Today in our prayers for the people of Angola.

Prayer for Peace

Virginia Bruch

Our Lord of love and life,

We thank you for our very being, and for the influence of your son in our lives. Your love and continuing tender direction give us joy and hope!

We thank you for the fellowship within the church, within the larger fellowship of Christians, and within the fellowship of all denominations worldwide!

In our hurried and perplexing daily lives, sometimes peace seems only a dream. Not only are the nations of the world lacking in peace, but within our own fellowship we lack peace.

We often lack peace because of our differences.

But your love formed us...and your Love unites us!

Help us to know your great love...

no matter the differences of our cultures

—no matter the color of our skin

—or the color of our life experiences

Your love surrounds us!

We have names for each other...names of identification or location

We call each other “fundamentalist” or “liberal.”

We have barriers of place, and barriers of race, and barriers of thought.

O Lord, help us to know that wherever or whatever we are...

You are our Lord!

Help us to realize that it is Jesus who is our latch pin, our way, our light

...that it is Christ who brings peace and it is Christ above all who unites us.

Together, unite us in praise and worship, service, and love!

In his holy name, we pray. Amen.