Planting Prayers of Peace - Week Three
September 21, 2025
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Planting in tears, longing for justice
Our world is a beautiful place and it is our duty to care for it. We must work together to build bonds of peace. In our world we must lament what has been lost and work with the Holy Spirit imaginatively towards restoration. We plant in tears, longing for justice and to reap with joy. When we plant we expect something to grow. We don’t plant with no expectation of growth. Even when we are planting in tears and sorrow there is hope.
SEEDS TO SOW: As a global community what do we need to take time to lament and what do we need to take time to plant for?
Read Jeremiah 8: 18-9:1
A prayer of mourning
Lamentation is part of building peace. Acknowledging what has happened as part of reconciliation.
Q: The language in this text is highly emotive. What words or phrases leap out at you? Is there anything you find especially moving?
Read Amos 8: 4-7
A prayer of urgent prophecy.
This reading is a warning to the unscrupulous that would use a crisis to take advantage of the needy and destitute. The Lord will not forget those who leverage war and turmoil to make a profit.
Q: How do we balance the need for justice with the need for peace?
Read Psalm 113
A prayer of restoration.
Building peace, working on restoration, deep justice.
Q: What do we learn about God from reading this psalm?
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