Prayer of Peace for Our World

A Prayer for Our World
In light of the crisis in Syria
Sacred One,
We confess to you that we are often blind

to the plight of our neighbors.
Instead of turning the other cheek, we look the other direction.
Rather than hearing the cry of the oppressed,

we turn up the volume in our lives.
Rather than be prophetic,

we heap words that are meaningless to make us sound good.
There are people dying in Syria - suffering, displaced, lost.
The innocent go to bed each night,

afraid of what the darkness will bring.
We pray for peace in Syria.
We pray for those in power.
We pray for those who are suffering.
We pray for leaders who must make difficult decisions.
Will you join us as we pray and fast this day?
Will you change what is happening in Syria,
as you sit in the ashes with the innocent,

the suffering and the lost...
We don't know the answers, but we know that you do.
Please draw us closer to you.
Please hear our prayers.
Please show us your way.
Free us for joyful obedience, not because of what we can do...

but because of who you are.  Amen 

-DJ del Rosario  Pastor, Bothell UMC, Bothell, WA