Today in our prayers for the people of Malawi.

Prayer for Peace

Dennis Coleman

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, 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 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 the power of a Christlike 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 always be willing to kneel 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 one another. Let us know love for one another and peace with one another, we pray. Amen.