Conflict in Gaza and the Middle East has devastated lives across the region and millions have been forced from their homes.
In Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, local churches and Tearfund’s partners are responding to people’s urgent needs and providing life-saving aid.
You can use this prayer guide to call out to God in intercessory prayer, which simply means praying on behalf of someone else. God hears your prayers. You can trust him with them.
Dear God,
We cry out to you on behalf of the people seriously affected by the conflict in Gaza and the Middle East. Our hearts break at the devastation and suffering that we see, and we know it breaks yours, too.
We ask that you stretch out your mighty hand to bring lasting peace.
We cry out for people who have been injured or traumatised, who have lost loved ones or their homes. Please provide everything they need and be their comfort, their hope, their healer, and their safe refuge.
We pray for your peace to reign. We look to you as our Saviour and the hope of the world.
Amen.
In 2022, we shared creative ways to pray for Ukraine. You can try some of these ideas while praying for the Middle East:
Thank you for joining us in prayer. Let’s continue to pray and act together on behalf of people suffering the effects of violence everywhere.
This article was first published by Tearfund UK.