Daily Prayer for Peace
1:00 p.m.
Liberia
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Today we will remember the people of Liberia in our prayers. Liberia is located in western Africa. In August 2003, a comprehensive peace agreement ended 14 years of civil war and prompted the resignation of former president Charles Taylor, who was exiled to Nigeria. The National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) - composed of rebels, government, and civil society groups - assumed control in October 2003. The United Nations Mission in Liberia, which maintains a strong presence throughout the country, completed a disarmament program for former combatants in late 2004, but the security situation is still volatile and the process of rebuilding the social and economic structure of this war-torn country remains sluggish.
May the God of all people guide our worship so that we may be able to say, "Yes, Lord, it is good to meet with you. Enlighten us and teach us, we pray."
and see good days
must keep the tongue from evil
and the lips from deceitful talk.
They must turn from evil to good,
they must seek peace and pursue it.
For the eyes of Our God
are on the just,
and the ears of Our God
attend to their prayers.
Prayer for Peace by JudyM. Kramer, Independence, Missouri
God of all creation,
hear the cries of your people:
The cries of infants who suckle but receive no nourishment,
The cries of toddlers who have no energy to play,
The cries of children who reach out to relief workers for food,
The cries of those who receive none,
The cries of starving mothers who watch their children starve.
God of all creation, hear the cries of your people:
The cries of those maimed by weapons of war,
The limbless, the sightless, the grotesque,
The cries of those who cannot purge from their minds the witnessing of
other’s injuries,
The cries of children watching their parents die,
The cries of parents watching their children die,
The cries of those commissioned to heal, finding the task is too great.
God of all creation, hear the cries of your people:
The cries of those who wage war, but know not why,
The cries of the orphaned, the starving, the homeless,
The cries of those who are totally alone,
The cries of those who are bereft of hope,
The cries of those who work for peace, but begin to despair.
God of all creation, hear our cries.
In the name of the Prince of Peace we pray. Amen.
Hymn - I Love You, Lord - Sing a New Song #18
Please join us now, praying the Prayers of the People. During the moments of silence, you are invited to pray silently or meditate.
Let us leave this house and become the peacemakers we are called to be. The God of peace will be our guide and our blessing. Amen.