A Prayer for the Poor and Needy--May 3, 2015

O God, you remember those in low estate,

for your steadfast love endures forever.

We ask you, Father in heaven, to give

the poor and needy good things.

Pray rescue them from their foes,

from those who devise wicked devices

to ruin the poor with lying words, even

when the plea of the needy is right,

and strengthen them in every

good work and word.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 93; 150; 136; 117

Isa. 32:1-8

2 Thess. 2:13-17

Matt. 7:7-14

Selected Verses

Ps. 93:23-24

It is [the LORD] who remembered us in our low estate,
          for his steadfast love endures forever; 

and rescued us from our foes,
          for his steadfast love endures forever…

Isa. 32:7

The villainies of villains are evil;
          they devise wicked devices
to ruin the poor with lying words,
          even when the plea of the needy is right. 

2 Thess. 2:16-17

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word.

Matt. 7:11

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!