Pray Without Ceasing

Pray without ceasing. I Thessalonians 5:18

On Monday, the nation remembered the life of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He is the only non-president to have a national holiday to memorialize him, and at age thirty-five he became the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. In one of his prayers, he prayed:

O God,… we thank Thee for Thy Church, founded upon Thy Word, that challenges us to do more than sing and pray, but go out and work as though the very answer to our prayers depended on us and not upon Thee… Help us to realize that man was created to shine like the stars and live on through all eternity. Keep us, we pray, in perfect peace, help us to walk together, pray together, sing together, and live together until that day when all God’s children, Black, White, Red, and Yellow, will rejoice in one common band of humanity in the kingdom of our Lord and of our God, we pray. Amen.

Thought For Today: How do you think we as the Church should respond to issues of injustice and inequality? In a world where we see so many violent protests, how do you think people can communicate their views in a non-violent manner?

Today’s Prayer Focus: Pray for those who are the victims of racial and social inequality. Pray for God’s justice to prevail. Deo Volente.