As I look around at the world today my heart is saddened. All I seem to hear about are killings, protests, terrorist attacks, and hate. The world is in chaos and its people are left helpless in the rubble. As I watch attack after attack unfold I'm left more and more desperate. Desperate to make a change, to help those in need. And as I eat dinner with my family and go to sleep sheltered under a sturdy house I'm left empty. I, whose life is better than 95% of those on this earth, feel infirm. I'm frantically reaching for a firm ground, a stronghold to help end the decay around me. This world is no longer safe so I turn to the only one I know will hear my pleas, my prayers. In these trying times, the only thing we can do is pray to the one who can heal our hearts and fix our lands. James 5:16 states, "Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results." Pray with me, brothers and sisters, for there is no greater time than now.
Heavenly Father, whose grace and forgiveness washes over us all, be with us now. Your world is filled with senseless violence and careless deaths. Father I pray that Your righteous right hand will comfort those effected by the recent tragedies and provide a stronghold for those whose faith is shaken. Lord lift up the spirits of the fallen and lay Your peace upon those they leave behind. Let Your light shine into the darkest of places that there be no darkness left.
Lord use me to help Your people. Let my life be a message of Your amazing power and presence. Father I stay close to You, guide me and let me do Your will. I pray that people see You and Your love through me and that I can touch the hearts of those around me. I want to be Your hands and feet.
Father You have made every person on this earth and breathed life into them. Let us see through Your eyes now and not our own. This world is full of fear and hate, but I pray to You now that we, as Your people, can learn to see through Your eyes. I pray that we can learn to love one another and not hate. I pray that compassion and understanding flood our hearts and homes. Father You are the only one who can fix what we have undone. Be with us now. Come closer than You ever have come before. Help us to lay down our stones and turn our hearts to Your son, Jesus Christ, our savior.
Father these are trying times. Your people are divided. Your nations are at war. Lord I submit to You now. I crave nothing but Your peace and comfort. I humbly pray that You will heal our lands and our hearts. You are the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Hear me now.
Lord I ask that You would forgive us of our sins, both known and unknown, and wash us once again in Your unfailing grace. Father I thank You for all that You have done for me and my family and I ask that You would continue to watch over the people of this world.
Father come quickly, we need You now more than ever.
I pray all of this in Your son Jesus Christ's name, Amen.
The only way our world can begin to heal is by the power of prayer. There is no limit and God hears you every time. Take the time to talk to Him because He will listen. Though times are hard, our God is stronger. It's time for us as a people to return to the one who died to save our souls. Our world is damaged, pray with me to help fix it.
