A Prayer about Being a Peace-Publisher
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness… Isaiah 52:7
Lord God,
What a happy calling you have given us
as your church:
To bring good news,
to publish peace,
to bring good news of happiness,
to publish salvation,
to share the peace
that comes when “God reigns” (Isaiah 52:7).
We have long
longed for the peace
you made possible
through your King:
relief from every anxiety
about work, health, home, family,
joy in every effort
to bring beauty to broken places,
kindness and gentleness and forgiveness
in every difficult relationship,
flourishing throughout your earth.
As we worship you in our churches tomorrow,
empower and embolden us,
through the peace-producing work
of your Spirit,
to be people
who bring peace far and wide,
people who make peace known
in our lips and in our lives.
In Jesus’ peace-bringing name. Amen.
Read Isaiah 52:1-10.
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![Have you ever felt forsaken?
He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:8
Faithful Father,
In times that we feel forsaken,
whether because of betrayal or abandonment or loss,
may we remember,
“It is the Lord who goes before [us],”
and you will never leave us or forsake us.
You are a God who made a covenant,
a promise of love to your people
that you alone upheld.
Even after Adam and Eve disobeyed you in the garden,
you promised to send your Son to destroy Satan (Gen. 3:15).
You promised Abraham to make him a great nation (Gen. 12:2),
and you continued to love your people, the Israelites,
even though they continued to rebel against you:
“For the mountains may depart,
and the hills may be removed,
but my steadfast love will not depart from you” (Isaiah 54:10).
In your most stunning proof of your commitment
to bring your people back to you,
you allowed your Son to be forsaken on the cross,
to die for our sins,
that we might become your children.
Because you will never leave nor forsake
your children in Christ,
when we feel lonely
or exiled
or forgotten,
we need not “fear or be dismayed” (Deuteronomy 31:8).
In Jesus’ faith-full name we pray. Amen.
Read Deuteronomy 31:8; Isaiah 54.
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