I bid you pray for that joy which is of a pure and clean heart, a consecrated life, that we may love God, obey His will and walk in His way in this our eternal life.

I bid you pray for all people: especially those who are afflicted in mind, body or estate: those whose lives are broken and disrupted by the cruel impact of war, that they may be strengthened by the love of God Who suffers with them, and by His patience be relieved according to their several necessities.

I bid you pray for this community, that we may love truth and earnestly seek knowledge wherewith to serve God and His Kingdom; that we may be alive to every motion of God’s Holy Spirit; that we may redeem time sufficient for the nurture of our souls, that we may comport ourselves daily as those to whom much has been given and of whom much shall be required.

I bid you pray for our nation, both its citizens and all in authority, that we may be a people living in the love of God and in peace with all men, each secure in the liberty which is his heritage: none without the means of livelihood and a just reward for honest labor, all mindful of our common duty to build here and now the Kingdom of God.

I bid you pray for all communities of faith: that all may be strengthened in trust, in holiness of life and love, as we serve God in our many dwelling-places: in our communities, in our streets, in our homes and offices, bringing God's children everywhere to a closer walk with their Creator and with one another.

I bid you pray for peace, for which the whole creation is in travail at the present moment: for that concord of nations that shall enrich all and impoverish none, for that day when we shall be done with war and come to live like children in the household of God.

Finally, I bid you labor for these good things till that labor is fulfilled and the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of God, one world, one household, one family in the Spirit. Amen.

A Bidding Prayer In Wartime was originally written 

by A. Sidney Lovett, Yale Chaplain, during WWII. 

It was updated by Presbyterian Minister, 

Rev. Mary Speers for a service of 

remembrance in New York City 

on September 16, 2001.

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