Good Wednesday morning, my friends.
Considering the state of the world today, and particularly in the Middle East and Northern Africa, I thought this prayer appropriate. This prayer has us step outside of ourselves and our own circumstances to ask God to help those who are thousands of miles away. Let us with one voice lift them up.
Grace and peace be yours (and theirs) in abundance,
Bruce
Most gracious God, look upon the world you have made with the same love from which you formed it.Stamp upon every heart the knowledge that all human beings in every place are made in your image, and that we can never renounce our membership in the human family.Present and preserve peaceful means of resolviong the strife of nations, and give to all leaders the courage and grace to lead toward a good greater than their own immediate interests.Bless those who do not plan wars, but must wage them, and bless those caught in their crossfire.These things, we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, who lives with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, maker and lover of the world.
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