Prayer for Wednesday

O Lord God, grant us Your Spirit, that we may comprehend more fully the depth of Your peace. As You have said, it is not a peace the world gives nor can it understand. As we pray, help us to recognize what must come from You alone, for You are mighty and holy and Your will is peace on earth. Your will is peace beyond all understanding, Your peace in Heaven and on earth and under the earth, Your peace that opposes all sin and death and takes away every evil that can be named. We await You, O Lord our God, and we know You will hear us. No matter how long the battle lasts, we hold out in patience, for we are Your children, children of the King most high. We shall never lose the faith that Your name shall be honored and that all things shall come into harmony with Your perfect will of peace on earth, Your peace. In Christ Jesus, let all things be accomplished!

Amen.

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