Prayer for Wednesday 7-27-2022

Lord our God, bring us together as one. Give us Your Spirit so that we may know You closer, more intimately, so that joy may fill our hearts, not only for ourselves but also for others. Root out evil from the earth. Sweep away all that offends You, all lying, deceit, and hate between nations. Grant that all people may come to know You, so that disunity and conflict may be swept away and Your eternal Kingdom may arise on earth and we may rejoice in it. For Your Kingdom can come to people even while on earth to bring them happiness and to make them Your own children. Your Kingdom even now is alive and strong within our hearts. Yes, Lord God, we want to be Your children, Your people, held in Your hand, so that Your name may be honored, Your Kingdom may come, and Your perfect will be done. In Jesus’ precious name and to Yours and His glory!

Amen.

Adapted from the Daily Written Prayers of Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, 1842–1919. In Public Domain