Posts Tagged ‘peace’
March 28, 2021
Today’s prayer is adapted from Ps. 5:4-12; See also Luke 19:41-44
Forgive us Lord when we fail to see the path to peace and follow those who lead with false promises.
Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their hearts are filled with destruction.
And we follow at our peril for you are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell.
The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong.
You destroy all who tell lies.
Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, because they falsely claim your name.
Shield us Lord, and retrieve those who have gone astray. Lead us in your better way that we may avoid the fate of Jerusalem.
Amen
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March 14, 2021
O Lord, save us from
- lies told,
- ill-will carefully nurtured,
- unfounded fears and suspicion,
- unexamined anger and resentment.
Turn us around O Lord on the roads we have taken.
Encourage us in our efforts to
- assume goodwill,
- seek your truth,
- share your mercy,
- be kind to one another.
O Lord, put our feet on the path to peace and guide us forward.
Amen
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February 14, 2021
Lord, lead us to peace
- peace in our hearts;
- peace our thoughts;
- peace in our homes;
- peace in our cities;
- peace in our capitols, federal and state;
- peace in our country;
- peace in our world.
We are so tired Lord, and we have struggled with our fears and our resentments for too long.
Show us the way O Lord, lead us to peace.
Amen
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February 7, 2021
Forgive us Lord, for we have sinned.
We have allowed technology to command our focus and fracture our attention.
We have closed our hearts and isolated ourselves, retreating from our fellow citizens.
We have followed the false gods of money and power and celebrity, and so lost our way.
Free us O Lord to see our world as it is; open our eyes to its needs.
Free us O Lord from our loneliness; help us create connected, resilient communities.
Return us O Lord to the right paths; help us to ensure the safety, the tranquility, the dignity of all.
Let us heed your admonition to turn from evil and do good, to seek and pursue peace. (Ps 34:14)
Forgive us, and lead us, O Lord.
Amen
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January 31, 2021
Lord, we know you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. (Nehemiah 9:17).
Stick with us, and guide us Lord, despite our quarrelsome ways.
Give us the humility to seek out different points of view, to find the wisdom in others. (Proverbs 15:22)
Turn us from those who feed hate and fear and resentment, and towards those who are willing to come together, reason together, and find a path forward together.
Help us to be both merciful and just, ensuring the accountability necessary to protect our future.
Put us on the path of a peace founded on empathy, equality and good governance, for we know this brings both joy and prosperity.
Help us to repent, to learn from our sins, and to be better than we are.
Amen
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January 24, 2021
Thank you Lord for our democracy holding and a peaceful transfer of power.
Help us to recommit to democratic values,* repair our foundations, and rebuild.
Turn us from the sins of anger, hate, factionalism, and resentment. (Galatians 5:20)
Lead us in your paths of justice, kindness, and mercy. (2 Chronicles 7:14; Ps. 25:4-5; Galatians 22-23)
May we, in the words of our Vice President,** emerge from our trials with new wisdom, imagining new possibilities. Help us to open our hearts to one another.
May we, with your help, be so zealous and successful at pursuing your justice and peace that we, like Hezekiah and his people, find ourselves rejoicing at the speed of our progress. (2 Chronicles 29:36).
Amen
*As identified in the National Council For The Social Studies C3 Framework: honesty, mutual respect, cooperation, attention to multiple perspectives, equality, liberty, and freedom.
**Paraphrased from Vice President Kamala Harris’ remarks at the Covid-19 Memorial Service, January 19, 2021.
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December 27, 2020
Light of the world, shine in our hearts, that we might see and act with compassion.
Shine in our minds that we might love justice, and act wisely.
Dispel our fears, our anger, our resentments, our sorrows and despair.
Shine on our hands that we might reach out in love.
Shine on our feet that we might find the path of peace.
Guide us O Lord through the new year.
Amen
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December 20, 2020
The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood. John 1:5
Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged. 2 Chronicles 20:16
Lord God of light, in your word we find hope,
In your presence we find joy,
In your guidance we find peace,
In your love we find rest.
Even in the darkest times, your light is there, if we are willing to look.
Help us to see it, embrace it, and share it. (John 1:9)
Amen
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December 13, 2020
We are wandering in the wilderness Lord, and even though it is of our own making, we are lost and confused and afraid.
Help us to hear and to follow the voices of your prophets calling out, inviting us into a better way. (Is. 40:3).
Lead us through the change, the adversity, our fears and anxieties.
Let us, like Abraham, follow your love, even though we do not fully know where we are going. (Heb. 11:8)
Sustain our hope in what we cannot yet see (Heb. 11:1), and guide us towards your peace.
Amen
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September 13, 2020
Today’s prayer is adapted from Romans 12:9-21 and 14:17-19.
Teach us to love O Lord –
- to share, not hoard or waste, our resources and assets;
- to welcome the stranger;
- to hate what is evil yet cling to what is good;
- to be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer;
- to forgive even those who harm us and ever focus forward on what we might be if we loved others as you do.
Help us to find the ways that lead to peace and mutual learning.
Guide us with your Holy Spirit as we seek the justice, peace, and joy that love can bring.
Support us Lord, as we confront evil, so that we might not be overcome, but might overcome evil with good.
Amen
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