Today in our prayers for the people of Tuvalu.

Prayer for Peace

Charmaine Chvala-Smith

Dear God, in our Prayer for Peace today we seek your clarity and your courage for the sake of children; clarity to recognize injustice against the most helpless in our society, and courage to act on their behalf.

God, you showed us your love. In Christ’s life, ministry, and death, we begin to understand the depths of your compassion, and we know that you comprehend the pain and hope parents feel.
Help us to challenge those systems within our influence that would value the wealth of some over the health and safety of children, these in our midst, who are most vulnerable.

We pray for children in Cairo, Bogota, Kansas City and throughout the world, whose home is the street and whose constant companions are need and fear. We pray for children whose innocence has been compromised by greed or neglect.

We pray for those children whose consciences have been crippled by racism, hate, or affluence; for children whose eyes have been blinded and hearts hardened by excess, by harm, or by ego.

We ask your Spirit’s nearness when we fail or stumble in our attempts to uphold each child of yours. We need your presence so that we will not be discouraged in our efforts or lose sight of how your love connects us.

We believe your kingdom is a place where each child can know their worth, to you and to the world. Guide us individually and as a body as we endeavor to create a space for your kingdom.

We offer this prayer to you, that Christ’s way might more fully become our way. Amen.