Daily Prayer for Peace  | |
|
Daily Prayer for Peace
Daily Prayer for Peace
1:00 p.m.
|
 |
Cameroon
Would you like to learn
more about Cameroon?
Visit
Lonely
Planet. |
Gathering in Silence
Call to Prayer
Lighting of CandleInvitation |
| |
Welcome today to this sacred
place. 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 Cameroon in our prayers. Located in
West Africa, Cameroon is a mixture desert plains in the north, mountains
in the central regions, and tropical rain forest in the south. Cameroon
is one of Africa's most naturally and culturally diverse countries. In
addition to its French and British colonial past, there are over 130
ethnic groups in the country speaking dozens of languages. Cameroon has
generally enjoyed stability, which has permitted the development of
agriculture, roads, and railways, as well as a petroleum industry.
Despite movement toward democratic reform, political power remains
firmly in the hands of an ethnic oligarchy.
Let us unite as one as we pray for guidance to be a people of peace in
our world. Guide our worship, Great God of all nations, and to you we
give the honor and the praise and the glory. |
| |
| Reading: Romans 6:3-4 |
| |
Don’t you know that when we were baptized
into Christ Jesus, we were baptized into Christ’s death? We’ve been
buried with Jesus through baptism, and we joined with Jesus in death, so
that as Christ was raised from the dead by God’s glory, we too might
live a new life! |
| |
|
Prayer for Peace by Donald V. Lents,
Independence, Missouri |
| |
O God, we express our gratitude for the privilege of
sharing individual and collective prayers with you personally. Many are
the times when you have brought peace, comfort and assurance during
times of concern, confusion, and disappointment. With this awareness we
truly believe that unification o f world-wide prayer can bring the same
peace, comfort and assurance to the world in which we live. This now is
our opportunity.
We pray for forgiveness when we permit discouragement and thoughts of
doubt to enter into our mental and spiritual selves. It is our
understanding that, through the centuries, these thoughts have been a
part of humankind. At the same time, we are aware of our patient and
loving concern. Our world is richly blessed because many of your
disciples have expressed through their lives the responsibilities of
worthy stewards in varied ways. For this, too, we express our
thanksgiving.
We pray the spirit of peace will be manifest in each of us in our
business endeavors, social privileges, family relationships and daily
work assignments as well as the numerous other worthwhile tasks that
make up our daily existence. We hope we individually and collectively
will be recognized as disciples of this generation.
Many of your children strive for peace in varied arenas... not only in
armed conflict but also in personal and individual situations demanding
the best skills available to each person. Prayer for special direction,
the ability to utilize specific gifts of reconciliation for these
efforts toward peacemaking, compassion, and forgiveness touched by the
Holy, are essential.
Accept our petition for guidance, we pray. We trust we will always be
found fulfilling the avenues of service available to us.
We share this prayer in the name of the great peacemaker, Jesus Christ.
Amen. |
| |
|
Hymn - To Live at Peace with Others - Sing
for Peace #17 |
| |
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. |
| |
Adonai, Allah, Great Spirit, Jesus, God of all nations
and all peoples, by whatever name you are known, we come before you in
praise and thanksgiving. Guide us into the joy of being, and the desire
of joyful peace for all peoples. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
| |
We pray particularly for the nation and people of Cameroon this day. May
they know the peace that only you may provide. May they strive to foster
peace in all they do. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
| |
Great God, We would also ask for your guidance as we try to live by your
standards of peace in our daily living. Forgive our sins of selfishness
and pride, we humbly ask. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
| |
We pray for the concerns of those gathered here today. Hear our
collective prayers, O God of Peace, that your peace may become the peace
of this world. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
| |
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.
|
| The People Pray in Silence |
| |
In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. |
| |
| Sending Forth |
| |
Our service will now conclude with Ministry of Music. We
invite you to remain in the quiet of this place to pray or meditate for
as long as you may wish.
Now, take the peace of the Creator with you as you leave this sacred
space to go and be peacemakers. Amen. |
| |
| Ministry of Music |
|
