Creator, Redeemer, Savior, the Sovereign Ruler of Your Universe of which You graciously grant us to live, I humbly approach Your Throne of Mercy and Grace on behalf of a world that is spinning wildly out of control. You are Lord of all and over all having Power to cause and to end. Oh, the Power of and in Your Creation! The mountains, the plains, the rivers, the seas; oh, the glory of Your hand! Earthquakes cause the mountains to crumble and the seas to boil over the land. Your Sovereignty is a doorway into and over nations in unrest and revolutionary conspiracies. You have access and abilities over famished and displaced people who may be suffering from their government’s unrighteous control or persecution for their faith. You adorned the heavens with stars and set the earth whirling in their midst. You possess the whole thing, have power over all things. Your hand has access to our blood flow and our airways; You bless each mind to think freely and to expand our knowledge of thought. You are able to do all that can be done, and things that appear to us to be absolutely impossible. So I pray a prayer that seems even impossible to my understanding: Grant Peace to a World devoid of Peace!
LORD, our world is filled with fear, anger, and distrust, for we are evil. Halt aggression, abhorrence, and dissonance, soften hearts that hasten to fight and kill. Instill hopefulness to those without hope. Steer all who have positions of influence —give them the fear of God to use their influence wisely and to do what is right. Teach us grace. Show us humility. Show us how to see and admit our wrong thoughts and deeds. Implant in our hearts the desire and ability to seek out forgiveness. Confer upon us the poise to be quick to forgive.
Give us eyes see Your image in the lives of people near and far. Help us to love courageously even when the enemy, the evil one, tries to remind us of risks. Let us show kindness and understanding for those who are not the same as we are, no better and no worse. Teach us to agree to disagree with others, and listen to the heart behind the disagreement that makes us uncomfortable without meanness from our heart position. Mend the hatred around us by using our mended hearts by Your ingenious hands in any way You please. Grant Peace to a World devoid of Peace!
LORD, I believe You are working a plan at this very moment though the world is encased in darkness. You, and only You have the Supremacy to mold something new and lovely within our catastrophic failures at unity. Teach us from the ashes of our struggles; cause us to desire that which is beyond our successes, failures, and abilities. Make us to want Your true and lasting peace. LORD, Grant Peace to a World devoid of Peace by Making Us Peacemakers!
LORD, in the midst of fear, confusion, and aggression; deliver us from indifference. Create in us new and clean hearts, O God, hearts that love deeply. Grant us passion for lasting peace.
Thank You that Your intense love for us has never ended, but rather that love moved You to send Your Son Jesus to redeem us no matter how long we failed, or ran from You. You remain faithful, though we are faithless.
I know and rejoice that soon in heaven we who believe will receive that perfect peace that will be eternal. There, You will wipe away every tear from our eyes, and there will be no more sorrow or pain. However, Precious Father, I have faith to boldly ask with expectancy, that You would bless us with a season of peace and loving kindness now, before the end time events unfold. I beg You for the reviving of Your True Church to catapult the world into a Spiritual Awakening that history is yet to record: Grant Peace to a World devoid of Peace—Your Peace! I Pray On, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
