Today in our prayers for the people of Israel.

Prayer for Peace

Jeni Mullins

Dear heavenly parent,

During tumultuous times we all become acutely aware of how often we forget to turn to you. Yet because you love us, you hear us. You listen to our agony; you hear our pain; you celebrate our victories and our joys. We forget to seek you in good times, even as we quickly seek you in bad times.

We cannot be called Christians if we forget Christ’s example. He loved who society said was unlovable; he empathized with who leaders said should be ignored; stood up for who the world said should be stood on.

We know that true peace can only be achieved where justice reigns, and we ask you for this today. Justice for those oppressed, maligned, marginalized, dismissed, murdered, and forgotten.

Help us be bringers of justice and harbingers of peace. Go before us and prepare the way for what some would say is unthinkable. Let our faith be the mustard seed needed to move the mountain of injustice and unrest to reveal a valley of peace and prosperity.

We thank you for your presence and ask these things in your son’s name. Amen.