Albany Intercessor

"Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve him in sincerity and in truth, (Joshua 24:14a)
      Holy Spirit, please help us serve God in sincerity and truth.

and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD! (Joshua 24:14b)
      Jesus, help us repent of all our idolatries and the way we have served the gods of our surrounding culture.

And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, (Joshua 24:15a)
      Father, please open the eyes and hearts of those who see serving you and obeying your word as evil.

choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, (Joshua 24:15b)
      Holy Spirit, help the Episcopal Church make a conscious, explicit choice about whom it will serve. Protect and guide those who make the choice to serve the LORD.

whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. (Joshua 24:15c)
      Father, help the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion recognize the real choice that is before them.

But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." (Joshua 24:15d)
      Jesus, I make the choice to serve you and obey your words of truth.

So the people answered and said: "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods;" (Joshua 24:16)
      Have mercy on us, LORD, for the Episcopal Church has forsaken you and is now proclaiming another gospel. Bring the leaders and teachers and people of the Episcopal Church to repentance and new life in you.



Monday: 64, 65; Joshua 24:16-33; Romans 16:1-16; Matthew 27:24-31
Tuesday: 68:1-20(21-23)24-36; Judges 2:1-5,11-23; Romans 16:17-27; Matthew 27:32-44

Albany Intercessor