Daily Prayer for Peace
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Gathering in Silence
Call to Prayer
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We greet you in the name of the Prince of Peace who calls us to
worship. Thank you for sharing the gift of presence with us. Each day in
this Temple dedicated to the pursuit of peace, we pray to God for peace
in our world. In addition, each day we pray for a different country.
Today we will hold up the people of Gambia in our prayers. Located in
Western Africa, Gambia gained its independence from the United Kingdom
in 1965. After nearly 30 years of democratic rule, Gambia's president
was ousted by a military coup in 1994, but later constitutional rule was
reestablished in January of 1997. Most people are subsistence farmers
and the main export is groundnuts (peanuts). Music is Gambia's richest
artistic tradition.
We greet you in the name of God who is the giver of all. It is the
creator of light and goodness that we worship and praise today as we
pray for peace in our world. |
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| Scripture Reading: Colossians 1:19-20 INT |
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God wanted all perfection to be found in Christ, and
all things to be reconciled to God through Christ—everything in heaven
and everything on earth—when Christ made peace by dying on the cross. |
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Prayer for Peace by Ms. Jimmie L. Radliff,
Spring, Texas |
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Almighty God of all,
Through the cleansing power
of Thy pardon and love,
we seek to serve Thee.
Help us strengthen our limbs, our wits,
our tools and temporal means
for this service.
In the face of hate and violence,
help us to be the smile of love
and the strength of meekness.
In the face of physical hunger
and helpless thirst for wisdom,
may we be tears of compassion,
providers of sustenance,
and the teachers of Thy laws.
In the face of hopelessness and apathy,
challenge us to joyful demonstration
of Kingdom living.
Through the power of the Prince of Peace, we pray. Amen. |
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Hymn - Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive -
Hymns of the Saints #108 |
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Prayers of the People
Please join us now, praying the Prayers of the People. During the
moments of silence, you are invited to pray silently or meditate. |
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Let us join in a common confession of our sins. For the arrogance of
our pride of race, of nation, and of class, by which we put down others
not of our kind and thus break the community of the human family, in
defiance of your will, we ask forgiveness. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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For the sin of our self-concern, where we seek first our own private
good, in getting and gaining, to the neglect of our neighbor's needs
near and far, we ask your forgiveness. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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We ask your watch care and blessing for the people of the Gambia.
Continue to bless their activities to foster peace in all the world we
ask. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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We also ask your blessing and help for the concerns of people gathered
here today. Hear us we pray. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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Please use this space to pray for any
current concern or event in our community, city, state, nation or world
that you feel needs to be held up to God for prayerful consideration.
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| The People Pray in Silence |
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In the name of the Prince of Peace we pray. Amen. |
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| Sending Forth |
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We conclude our service today with Meditation Music. Please feel
free to remain in this place to pray or meditate in the quiet for as
long as you may wish.
Let us hold our tongues when it would hurt another. Let us reserve
judgment when our own selfish interests would prevail. Let us promote
justice among our families, our communities, all nations, and peoples of
the earth. The God of light and knowledge will bless our efforts. Let us
BE peacemakers. Amen. |
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| Ministry of Music |
