This week we’re praying for justice, using guidance from four Psalms and two of Jesus’s parables. So far we learned about praying for our leaders to do justice, and lamenting injustice.
Today we’ll ask God to protect ourselves, our loved ones, and our most vulnerable neighbors.
Psalm 71 can be used to pray for protection for yourself or others who are suffering oppression.
The first two verses may be enough to guide the rest of your prayer:
In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;
turn your ear to me and save me.
Psalm 71:1,2
V20 looks forward to Jesus’s resurrection, but can be used to pray for hope when all is hopeless:
Though you have made me see troubles,
many and bitter,
you will restore my life again;
from the depths of the earth
you will again bring me up.
Psalm 71:20
Tomorrow we’ll learn about giving God the praise when we see justice done.