By Baptist Message staff BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) – Opening the Louisiana Senate with prayer, May 14, Ronny Cooksey, pastor with First Baptist Church, Mandeville, asked God to grant unity and wisdom to the state leaders. “Thank you for a great day,” Cooksey prayed. “What a privilege it is to be alive, and what a privilege it is for those of us who know you as our Savior. Lord, we thank you for the opportunity to call on your name today in this great room. “Lord, we pray for our Senate today,” he continued. “We pray for this great state of Louisiana, and as we think about the state motto ‘union and justice and confidence,’ Lord, we pray for union in our great state. “And even in this room today, we acknowledge what you have said that it is good and pleasant in the sight of the Lord, for brothers to dwell together in unity,” he said. “And Lord for justice, we always seek your justice, not my justice, or his justice or her justice. Help us today, Lord to seek you. “You’ve said that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding,” he noted. “And we pray for that wisdom here today. “And then for confidence,” he said. “You told us that we have this great confidence … [Read more...]