a prayer for rain

Father, you know all things and you know that our region, our state and our city is facing a serious drought. Without rain our supply of drinking water is dangerously low; our crops, plants, flowers and trees are slowly dying; and there is a constant threat of fires.

If we have brought this drought upon ourselves because of sin we humbly ask for your forgiveness.  We repent in sackcloth and ashes and hereby make a commitment to be faithful to you, the King of Kings, to you, the Lord of Lords. May the gracious and forgiving God of all things cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 Kings 8:35-36).

In the powerful and wonderful name of Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith…

• We ask that you, in your mercy, open the storehouse of your bounty and send us much-needed rain (Deut 28:12).
• We ask that you, in your mercy, bestow rain on the earth and send water upon the countryside (Job 5:10).
• We ask that you, in your mercy, say to the rain, “Be a mighty downpour” (Job 37:6).
• We ask that you, in your mercy, cut a channel for the torrents of rain and a path for the thunderstorm (Job 38:25).
• We ask that you, in your mercy, send rain from heaven so that it will water the earth and the land bud and flourish (Isaiah 55:10).
• We ask that you, in your mercy, give us abundant showers to refresh us (Ps 68:8).

Amen and amen. Let it be.