Posts Tagged ‘peace’
May 24, 2020
“. . . There’s a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me. From the past will come the future; what it holds a mystery, Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.” Hymn of Promise, v. 2, Natalie Sleeth, 1986.
Lord God who knows our future, strengthen our hope in the unseen. (Romans 8:24; 2 Corinthians 4:18)
Guide us through these difficult days towards life and peace. (Romans 8:6)
Help us to persevere that we might know, and share, and build on your love. (Romans 5:1-5)
Help us rise above hate and fear, disrupting factions and finding a better way. (Galations 5:19-26)
Move us forward, O Lord.
Amen
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May 9, 2020
“Open my eyes, that I might see glimpses of truth thou hast for me . . .”
Clara H. Scott, 1895; Open My Eyes That I May See, Chalice Hymnal, #586
With you Lord all things are possible (Mt. 19:26).
Please show us the possible in our broken world.
Show us the possible of a people-centered economy, the possible of rebuilding our communities, the possible of healing and caring for each other.
Show us the possible of a path to peace and the quieting of our partisan bickering. Show us the hope of a better future for all, O Lord.
Show us your ways, teach us your paths; guide us in your truth and teach us (Ps. 25:4-5).
Walk beside us through these difficult days.
Amen
Tags:community, country, healing, hope, peace, politics, Prayer, USA
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April 26, 2020
“Christ is risen! Raise your spirits, from the caverns of despair. Walk with gladness in the morning. See what love can do and dare.”
Brian Wren, 1986. Christ Is Risen! Shout Hosanna! Chalice Hymnal, #222.
Lord support and guide us as we work to heal the sick, comfort the grieving, shelter the homeless, feed the hungry, reach out to the lonely, and support the unemployed. Help us to think beyond our fears, find joy in those around us, and work for a more peaceful and prosperous world for all. Help us embrace and share the hope that flows from your love, O Lord. Amen
Tags:care, comfor, country, hope, love, peace, politics, Prayer, USA
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March 29, 2020
“God of light, eternal and bright shining, do not allow the noises and shadows of this fleeting world confuse us.” – Clare of Assisi (1194-1253)
Lord, as our routines are disrupted, our diversions disappear, and our futures grow increasingly uncertain, guide us through our fear, anger, and confusion.
Help us to trust in you.
As we sort through our media feeds, listen to the talking heads, and receive conflicting advice, focus us on what is true and hopeful and kind.
Give us a discerning spirit, O Lord.
As we seek to stay connected in community, help us find peace and comfort in what we can do and share, knowing that you walk closely with us in all things.
Help us to persevere, O Lord.
Amen
Tags:community, coronavirus, hope, peace, politics, Prayer, trust
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January 25, 2020
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.” Matthew 5:9
Lord, please cure our warring madness, bend our lives to your control.*
Help us to witness to the dignity of others and to your faith and justice and mercy.
Give us the compassion and knowledge to share our blessings and alleviate the sufferings of others.
Help us to avoid the lies that you hate, and pursue the truth and love that lead to peace. (Zechariah 8:16-17)
Give us the courage to see our world as it is and to challenge its systems and shortcomings.
Show us your ways, teach us your paths. (Ps. 25:4-5)
For you are a God of love and not disorder, of peace and not of chaos. (1 Corinthians 14:33)
We need your help O Lord.
Amen
*Chalice Hymnal, Chalice Press, 1998, # 464 God of Grace and God of Glory, v.3, Harry Emerson Fosdick.
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January 19, 2020
“If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.” 1 John 4:19-21
Guide us O Lord into the paths of your peace. (Lk 1:79; Eph. 6:15)
Help us to pursue peace in our thoughts and in all of our interactions with others. (Ps. 34:14)
Help us to resist the dangerous sport of dismissing, denying, deflecting, or deriding those with whose views we disagree.
Help us to be quick to listen and slow to become angry. (James 1:19-20)
Fill us O Lord with the love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control that unite and heal. (Galatians 5: 22-26)
Help us O Lord, to love and care for one another that we might live in peace.
Amen
Tags:dialogue, listening, peace, politics, Prayer, United States
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January 12, 2020
“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” Romans 12:18
“Whoever would love life, . . . he must seek peace and pursue it.” 1 Peter 3:10-11
“Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you. . . ” Romans 15:7
“Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.” James 3:18
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. . . ” Colossians 3:15
Help us O Lord to value your peace and to pursue it, in our hearts and in our world. Guide us O Lord.
Amen
Tags:faith, partisanship, peace, politics, United States
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January 4, 2020
They will neither harm or destroy on all my holy mountain for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord . . . Isaiah 11:9
Keep before us a vision of your peace O Lord.
Save us from violence, discord, and confusion;
from fear, intolerance, and terror;
from factions, tribalism, and hyper-partisanship;
from lies, deceit, and mendacity;
from pride and arrogance and every evil way.
Help us pursue your peace O Lord.
Tags:fear, lies, partisanship, peace, politics, pride, United States, violence
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December 15, 2019
O Lord, help us to see those around us,
their struggles,
their hopes,
their joys,
their depth,
their humanity.
And as we see, fill us with love of your creation in all its beauty and complexity.
Help us O Lord to see what we might be:
One country, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Guide us there O Lord.
Amen
Tags:christianity, community, country, faith, humanity, love, peace, politics, Prayer, religion, seeing, USA
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November 24, 2019
United we stand, divided we fall.
Remind us O Lord.
Help us to see things as they are, and not simply as we might want them to be. Do not let us be misled by hate or fear or greed or pride or simple denial.
Give us a spirit of wisdom that we might listen well.
Guide us O Lord, in your ways of justice and mercy.
Help us find peace O Lord.
Amen
Tags:listening, peace, politics, Prayer, USA, wisdom
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