Tuesday Morning Prayer
Psalm 122:6-9
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.
Peace be within your walls: and security within your towers.
For the sake of my relatives and friends: I will say, “Peace be within you.”
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God: I will seek your good.
May we become the church we pray for: and glimpse the New Jerusalem now.
In his book City of God, Augustine of Hippo wrote, “The heavenly city, while it sojourns on earth, calls citizens out of all nations and gathers together a society of pilgrims of all languages. In its pilgrim state the heavenly city possesses peace by faith; and by this faith it lives.”
Our Father Steadfast God, perhaps one of the greatest mysteries is why you continue to entrust the work of your kingdom into our clumsy hands. But we are forever grateful that you do not want to change the world without us. May we become the church you dream of. Amen.
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