Intercession: The Harvest Season

The Harvest Season

O God, our Father, while we pray for the whole Church, we would not forget any one of Thy saints. There is not a lamb among Thy flock we would disdain to feed. Bless the tired ones! There are those that have dear ones very sick and ill: the Lord comfort and sustain them under great trouble of seeing others suffer. Remember any that are in temporal difficulties, and those who are themselves ill. But especially help those who are depressed in spirit. There are among Thine own people plants that grow in the shade. Remember the man of a sorrowful spirit, and the woman of a sad heart. Lift up the light of Thy countenance upon Thy people and let them be no more sad. Send, we pray Thee, seasonable weather for the ingathering of the fruits of the earth; but above all send a time of ingathering to Thy Church. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done. Fulfil that promise of the Father which Thou hast made to Thy Son—"They shall call them a people which was not a people, and a beloved which was not a beloved. Nations which knew not Thee shall run unto Thee." Oh draw them to-day; save them to-day. May this Midsummer Sunday be a day in which many fruits shall ripen for Christ. Lord save the people; save the whole of this people. We ask it in the name, the mighty Sovereign name, of Jesus. Amen.