100 days of Prayer
Day 54
Set
free those who are crushed. Break every evil chain. Isaiah 58:6-7 (NIRV)
PEACE AND JUSTICE
Peace
is not the absence of war. True peace involves seeing ‘the other’ through the
eyes of God as someone loved and cherished, even worth dying for. By standing
alongside people who are oppressed, meeting their need for clean water to
drink, nourishing food to eat and shelter to protect them from freezing cold or
scorching heat, we are offering hope in what appears to be a hopeless
situation. By offering friendship, we are continuing the work that Jesus began.
Spending money on making or buying weapons that kill and maim and poison our environment
does not contribute to peace or justice, but causes even more deprivation and
suffering.
PRAYER
Loving
and generous God, we thank you for all your goodness to us. Strengthen our
resolve to listen to you, to discern how you can best use us to share in your
work of answering the prayers of those who long for justice, peace and
reconciliation. Amen
[Enid
Gordon is a Methodist Minister]
Please pray and share with
your intercessors, Bible Study Groups, Prayer Groups, Church Prayers, Men &
Women’s Groups. Thank you.
Las & Arlene Ratnayake
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