Pray Peace

The streets of some of our cities here in the UK are experiencing rioting on a scale not seen for a long time.

Thousands of young men adorned in the prerequisite hoodie and scarf around the face are wreaking havoc as they spread violence, destruction and mayhem. Then the next morning are boasting of their triumphs on the social networking sites.

People are frightened as homes and businesses are targeted.

It's chaos.

More and more unrest is lacing the UK with a bitterness that is spreading.

And worst of all there doesn't seem to be a reason for it? There doesn't seem to be a cause or an end game.

Hey Church!

What are we doing about it?

Peacemakers!

That's what we need to be. That's what we need to make sure we are.

Peacemakers.

And we will be blessed because of that.

I would say God is calling all of us who have an ounce of the Spirit of God within us to arise and stand up and be counted.

We need to begin a revolution of peace right now.

And it starts like all great movements of God with us crying out to God in prayer.

We need to see these events as a major opportunity for peace to be let loose. Peace to invade the country and peace to win the hearts of those who are carrying out these mindless actions.

The problem with peace making a comeback in society is that the government have stripped it from our schools, our media, our society in general through political correctness and other futile gestures and orders.

Mention Jesus in a school and people look at you as if you have got two heads.

Mention Jesus in some churches and the same happens.

The very prince of peace has been shut out by the weakness of power mad ladder climbers who will say anything and do anything and be anything to become a bit of a name in the world.

And we are suffering.

Humanity is Suffering badly.

So we have to be peacemakers..

It's up to us to unlock doors that society has erected to keep the prince of peace out. It's up to us to radically demonstrate peace. To come in the opposite Spirit.

Where there is violence bring a loving touch.

Where there is destruction bring restoration.

Where hope has gone bring massive hope.

Where there is mayhem bring a sense of calm.

Where the prince of darkness has been let loose, set the Spirit of God loose.

Where there is war bring peace.

And it starts with prayer

Pray madly.

Pray unconditionally.

Don't look at the TV screens or at the violence direct and condemn it and judge it and shake our heads at it.

Pray.

Pray that the Prince of peace will flood our nation. Pray for calm, pray for the people who are being affected by this and having their lives ruined and their livelihoods threatened. Pray for the sad lost souls who are carrying these actions out, pray they will have there whole lives turned around by an encounter with Jesus Christ. Pray for the decision makers and the law bringers that they will carry out justice with confidence and clarity. Pray for our streets. Pray for the generations coming up that they will not be caught up in the build up of unrest. Pray for peace.

Peace to our streets.

Peace to our hearts.

Peace to our nation.

Peace to our world.

The peace of the one who loves unconditionally and craves peace.

Be what the bible calls us to be.

Peacemakers.

Seek peace in our own lives. If you don't feel at peace with yourself today. Get into the presence of God right now. Ask him to flood your life with the peace that knows no understanding.

We have to do it.

Let's drop those battles that really on the face of it aren't worth a fight over. We know what they are.

There a world out there that needs us. The church.

Let's overwhelm this nation with a demonstration of unconditional love and prayer and engagement.

Lord we pray for peace in this nation and beyond. Pour out your spiritual water on this dry thirsty nation. Bring order to the violent streets of our cities. Put you mighty hand over the unrest. Bless us your church Lord to carry out the mission of peacemaking in this world. Give us an authority through your Spirit, give us a kind of diplomatic status that allows us to go spiritually into the darkest of places and the most volatile of situations. Unleash the power of your Spirit on this world in a torrent of peace, peace unprecedented in the history of humankind.

Thank you in the name Jesus Christ.