Today in our prayers for the people of Denmark.

Prayer for Peace

Don Lents

Creator, accept our thanks for quiet periods of meditation. It is our hope and prayer that we will take advantage of these few moments of worship. We are aware of your counsel in days past to “be still and know I am God.” Help us realize that this direction continues to be viable in our lives today.

The Temple from which these prayers flow has been erected and dedicated for the pursuit of peace. We count it a privilege and opportunity to take advantage of this hour as we take steps toward fulfilling that goal.

We feel the gentle breeze of peace resting upon us as we sit in contemplation. In this sacred place, we become aware of your many people the world over who seek the same goal. Help us to consistently develop a holy concern for your human family.

We realize that as we respond to divine direction our individual selves will be lifted up and we will sense and appreciate peace in its many facets. This, O Lord, will help us individually and collectively to influence and assist others to have similar commitments.

Help and direct us, we pray, to be helpful and supportive in the peace-building process. We have the desire to be constructive rather than destructive. We pray that we will be able to see beneath the surface of one another, so we truly see the intentions of each heart. It is then, Lord, that we will be free from restrictions of custom and be able to do peaceful and loving things in all situations and circumstances.

This we pray, today, in the name of the great peacemaker, Jesus, our Lord and savior. Amen.