Daily Prayer for Peace
1:00 p.m.
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United Kingdom
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Gathering in Silence
Call to Prayer
Lighting of CandleInvitation |
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It is good to greet you here in this sacred
place to worship. May the spirit of the Lord be with us as we pray in
this Temple dedicated to the pursuit of peace. In addition, each day we
pray for a different country.
Today we will remember the people of the United Kingdom in our prayers.
Located in western Europe, the first half of the 20th century saw the
United Kingdom's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The
second half witnessed the United Kingdom rebuilding itself into a modern
and prosperous European nation. As one of five permanent members of the
United Nations Security Council, a founding member of NATO, and of the
Commonwealth, the United Kingdom pursues a global approach to foreign
policy; it currently is weighing the degree of its integration with
continental Europe. A member of the European Union, it chose to remain
outside of the European Monetary Union for the time being.
Constitutional reform is also a significant issue. Regional assemblies
with varying degrees of power opened in Scotland, Wales, and Northern
Ireland in 1999.
Let us unite as one in supplication to our God and Savior as we pray for
peace in our day and for our time. |
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| Scripture Reading: Galatians 5:21-23 NCV |
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But the Spirit produces the fruit of love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control. |
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Prayer for Peace by Ralph Holmes,
Nottinghamshire, England |
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Our most gracious God, as we meet together to bring our
devotions, we praise your Holy Name and give thanks for your abiding
presence in our lives.
We live in a beautiful world, created for our pleasure and joy, but
because of sicknesses of mind and body; because of selfishness and
greed, there is physical, mental and spiritual hunger and poverty
abroad.
We pray not only for the absence of conflict but also for the presence
of your Spirit among the nations. We look to you, O God, as our source
of strength and power to show us the way of peace, that as instruments
in your hands, we, your people, may be used as agents of peace.
May there be a greater understanding by those in authority of the needs
of your people everywhere; that your Holy Spirit might empower and stir
them to strive towards unity under the banner of your love. Through
Jesus Christ our Lord we pray. Amen. |
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Hymn - Dear Lord and God of Humankind -
Hymns of the Saints #115 |
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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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O God, you are the way of peace. Come into the
brokenness of our lives and our land with your healing love. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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Help us to be willing to bow before you in true repentance, and to bow
to one another in real forgiveness. By the fire of your Holy Spirit,
melt our hard hearts and consume the pride and prejudice which separate
us. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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Be with the people of the United Kingdom. Fill them and us, O Lord, with
your perfect love which casts out fear and bind us together in Divine
unity. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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We thank you and praise you for the gift of our Lord Jesus, for love
that sustains us, for wisdom that directs us, and for desire that
beckons us toward peace in our world. |
| 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 Jesus the Christ we pray. Amen. |
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| Sending Forth |
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We conclude our service today with Ministry of Music. We
invite you to leave quietly or remain in the quiet of this place to pray
or meditate for as long as you may wish.
May our lives reflect the light of Christ Jesus as we go into the world
and be peacemakers. Amen |
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