Tool #18

PUTTING ON YOUR PEACEMAKER TOOLBELT.

Throughout our Peacemakers for the Cause of Christ blog/podcast series we offer you a number of short exercises and/or resources that will aid you in bringing this blog/podcast theme to life. Enjoy!

Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4: 9 (NIV)

Tool #18: Scriptures, Prayers & Songs for the Journey. Blog/Podcast – Introduction, 4.3, 10.3

You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family. Matthew 5: 9 (MsgB)

Click here for a compete list of scriptures used in our 31-session blog/podcast series.

Here’s a powerful prayer for the journey, St. Francis’ Prayer of Peace…

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace:
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Peace Prayer – John Michael Talbot

You’ll find Me with the broken and the weak:
In the spaces in between.
You’ll hear My voice cry out with those who weep;
Only if you’re listening.

Whatever you do for the least of these,
You do it unto Me.

You’ll find Me with the ones without a voice;
The forgotten and ignored.
My blessing is on those who love the poor,
Will you open up the door?

Hallelujah, Hallelujah!
He is among us, He is among us.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah!
He is among us, He is among us.

By this, the world will know the Father’s love,
We will know the Father’s love.

He is Among Us – The Porter’s Gate

What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some but for everyone.

Lord, we don’t need another mountain,
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb.
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross,
Enough to last, till the end of time.

Lord, we don’t need another meadow,
There are cornfields and wheat fields enough to grow.
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine,
Oh listen, Lord, if You want to know.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some but for everyone.

What the World Needs Now is Love Sweet Love – Burt Bacharach/Hal David 1965.

Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high,
There’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

Someday, I’ll wish upon a star,
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
Away above the chimney tops,
That’s where you’ll find me.

Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow,
Why then, oh, why can’t I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow,
Why, oh, why can’t I?

Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg 1939.

May the Master of Peace himself give you the gift of getting along with each other at all times, in all ways. May the Master be truly among you! 2 Thessalonians 3: 16 (MsgB)

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