgomery

This is a prayer that was written by my friend who was a LONG TIME missionary in cities. He is a poet and continues in his retirement to lift cities up to the Lord! Let us all pray this prayer together for our city this week!

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O, God, who is in the midst of the city,
hear us as we pray for our city,
The City Of Montgomery.
You hold us accountable if justice is denied
even to one of us,
including the stranger within our gates.

You delight in us when faith, hope, and love
describe the way we live.

Have mercy on us when
our unfaithfulness breaks our covenants,
our hopelessness threatens our future,
and our lovelessness undermines
our most precious relationships.

Thank you, God, Source of forgiveness,
who enables us to begin again,
by God's grace.

We pray for the peace of the city,
and forthe courage to do the deeds
that make for peace.
Help us be good neighbors
to our neighbors.
Give us the purpose
to follow Jesus,
who is Building Bridges
between one and another, and
between us and God.
Amen.

And let all the people say, Amen.

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We changed the city to MONTGOMERY....it is an appropriate prayer for us.
Written by DeLane M. Ryals on October 7, 2006Read on Sunday, October 31, 2010, in morning worship at First Baptist Church, Nashville, TN