Advent Prayer: Peace – Week 2

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Thank you, Ashley & Abbi, for this prayer! Thank you, Shauna, for this visual reminder of a beautiful phone screen!

PRAY

Father God,

We look to You right now. We believe that peace, true peace is found only in Your Presence, God. So we come before You in worship today, knowing that praise brings us right into Your presence. Oh, how we love you, Lord! You are the One our hearts adore.

Help us to sit in awe of You this week, Jesus. You are our wonderful counselor, our mighty God, our everlasting Father, and our Prince of Peace! We come before you with repentant hearts, Lord, forgive us for not giving You the honor and reverence You deserve. Your kindness leads us to repentance, and we are so grateful for Your new mercies today as we realign our hearts and our priorities.

If Your Presence is perfect peace, help us prioritize Your Presence. Your wraparound, all encompassing Presence is our peace. We are done trying to “fit you in” to our busy schedules. We orient our lives around You, Lord. We keep our minds fixed on You today– as we start our weeks, as we drive to school and work, interact with our families and friends– we set our minds on You and we trust in You. You keep us in perfect peace (Isaiah 26:3). You are the one who leads us beside still waters, Your tracks take us to an oasis of peace (Psalm 23:3).

We let Your Word dwell in our hearts, teaching us and encouraging us, reminding us of your Presence, God. In all that we do, we choose to recognize You in it, letting Your love bind us together in perfect harmony (Colossians 3:14-17). We declare complete peace over our families, Lord. Your peace brings total wholeness and well-being, and it destroys all authority that would attempt to bind to chaos. (Psalm 34:14).

Remind us that we carry Your Presence of peace everywhere we go this week, Lord. Like Paul was quick to remind us in many of his letters– we speak grace and peace to all from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 1:3). Thank You that we don’t have to look far to find Your peace, Lord. In Your Name we pray.