Daily Prayer for Peace
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Gathering in Silence
Call to Prayer
Lighting of CandleInvitation |
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We greet you in the name of the
God who has called us to peace. Each day in this sacred place, we pray
to God for peace in our world. In addition, each day we pray for a
different country.
Today we will hold up the people of Mali in our prayers. Located in
western Africa, Mali gained it’s independence from France in 1960. Rule
by dictatorship was brought to a close in 1991 with a transitional
government, and in 1992 when Mali's first democratic presidential
election was held. Unfortunately desertification, drought and famine
make Mali one of the five poorest countries in the world with a high
infant mortality rate, extensive malnutrition, low levels of literacy,
and a short life expectancy. Malians, by nature and circumstance, are
a stoic and enduring race with a passion for their homeland and
traditional way. Recent discoveries of deposits of gold may help the
country from its knees.
Let us worship together and lift up an ensign of peace, and make a
proclamation for peace unto the ends of the earth. |
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| Scripture Reading: Doctrine and Covenants 160:7 |
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The Spirit of the One you follow is the
spirit of love and peace. That Spirit seeks to abide in the hearts of
those who would embrace its call and live its message. The path will not
always be easy, the choices will not always be clear, but the cause is
sure and the Spirit will bear witness the truth and those who live the
truth will know the hope and the joy of discipleship in the community of
Christ. |
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Prayer for Peace by L. Dean Carper,
Shenandoah, Iowa |
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Our God and our Father,
We acknowledge your supreme power over all nations of every race. Help
us to recognize your love for all people. May we strive to be
instruments in your hands to be a part of the peace building process.
Where hate and fear divide the nations may tenderness and hope unite.
May your love heal the physical and emotional scars of this strife-torn
world.
Remove the shroud that limits our vision of your eternal purpose and the
building of your kingdom. Remove from us the blinders that keep us from
seeing others as you see them.
With hope, faith, and courage may we always strive to replace scorn and
bigotry with truthfulness and righteousness.
Deliver every nation from the grip of the tyranny of war and poverty. We
look forward to the day when these plagues will be no more and the
nations shall beat swords into plowshares.
Grant us your peace and let it begin with us. Amen. |
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Hymn - Lord of All Nations - Hymns of the
Saints #467 |
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Prayers of the People
Please join us now, praying the Prayers of the People. During the
moments of silence, you are invited to pray silently or meditate. |
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You are the way of peace, O God. Come into the
brokenness of our lives and our land with your healing love. Help us to
be willing to bow before you in true repentance, and to bow to one
another in real forgiveness. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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We pray for all ecumenical initiatives, and all occasions which bring
together people of different traditions and customs. Help us to see the
good in all people especially as we remember the people of Mali. Be with
the leaders of this country that they may consider the good of the
people in all they do. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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We thank you and praise you for love that sustains us, for wisdom that
directs us, and for desire that beckons us toward peace in our world. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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At this time we remember our private concerns. Hear our petitions we
humbly ask. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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Please use this space to pray for any
current concern or event in our community, city, state, nation or world
that you feel needs to be held up to God for prayerful consideration. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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We pray these things in the Spirit of Peace.
Amen. |
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| Sending Forth |
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We conclude our service today with Ministry of Music.
You are invited to remain to pray or meditate in the quiet of this place
for as long as you may wish.
Go now and teach peace. Amen. |
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| Ministry of Music |
