Prayer for Ukraine 🇺🇦 // Lord, our God, we bring to you prayers and petitions for peace and protection for those in the path of war in Ukraine. We pray that, in the face of unimaginable fear, violence, and destruction, that your spirit would be a shelter, a stronghold, a place of refuge. While we wait for an end to the violence, help people find a way to safety so that no more precious lives are lost. Lord, our God, we ask for peace and especially for the peacemakers – that their voices would be louder than the desire for power and control. We pray fervently for an end to violence and an end to all war, today and forever. Lord, God of Peace and Reconciliation, hear our prayers and have mercy.

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“O Spirit who enters our every grief, intercede now for this hurting people, in this broken land. // Even in the shadow of tragedy, let us not lose hope. Give us eyes to see the rapid movements of mercy rushing to fill these newly wounded spaces. // O God who gathers what has been scattered, shelter us now in the shadow of your wings.” (Every Moment Holy)