- Prayer Surge for Peace by Liora Leah
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Blog: Spirit Speaks
From: Jim Wallis
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Subject: Urgent: Prayer surge for peace
Next week, Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, will report to Congress on the troop "surge," in which the Bush administration has escalated the war in Iraq by sending an additional 20,000 American combat troops.
As people of faith, we believe in the power of prayer to soften the hardest of hearts and open the way to peace and reconciliation. So, as General Petraeus testifies, we're planning to match his surge with one of our own–20,000 prayers for Congress to bring an end to this war.
Click here to share your prayer with Congress–let them know that you're praying for their courage and wisdom to end this war:
http://go.sojo.net/campaign/surgeforpeace?rk=edA%2dqu6143I0E
We are at a critical moment, as the House and Senate decide on our nation's continued involvement in Iraq amidst a frenzy of swirling accusations and partisan rhetoric.
But while the Bush administration has frequently abused the language of scripture to justify this disastrous war, a growing number of Christians from across the theological and political spectrum are coming together to oppose it.
And our nation's political leaders are listening–in fact, we've spoken to several members of Congress who are considering reading a selection of your prayers for peace into the Congressional Record.
Like many of you, I've opposed this war from the start, and together we've raised a prophetic voice against it–marching in the streets, writing letters, and much more.
We'll continue to do all of that, but I believe it will also take faith to end this war. It will take prayer to end it. It will take a revolution of love to end it, because this endless war in Iraq is based ultimately on fear, and the Bible tells us that only perfect love will cast out fear.
Will you be a part of this surge of prayer for peace?
Click here to let your Senators and Representative know that you're praying for them:
http://go.sojo.net/campaign/surgeforpeace?rk=edA%2dqu6143I0E
Blessings,
Jim Wallis and the rest of the team at Sojourners/Call to Renewal
P.S. To reach 20,000 prayers by next week, we'll need your help. Can you share this message with 10 of your friends, family, and congregation members, asking them to join us in this campaign?
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- I have a feeling about this butterfly emerging... by rudenski
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| ====== The generals and manufacturers of bombs and guns...the merchants of fear and loathing...are rolling out their films to incite terror in the hearts of men...but the grid has fired...and at the beginning of the week I had a vision of a tiny baby born...held in the hands of an invisible G_d... and it made my heart sing... This baby has a sense of joy and peace... like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon after a long winter...the drums of war rages on but even if the faces of the father/mother of this child were wisps of clouds...moonlight...and stardust...my heart feels a recognition of a smile...for the heavenly birth of this little child ======
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