Last night, members and pastors from several DC churches gathered to pray together. Restoration Church was among those present.

The specific focus was on praying for Foster Care and Adoption in DC, and Restoration Church was asked to pray for the unity of churches in DC. Below is the prayer offered:

Graciously heavenly Father, we come to you boldly and confidently knowing that because there’s a bloody cross and empty tomb on earth, Jesus occupies the throne in heaven. We come to you as your sons and daughters, united to your eternal Son, Jesus Christ, through the power and fellowship of the Holy Spirit as he births faith and repentance in our hearts.

We come praising your name for the sake of your glory. Above all else, we plead with you to hallow your name. “Our Father in hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.”

We praise you, our Triune God, united in all your eternal perfection. You have given us the unifying message of the gospel. We cry out with the Psalmist, “Behold how good and pleasant it is when brothers and sisters dwell in unity!”

By the power of your Spirit and for the glory of your name, unite churches in DC together that we might encourage one another to proclaim and exalt and delight in the supremacy and sufficiency of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

May our churches unite to be a bright light as we faithfully hold to the truth of the gospel, and labor alongside each other to help others in our city taste and see that you are good, that you and you alone satisfy the longing soul and the hungry soul you fill with good things.

By your same grace that saves us, cause our churches to stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel.

And as this good news echoes from our churches throughout our city, remind the orphans, that you are a Father to the fatherless. Bring hope; bring caretakers; bring adoptive parents; bring the gospel that the fatherless in this city might know you as their heavenly Father, even if they don’t know their biological father.

Cause us to be so captivated by your grace and love that we stand united and lavish that same love on those around us. Ignite a passion in us to care not just for the orphan and the widow, but for all those marginalized by society; for all those physically and spiritually broken.

We ask all of this in the unifying power of the Spirit and majestic name of Jesus Christ, Amen.