A year of intercessions

Our minister, Simon Perry, has written a series of intercessions for use during the church year.

The Middle East

Today Lord, we pray for the people of the Middle East, those who inhabit a land that has witnessed centuries of invasion, destruction and suffering.

We pray for those who suffer on both sides of the conflict. For the Lebanese civilians faced with the constant threat of death, the lack of basic necessities for living, the hopelessness of escape. From the bloodshed, and fear and hopelessness, Lord God, bring relief. For the Israelis who live in fear of rocket attack, who are losing family and friends, who feel deeply insecure, bring a true and lasting Shalom.

We pray for all who hunger and thirst after blood, who seek revenge, who have fostered an insatiable appetite for destruction, who seek to make the world a better place by violent means. May they encounter grace and healing.

We pray for the international community, that leaders would be moved to establish an end to this suffering, with urgency, wisdom and compassion.

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