Daily Prayer for Peace
Daily Prayer for Peace
1:00 p.m.

All Nations

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Gathering in Silence
Call to Prayer
Lighting of Candle

Invitation
  We greet you in the name of God who calls us to peace. Each day in this Temple dedicated to the pursuit of peace, we pray for peace in our world. Today we will hold up the people of All Nations in our prayers.

With hope in our hearts and peace on our minds, we come to pray for peace for All Nations. Throughout the world, there are so many who are hungry; so many who are afraid and alone. There are so many hurting that sometimes it is overwhelming and we turn away because one person couldn’t possibly make a difference. As we light our candle of peace, let us make a resolution to help just one member of our human family, to offer a hand and bring one person food or warmth or help. In this way, one person at a time, eventually all may receive care.

Let us unite our hearts, minds, and voices in prayer as we seek new avenues of peace for our world.
 
Scripture Reading: Mark 12:28-31 adapted
  What is the great commandment in the law? And Jesus said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets."
 

Prayer for Peace by Dennis Coleman, Papillion, Nebraska
  Creator of Love and Peace,

We gather in this sacred place to experience the warmth of your love, a love that we know extends to all of your creation. We gather here with singleness of purpose, Father, to pray for peaceful coexistence within our world. We come from many corners of the world, each experiencing forms of unrest, conflict, fear, and violence. Yet we gather together with joy, knowing we draw into your presence.

Lord, out of our humanness, we feel overcome by our inability to resolve conflicts in our own life, let alone in the lives of those who surround us. Let us never forget that the power of a Christ-like love extended freely and compassionately, allows your spirit to work in and through us. We ask, Lord, for insight into ways that we can be instruments of your peace in our communities. Give us the courage like David, the courage to go forth with inner peace and confidence into righteous service, show our world that peace will exist when you are resident within each of us.

Help us to always be willing to kneel down before you in a true repentance, while being willing to forgive others, even as you forgive us. With your Holy Spirit, cleanse our hearts of the prejudice and hate which separates us from each other. Let us know love and peace with one another, we pray. Amen.
 

Hymn -  This Is My Song - Hymns of the Saints #315
 
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.
  God of all the earth and those who dwell thereon, we pray that the light of peace will heal the dark places of the earth. We pray for those who suffer the destruction and desolation of war and human selfishness.
The People Pray in Silence
  We hold to your light of love and healing the children, youth, and adults of All Nations. Be with the peacemakers in each one, and teach us of your peace.
The People Pray in Silence
  We pray for courage to be your presence in actions of justice, tenderness, and love. We ask for divine forgiveness when we have not been compassionate or loving or just.
The People Pray in Silence
  Hear us, O God, as we pray for all who are victims of abuse, neglect, hatred, and war. May your light fill all the world. Help us not to perpetrate abuse, neglect, hate, or resort to violence to settle our differences.
The People Pray in Silence
  We thank you God that in the midst of incredible difficulties many people are sustained by courage and determination.
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
  We lift our hearts and minds and voices in honor, praise, and glory to you, Great God of Peace. Fill us with your spirit of love, we humbly pray. Amen
 
Sending Forth
  We conclude our service today with Ministry of Music. We invite you to remain in the quiet of this place and pray or meditate for as long as you may wish.

Go now with God’s peace.
 
Ministry of Music