Scripture Prayer

Ephesians 6: 14-17

So then, take you stand! Fasten truth around your waist like a belt. Put on God’s approval as your breastplate. Put on your shoes so that you are ready to spread the Good News that gives peace. In addition to all these, take the Christian faith as your shield. With it you can put out all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Also take salvation as your helmet and the word of God as the sword that the Spirit supplies.

Lord, we continue to lift up Fr. Shaw and Mother Julie and Lydia Mudge to You. We know Lord that they are faithful to You. Help them, Lord, to always have your truth as a belt around their waists and your approval for everything that they do. May they always be ready to spread your Good News that gives peace. Show them more opportunities to spread this Good News to all that they encounter throughout the day. Protect them from the evil one as their faith persists and their hope of salvation, the precious gift of Jesus, propels them every day. Bathe them in the Holy Spirit as they read your word, live your word, and spread your word to all the people of Peru.

We continue to ask that the Mudges have your guidance in solving their visa dilemma. Be with Fr. Shaw and Mother Julie as they prepare for the course on Biblical Interpretation and explore many avenues for distance learning and on-line teaching. Send them all the students that You are calling into ministry. And we again pray for the relationships and spiritual protection of missionaries and other diocesan team members in Peru, their ministries, finances, resources and priorities.

We ask all of this in the name of Jesus. Amen.