100 days of Prayer
Day 97
Simon son of John, do you love me?
John 21:15-19
(NIV))
NOT STRANGERS BUT CITIZENS
Retribution
or reconciliation? When Peter met Jesus on the lakeshore after the resurrection
what was he expecting? Possibly not the question, ‘Do you love me?’ If
Christians are to love their enemies then they need to ask them the same
question that Jesus asked Peter. Christians need to remember that slogans such
as ‘squeeze the German lemon until the pips squeak,’ which followed the
Armistice in 1918, helped to lead to a flawed peace treaty that contributed to
another and even more terrible war only 20 years later. The military can win a
war, but society can lose the peace. Christians need the help of Holy Spirit to
discover what the peace of Christ is in any given post-war situation. They also
need it to make sense of what it is to love one’s former enemies.
PRAYER
O God,
may the times that we have to take up arms in defence of what we believe to be
right never blind us to the continuing need to search for a better peace, that
all may live in peace promised us by Jesus our Lord. Amen [Rev Dr Peter Howson
is a Methodist Minister who served for 25 years as an army chaplain]
Sorry the prayers are late. We have been away from home.
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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