I guess, tomorrow will be the worst Christmas day in my life because of the violence which is taking place in our own homeland. Many peoples are shifting from side to side, and the war going on with the brainwashed pride with no love of Lord and our human rights. :( Although we find ourselves in a broken world – a world in which hurting people hurt other people. It is no mystery that you are a God, capable of healing our world through justice and fairness. Your own revelation has shown us that you stand firmly with those people whose backs are against the wall. Your own life demonstrates how you came from Heaven to Earth to redeem creation, our communities and our own lives. So we ask for this same redemptive power to be unleashed among us. May we be empowered by your spirit to reverse the conditions that is produced by the men and women who are driven to and resort to violence and destructive behaviour in their fight to stay alive and struggle to remain free. We know that you have no pleasure in the death of anyone, so we boldly come to the throne of grace today dear Lord, seeking your wisdom as we create strategies that provide pathways and lifelines to hope and healing. Help us to remember we are all your children, created in your image and we are connected by a single garment of mutuality and destiny. We cry out to you, heal our souls from this scourge of violence. Teach us your ways. Bless us with the wisdom and strength to put down our swords and be peacemakers. Use us, work through us and, if necessary work in spite of us to mend our nation’s brokenness. We thank you for your protecting embrace and unfailing love. All of these requests we bring to you, in the name of Jesus the Christ we pray. Amen.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 15:41:32 +0000