Bosnia-Herzegovina

Daily Prayer for Peace

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Gathering in Silence

Call to Prayer

Lighting of Candle

Invitation

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina in our prayers. Located in Eastern Europe, Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence in 1992 after the collapse of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe. Civil war then broke out between the Serbs, Croats, and Muslims; the conflict lasted three years, and led to an estimated 250,000 victims. Currently life is peaceful and relations between communities are relaxed, although not yet back to the pre-war level. The current leadership has applied for NATO membership.

Let us unite as one in supplication to our God and Savior as we pray for peace in our day and for our time.

Scripture Reading - Matthew 5:14-16 NIV

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before all people, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Creator in heaven.

Prayer for Peace
Ralph Holmes, Nottinghamshire, England

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.

Hymn – Dear Lord and God of Humankind - Hymns of the Saints #115

Prayers of the People
Please join us now, praying the “Prayers of the People. During the moments of quiet, you are invited to pray silently or meditate.

O God, you are the way of peace. Come into the brokenness of our lives and our land with your healing love, and teach us of your peace.

The People Pray in Silence

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

Be with the people of the Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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

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

We lift up in prayer those who are gathered in this place today. Be with us as we seek to be the best of what you have created us to be.

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 the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.

Sending Forth

We conclude our service today 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.

May our lives reflect the light of Jesus as we go into the world and become your servants as peacemakers. Amen

Ministry of Music