March 9
PRAYER FOR PEACE
"And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be
carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace
thereof shall ye have peace" Jer. 29:7
The principle involved in this text would suggest to all of us who
are the Lord's strangers and foreigners that we should be desirous to
promote the peace and prosperity of the people among whom we dwell.
Specially should our nation and our city be blest by our constant
intercession. An earnest prayer for your country and other countries
is well becoming in the mouth of every believer.
Eagerly let us pray for the great boon of peace, both at home and
abroad. If strife should cause bloodshed in our streets, or if foreign
battle should slay our brave soldiers, we should all bewail the
calamity; let us therefore pray for peace, and diligently promote
those principles by which the classes at home and the races abroad may
be bound together in bonds of amity.
We ourselves are promised quiet in connection with the peace of the
nation, and this most desirable; for thus we can bring up our families
in the fear of the Lord, and also preach the gospel without let or
hindrance. Today let us be much in prayer for our country, confessing
national sins, and asking for national pardon and blessing, for Jesus'
sake.