A Prayer for the New Year
Isaiah 60:1-6
This is a season in which we are invited to come and see, come and follow, go and share with others. As followers of Christ we are reminded to share Christ’s love so that all will experience the freedom and hope Christ’s message brings. This is also a season to widen our horizon to encourage ourselves of the many ways in which Christ is at work in our troubled and wounded world, inviting us to look and listen for God’s voice amongst the oppressed, the broken and the ignored.
How are we responding to God’s invitation in this season and how do we desire to remind ourselves of this invitation as sharers of God’s love?
May we go and share God’s love with our wounded world:
In times of pain and suffering may we see your healing
In places of alienation may we follow your compassion
In a world at war may we show your reconciliation
Guide all who search and journey towards Life-Flourishing Creation
May we go and share God’s love with our hate-filled world:
In times of violence may we see your peace
In places of bitterness may we follow your forgiveness
In a world full of hatred may we show your love
Guide all who search and journey towards Life-Flourishing Societies
May we go and share God’s love with our broken world:
In times of oppression may we see your comfort
In places of scarcity may we follow your generosity
In a world of bondage may we show your freedom
Guide all who search and journey towards Life-Flourishing Economy
May we go and share God’s love with our anxious world:
In times of despair and sorrow may we see your hope
In places of corruption may we follow your justice
In a world of deception may we show your truth
Guide all who search and journey towards Life-Flourishing Evangelism
Amen
-Julie Sim, Council for World Mission