Hosanna, Lord, thank you for keeping the promise of peace Lord, as wars rage, we remember you came to Earth as a newborn babe We remember that we laid palms at your feet, shouting your holy name But today, we take pause and also remember—that we rebuked you Remind us that Peter was confident he would never deny you So to, we approach these days with a finality We deny that you are the keeper of peace We forget that your lips speak goodness and miracles Help us to remember that we are no different than Rome Jehovah, Shalom—yours is an ancient peace In the name of a Divine Creator that never goes back on their word A Spirit of fire, that causes the discord of many tongues to speak one voice And a Christ of infinite power, that visited us as a baby, Amen (Vox Prayer Team)
Scripture
We invite you to hear from the book of Isaiah 55:6-9 6 Seek the Lord while the Lord may be found; call upon the Lord while the Lord is near; 7 let the wicked forsake their way and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that the Lord may have mercy on them, and to our God, for God will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God! The grass withers and the flower fades, but the Word of the Lord endures forever. Amen.
Where do you notice scapegoating inside us and between us today?
Who is “an opponent” you might wish to get to know better as a person?
How are you becoming a source of “unexpected kindness” toward someone?
Benediction
Lord, we are anxious, but you go before us And we will not be afraid For it is written in the Old Testament that God revealed themselves through Israel You are a God that heals and transcends nation states You entered the world as a child And it is those who become like children that enter the Kingdom of Heaven Jehovah, Shalom Help us to lay down our weapons Of guns, and arrows Our weapons of lashing words and unyielding judgment We lay down our tools that signal our humanness And we lay them down at your feet In the name of a God of surrender A spirit of Shalom And a Christ of unwavering promise, who never goes back on their word Amen (Vox Prayer Team)
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