Spirit of God, as you hovered over the waters at the start of the creation, hover over the waterways of our world through navigation, water treatment, purification, desalination, and sewage treatment to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases. We pray for the safe passage of goods and supplies as nations use maritime waterways, where wars […]
Swords into Plowshares: Prayers for Iran, Ukraine, Sudan, and All Who Seek Refuge (July 16, 2026)
Holy One, Creator of every nation and every people, Breath that moved over the waters before the dawn of creation, we come before you carrying a world that is beautiful and wounded in equal measure. Your prophets dreamed of a day when swords would become plowshares and nations would learn war no more. Yet this […]
A New Day Is Dawning: Prayers for Ice, Salmon Streams, Antarctica, and the Strait of Hormuz (June 18, 2026)
“And yet, there is only One great thing, The only thing: To live to see in huts and on journeys The great day that dawns And the light that fills the world.” – Inuit song of blessing Oh God of great mystery and God of the hearth and home. God of the seas and those […]
Why Do You Stand Looking Up Toward Heaven: Prayers for Iran, Mali, the Philippines, and India’s Heat (May 14, 2026)
When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? […]
Peace Rather Than Bloodshed: A Lenten Prayer for Iran, Ukraine, and Antarctica’s Glaciers (March 5, 2026)
Holy One, whose tender mercy walks with us on our Lenten journey, we find the wilderness of our world both confusing and full of wonder. In this season of Lent, remind of us of the pilgrimage Christ made to the Cross, while we also walk alongside our global family filled with refugees, those holding pain […]
Repairers of the Breach: A Prayer for Every Continent, from Africa to Antarctica (February 5, 2026)
Editor’s note: This may not be ‘the usual’ but it most definitely IS World in Prayer -including us all. The Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your needs in parched places and make your bones strong, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of […]
The Beating Heart of Justice: Prayers for Gaza’s Winter Floods, Aid Cuts, and the Amazon at COP30 (November 20, 2025)
Holy One, Eighty years ago this month France, the Soviet Union (now Russia) the United Kingdom, and the United States used the rule of law in setting up a tribunal called the Nuremberg trials. Not outright execution (as was considered) but mindful prosecution brought justice as over two dozen Nazi leaders had their wartime crimes laid out in the light in that initial tribunal. We […]
Your Creation Is Groaning: Prayers for Wildfires in Spain and Canada, Floods in Pakistan (August 21, 2025)
Holy One, Your creation is groaning. Our world is full of suffering and strife. We come into our time of prayer with heavy hearts, hurting with those who hurt, weeping with those who weep. Let our prayers be a catalyst for good – let them soften hard hearts, let them bring relief to those in […]
Learn to Do Good: Prayers for Prisoners, Journalists, and Suriname’s First Woman President (August 7, 2025)
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove your evil deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do good; seek justice; rescue the oppressed; defend the orphan; plead for the widow. – Isaiah 1:16-17 God of the least, the lost, the unseen, we come before you today humbly acknowledging our misdeeds, how too-often […]
Light to the Deepest Gloom: Prayers After the Kamchatka Earthquake and Tsunami (July 31, 2025)
“But true wisdom and power are found in God; counsel and understanding are His … He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness; He brings light to the deepest gloom.” Job 12:13-22 We come together from diverse traditions—Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Indigenous, and more—to hold this moment in sacred care. For those affected by natural disasters Merciful […]
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