Prayer for the Day
A Prayer for an end to violence
Creator God, in Jesus you embrace all of our human condition. In him, you weep with us, lament with us and strive with us for a world of righteousness and justice. We grieve with communities, families and individuals in the beautiful city of London who are afflicted by violence, who mourn for those lost to its effects, and who yearn and cry out for a better future. Send your Holy Spirit afresh upon us we pray – make us channels of peace; renew in us Christ’s work of reconciliation; give us the wisdom to know what makes for healing, and to give our lives for it in his name. Inspire us to plant and to nurture your seeds of hope, that your grace might flow in abundance and all your children know the freedom which is your promise and your gift in Christ. Amen.
Alternative Prayer for the Day
Prayer of thanks for God's gifts
Blessed be God, for the glory of a grace never ending, for the gift of a love never changing, for the depth of a peace never failing.
A prayer of waiting upon God
Out of the depths, O God, we wait for your wisdom. Out of the silence, O God, we listen for your voice. Out of the heavens, O God, we wait for your gifts.
Kikuyu people, Kenya
Thursday 23 June 2022
But God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power. (v. 24)
Acts 2:22-36