Prayers for Sudan

 

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A prayer for the 2011 Sudan referenda

by Three Friends

(click here for Sudan Referendum article)

The following prayer was composed after a discussion that lasted from 8 p.m. to way beyond midnight. The three friends were a Muslim, his wife and a Christian. Perhaps you can identify with the feelings in their prayer.

Dear God,

Let the referenda be started, conducted and completed

with the thoughts of fairness and justice on everyone’s mind,

Let everyone treat each other as guests

who are being welcomed into their homes.

Let all tribes treat each other with dignity, as brothers and sisters.

May people of the North and South become as one tribe … even if apart.

Let all consider the positive examples of those countries that have divided … in peace, such as Czechoslovakia, which split into two countries … peacefully.

Peace IS possible.

Let all those military deployed to ensure a peace, do their tasks peacefully.

Give them the grace to endure.

Let the martyrs of the past civil wars link arms with other saints and angels to keep villages safe and all the country safe during this time of decision.

May we praise Your works and use them for what YOU want.

May we all work daily to do Your will.

Three friends: a Muslim, his wife and a Christian

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Prayer for the Referendum

by Anthony Poggo

Almighty God, we thank you for the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). As the CPA comes to the end, we pray for the preparations for the Referendum.

We pray that all the plans for the preparations for Southern Sudan’s referendum that is to take place on 9th January will be done well. There are many challenges; we pray that you will enable the various actors to overcome these obstacles. We pray for the work of the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission as well as the State Tasks Forces that they will conduct the exercise well.

We thank you that the voter registration has gone well in most parts of Southern Sudan. As we enter the official campaign period, we pray that this will be conducted peacefully.

We pray for the two partners who are discussing post referendum issues on citizenship, oil, national debt and currency so that these discussions will be successful. Pray that the issue of Abyei will also be discussed and agreed upon amicably.

We pray that the actual voting will be held in a free and fair atmosphere and that all the partners will accept the results.

We pray this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen