A Prayer of the Persecuted--Apr. 4, 2015

Holy God, you raised Christ from the dead;

pray let your Spirit dwell also in us,

that you may give life to our mortal bodies.

In this hope we make bold to approach your

throne of grace, so that we may receive

mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Our times are in your hand; deliver us from

the hand of enemies and persecutors;

Have pity on us; have pity on us, dear Lord.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 43; 149; 31; 143

Job 19:21-27a

Heb. 4:1-16

Rom. 8:1-11

Selected Verses

Ps. 31:15

My times are in your hand;
          deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors. 

Job 19:21

Have pity on me, have pity on me,
          O you my friends,
          for the hand of God has touched me! 

Heb. 4:16

Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Rom. 8:11

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.