4/7/13 - English

Lord, we pray for your continued blessing on Sabeel’s global young adult festival, “Moving Mountains, Reshaping the World,” which started this week and brought together 150 young adults from as many as 38 different countries and 11 different time zones.  We pray during this exciting week that the young adults continue to get to know each other as they form a beautiful community of new friendships.  We also lift up thanks for their volunteer work in Palestinian communities, as they rebuild, renovate and break ground. Lord, we pray these youth inspire others with their eagerness to learn and are able to go back to their communities and share what they have learned at the conference and commit themselves to the work for justice and peace.  We pray that their stories will bring seeds of change and messages of hope.  Lord, in your mercy…

God, we also pray for the stability of the whole Middle East region, especially Egypt, which is experiencing ongoing protests and renewed violence following the first anniversary of Muhummad Morsy’s assumption of office.  We continue to pray for the people of Syria and for peace throughout the region, especially Palestine and Israel. Lord, in your mercy…

Finally, we pray alongside the World Council of Churches for the countries of Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Lord, in your mercy…