Praying for My Family Part 1Sample

PRAYING FOR PEACE

Like love, peace is something that we all desire. If everyone could just get along. If we could all just get over small quarrels and see the bigger picture. If we all believed in one another, had each other’s best interests in mind, were slower to get angry, could be less likely to hold a grudge… But, alas, we are human, after all. Flawed. Broken. Sinful. The best we can do is practice forgiveness, work toward unity, and pray for peace. All while leaning on God’s love for us and the power of the Spirit to do impossible things!

Ask Yourself:

-Where are there broken relationships in my family that I can begin to mend by asking for forgiveness?

-What do the best days of peace and unity look like for my family?

Pause to Pray for your family: Use today’s scriptures to pray for peace, forgiveness, and unity in your family. Use this prompt to get started -

Jesus, you started praying for unity among your people before you went to the cross. You must have known how hard it would be for us! Peace, forgiveness, unity - these are really hard. Here are the hard parts of my family… Jesus, I want to be humble enough to admit when I’m wrong, to ask forgiveness when I contribute to the brokenness. You have a big heart for this family; help my heart to love like yours and to work for peace… Amen.