World in Prayer

Sharing in God’s loving compassion for all

World News This Week in Prayer – Thurs. July 11, 2024

God of power and might, we pray you intervene in the hearts and minds of world leaders. We see the turmoil playing out at the highest levels of government of so many countries. The election in France has left the country in limbo, with three blocs short of aa majority and no new government in sight […]

World News This Week In Prayer – Thursday, July 4, 2024

Holy one of fire and transformation, O lord, upon us is the unfolding travesty begun more than fifty years ago with the U.S. intervention and destabilization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The news today reports of the world’s largest humanitarian crises as fighting and defending the mineral extraction industry in the east by […]

World News This Week In Prayer – Thursday, June 27, 2024

Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine […]

World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, June 13, 2024

For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. Who knows? Perhaps you have come to royal dignity for just such a time as this.” -Esther 4:14 God of our lives,   We come to you with hearts […]

World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, June 6, 2024

You, most beloved God, are the leader of all that ever was and all that will ever be. You are a witness to the beauty that comes from a thoughtful leader and the violence and unrest that is born from an unhealthy leader. We seek your wisdom, your patience, your tenderness. Using excerpts from John […]

World News in Prayer – Thursday, 30th May 2024

This week, the world community recognized the May 30 International Day of United Nations (UN) Peacekeepers.  For 76 years, UN peacekeepers have worked to save and change lives in the world’s most fragile political and security situations. Since 1948, more than two million uniformed and civilian personnel have helped countries to transition from war to […]

World News in Prayer for Thursday, May 23, 2024

Listen, O Israel, the LORD is God, the LORD is one. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:4-5 LISTEN! The prophet Isaiah began this passage with the Hebrew word, “Shema”- LISTEN. So, why aren’t we listening, Divine One? […]

World News This Week In Prayer – Thursday, May 16, 2024

Pulsing Spirit, Come, Holy Spirit, Come. Creativity God, as so many of your Christian churches celebrate Pentecost Sunday, we are forever reminded in the news how much we need a Spirit renewal toward unity and away from division. Russia‘s further advancement into Ukraine. A divided society in Slovakia as played out in an assassination attempt on […]

World News This Week in Prayer – Thurs., May 9, 2024

God of our lives, How we long for our world and our hearts to grow: To grow in faith, understanding, and questions.  To grow in our hope for a better world.  To grow further and wider instead of apart.  To grow our lives together.  To grow in love for each other.  May growth be our […]