Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. Isaiah 40:31

Lord in Your Mercy, Hear Our Prayer

Greatest Heavenly Father, You are Sovereign over all nations. You are worthy of all our honour, all our praise, all our love. You see all the atrocities and failings of mankind and yet You love us. Forgive us each our sins, which are so many. Cleanse us and purify our hearts, molding us more and more into Your likeness each day.

Lord in Your Mercy, Hear Our Prayer

We come before You with burdened and saddened hearts. We look on from afar at the harrowing cruelties of war being inflicted on so many and so much of Your creation and we are grieved. Lord, as stories of war and hardship come to us from so many places, let our hearts never grow cold, never be unaffected by what we see and hear. Holy Spirit prompt us and lead our hearts to petition for those who are suffering so greatly, bringing them before Your throne time and again. 

Lord in Your Mercy, Hear Our Prayer

As we sit in the comfort of safety, of homes intact and relative peace around us, may we be ever mindful of our blessings and your grace upon us and ever convicted to intercede for our suffering brothers and sisters and for those who do not yet know You. May we be reminded that You are as ever present, your grace as ever flowing in the midst of the hard, challenging and downright awful, as You are in the good, the easy and pleasant. You are as ever willing, ever available and ever-loving during times and places of war as during times and places of peace. 

Lord in Your Mercy, Hear Our Prayer

Father, we lift before You now places in this world which have been ravaged and torn apart by war, by environmental disasters, by political unrest. We remember those places not in the news, which have experienced great suffering in recent times. Afghanistan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Yemen, Ethiopia. Just a few names of the many countries suffering. 

Lord In Your Mercy, Hear Our Prayer

We ask You to give wisdom to people in positions of authority. Fill those people, who have power to control war and peace, with Your compassion and discernment.

Lord In Your Mercy, Hear Our Prayer

This day we lift the people of Ukraine before You. We humbly ask You to intervene. May Your hand of protection fall around the people of that country, guarding the innocent lives so under threat of harm and death. Shelter them from the choices, greed and selfishness of others. We raise before you the people of Mariupol who are bearing the brunt of endless bombing, cut off aid and dwindling supplies. Lord, we ask Your protection and provision for them. May Your presence be known and felt, not only as Your people move on the ground to be Your hands and feet, but we ask You to move supernaturally. Lord, thwart the plans of the enemy. Cause evil plans to fall into disarray and crumble and bring light and hope in its place.

Lord, In Your Mercy, Hear Our Prayer

Where death, destruction, loss, homelessness, sorrow, injury, pain and psychological terror have become the daily norm for the Ukrainian people, we ask that You would bind the brokenhearted, holding them close to You. Become hope for those who have lost hope, be peace for those who are terrorized and traumatized. Be a soothing balm to those who are hurting in so many ways. 

Lord In Your Mercy, Hear Our Prayer

Father, our words are often inadequate to express the extent of hurt and needs and suffering. So we hold these people before You now, committing them to You and enter a time of personal prayer.

Lord in Your Mercy Hear our Prayers.

In Jesus’ Name

Amen