Fair Game: Church service for religious freedom, 26 Jan 2003

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Prayer for Intercession
26 Jan 2003

FOCUS Luisen church service for religious freedom on January 19, 2003

Prayer for intercession

Let us ask the Lord in peace:

For the peace that comes from above and for the salvation of our souls,

For peace for the entire world and for the progress of Evangelism among the people,

For the continuation of his holy church and for the unity among the faithful;

For this His hallowed house and for all who enter it with faith and the fear of God,

For our Bishop Wolfgang Huber, for our clergy and that they rightly preach the Word of truth;

for the entire Christian community and for all who serve them in the task of direction and the work of love;

Let us pray to the Lord.

Congregation: Lord have mercy.

For our government, that God may guide it and that we may lead, under its protection calm and peaceful lives with piety and respectability;

For this district, the entire land and all the faithful who reside therein, for every state and every city;

For protection from harm of our people and their homeland

For God's blessing upon our work,

For pureness of air, bountifulness of the soil, just laws and peaceful times; that God may have mercy upon our land and show His mercy to the unemployed; that through God's mercy war may be averted with Iraq and that all who have power and responsibility may seek peace in patience and in earnest.

Let us pray to the Lord.

Congregation: Lord have mercy.

For those who are travelling and for everyone at risk to accidents,

for the poor, the aliens, the prisoners and homeless,

for the sick and dying and for their salvation;

for the widows and orphans, for the old and weak, for all the sick and suffering, may God keep, save, heal and strengthen them;

for parents and teachers and for the children, that their angels may protect them.

Let us pray to the Lord.

Congregation: Lord have mercy.

For parents and families at the effect of sects, cults and psychocults, that they not lose hope or courage, but are prepared render assistance; for former members, that they gain solid ground beneath their feet and find their way back into freedom. Let us pray to the Lord. Congregation: Lord have mercy.

For all who have been incarcerated for the sake of truth in state or private labor camps or prisons;

For all suffering persecution and duress, that they may endure their anguish as God's fatherly intention and that they are mercifully saved; in particular we bring to mind the legal proceedings and succeeding developments surrounding attorney Ken Dandar in Florida and Scientology critics Keith Henson and Gerald Armstrong; that they find friends and supporters who will be faithful to them. Let us pray to the Lord.

Congregation: Lord have mercy.

For journalists and management in the media, that they may overcome apathy, intimidation and cowardice, and once again dare to report about Scientology, about its persecution of critics and former members, and about the threat from psychocults to our freedom; that Amnesty International finds the courage to get involved with prisoners and victims of torture by private organizations; for the few courageous politicians in Europe who are attacked by cults and extreme groups but nevertheless dare to speak out against the enemies of human rights, especially for German politicians minister Beckstein, Dr. Bluem, and federal minister Schily, that they act out of love for victims and others afflicted, that they may not lose courage. Let us pray to the Lord.

Congregation: Lord have mercy.

For our enemies and for all those who hate us;

for members, adherents and functionaries of the cult, in particular

for Mirko O., who terrorized us on the autobahn on the way to this service, and for Ute E., who is responsible for the Black Propaganda against us, that they receive freedom and insight;

For every oppressed and troubled soul who needs divine help and pity,

for the downtrodden and desperate, for the confused and deluded, that God may console, strengthen, enlighten and convert them; and that God may save us all from affliction, violence, danger and misery, that when our time comes near, He may grant us a tranquil end.

Let us pray to the Lord.

Congregation: Lord have mercy.

Receive, take us and save us in your mercy. For Yours alone are the honor and the glory and power, in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and forever without end.

Amen.