Understanding that puts an end to strife Įmpower all people to live in your law of love. Those who were estranged join hands in friendship ![]() We know it is you who turn our minds to thoughts of peace.Ĭhildren of Abraham, brothers and sisters O God, you are the source of life and peace. Muslim – Jewish – Christian Prayer for Peace She seeks to build understanding between Christians, Jews and Muslims. Merril Kitchen has worked in Nazareth Hospital, Israel, and trained Church of Christ pastors in Melbourne. In Jesus, we see that God’s preferential option is for acceptance and the peaceful nurture of the ‘other.’ Whenever we lift up the cross as a weapon, we have denied the One who died that all may live. I know that they dont always make life easy for me, and sometimes I can get caught up in feeling resentment and anger toward. While living and working intermittently in schools and hospitals in the Middle-East over the past twenty years, I have been constantly amazed at the way in which many Jewish, Christian and Muslim colleagues were able to reach out in compassion and friendship to each other as they served the diverse community in which we were embedded.Īt a time when the dominant religious and cultural groups are locked into a cycle of violence, defining themselves over and against each other, the words of their compatriot Jesus echo down through the ages, offering a way forward. ![]() He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.Ĥ6 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?Ĥ7 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?Ĥ8 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Whatever else you pray for your enemies, pray for them like this: Father, grant that my enemies my colleague who snubs me, my wife who belittles me, my child who disrespects me, the ISIS member who. ![]() “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’Ĥ4 But I tell you: Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,Ĥ5 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. The place to start in praying for our enemies is the prayer that the Lord taught us to pray.
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