{"id":19078,"date":"2025-12-06T00:01:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/?p=19078"},"modified":"2025-12-10T08:03:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:03:47","slug":"prayer-for-the-week-saturday-6th-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/2025\/12\/06\/prayer-for-the-week-saturday-6th-december-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for the Week &#8211; Saturday 6th December 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Saturday 6 December 2025: Peace among Nations, Peace within Hearts<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19079\" src=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19080\" src=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December2-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December2-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December2-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December2-2048x1149.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December2-1280x720.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19081\" src=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December3-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/December3-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Reflection<\/h3>\n<p>On 8 December 1955, the Council of Europe adopted the European flag as a symbol of unity, cooperation, and shared hope. As the world continues to experience division and conflict, we pray for Europe and all nations: &#8211; That they would choose dialogue over violence, welcome over walls, and peace over pride.<\/p>\n<h3>Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>Lord of all nations,<\/p>\n<p>We thank you for moments in history that point to unity and shared purpose.<br \/>\nWe pray for the continent of Europe,<br \/>\nfor its churches to be renewed,<br \/>\nits leaders to be guided by wisdom,<br \/>\nand its people to live with open hearts.<\/p>\n<p>In a time of rising tensions and growing fears,<br \/>\nMake us peacemakers.<br \/>\nHelp us sow peace in our families,<br \/>\nin our communities, and across borders.<\/p>\n<p>Let your peace begin with us.<\/p>\n<p>In Jesus\u2019 name we pray. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Annah Mwadiwa\u00a0 Area Trustee <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>London, Beds Essex and Herts, South East<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@lucasmendesph?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">lucas mendes<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/human-hands-wDLYKQ4EskM?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@diegocespedesc2019?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Diego C\u00e9spedes Cabrera<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-person-holding-a-lit-candle-in-their-hands-qP12JMidR9c?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a> \u00a0Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@alexart251?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Alexey Larionov<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-blue-flag-with-stars-1X3li7TGf6o?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 6 December 2025: Peace among Nations, Peace within Hearts &nbsp; &nbsp; Reflection On 8 December 1955, the Council of Europe adopted the European flag as a symbol of unity, cooperation, and shared hope. As the world continues to experience division and conflict, we pray for Europe and all nations: &#8211; That they would choose dialogue over violence, welcome over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[349,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","category-prayer-for-the-week"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 04:29:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}