A Prayer for Our Nation
on the 10th Anniversary of 9-11
Heavenly Father, we come to Your throne of mercy, bowed down and wearied by the weight of suffering and disaster visited upon our country ten years ago. Continue to protect this nation and to thwart the plans of any and all terrorists who seek to harm and murder. We thank You for granting bravery and courage to all those involved in the rescue efforts, and ask You to shower Your mercy upon those who were injured or lost loved ones. We also acknowledge our own trespasses before You and look to You for forgiveness, salvation, hope, and life. Turn the hearts and minds of all to You, that they might find peace in the cleansing blood of Jesus Christ. Let us not be confounded or dismayed, so that we, children of Your grace, may courageously speak to this needy world of the hope that is within us. Make us instruments of Your peace in a world of conflict, witnesses to the power of faith in a world lost in unbelief, and bearers of the joy that overcomes the sorrow of this fallen world. Grant to the leaders of this nation and all the nations of the world wise counsel, calm thinking, and unselfish aims. Amid the tumult of disaster, build Your kingdom and turn even more souls to Yourself. Because of Your grace, we are not altogether lost but find peace and forgiveness in You. O Lord, give us the grace to seek You, trust You, and confess You; in Jesus’ name. Amen.
adapted from Lutheran Book of Prayer
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