We pray for the world
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1 We pray for the world in its beauty and wonder
We pray for the world in the bright jewelled sky
We pray for the world for a new life’s beginning
For the hope of a brand new day, we pray for the world
We pray for the world, for the beaten and battered
For orphans who cry for parents they need
For children who play where landmines are scattered, oh Lord
For the hope of a brand new day, we pray for the world

2 We pray for the world, for the beauty of sunrise
For the glory of night and the mercy of rest
For rains that will fall and the wonders of harvest
For the hope of a brand new day, we pray for the world
We pray for the world, for the hungry and homeless
For people who live without shelter or food
For people who fear, for the weak and the helpless, oh Lord
For the hope of a brand new day, we pray for the world

3 We pray for the world, for the needs of the nations
For the leaders who rule, for the makers of peace
For the ending of wars and the bringers of wisdom
For the hope of a brand new day when fighting will cease
We pray for the world, for an end to injustice
Where laughter will drown the sound of the gun
Where the hungry are fed and the world is united, oh Lord
In the hope for a brand new day, may we be one.

©SRMack/ARWeight
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