Beauty for brokenness, hope for despair,
Lord, in your suffering world this is our prayer.
Bread for the children, justice, joy, peace,
sunrise to sunset your kingdom increase.

2. Shelter for fragile lives, cures for their ills,
work for the craftsmen, trade for their skills,
land for the dispossessed, rights for the weak,
voices to plead the cause of those who can’t speak.

God of the poor, friend of the weak,
give us compassion we pray:
melt our cold hearts,
let tears fall like rain;
come, change our love
from a spark to a flame.

3. Refuge from cruel wars, havens from fear,
cities for sanctuary, freedoms to share,
peace to the killing fields, scorched earth to green,
Christ for the bitterness, his cross for the pain.

4. Rest for the ravaged earth, oceans and streams,
plundered and poisoned, our future, our dreams,
Lord end our madness, carelessness, greed,
make us content with the things that we need.

5. Lighten our darkness, breathe on this flame
until your justice burns brightly again,
until the nations learn of your ways,
seek your salvation and bring you their praise.

Scriptures: Psalms 113:3, Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Malachi 1:11, Isaiah 61:3, Exodus 36:8-19, 1 Kings 7:14, 2 Chronicles 2:7-14, Judges 21:25, Psalms 86:9, Numbers 35:6-34, Deuteronomy 4:41-43, Deuteronomy 19:1-10, Joshua 20, Proverbs 19:17, Isaiah 59:19, Leviticus 23:22, Deuteronomy 24:19, Genesis 3:16-19, Genesis 4:22, Exodus 35:35, Leviticus 25:35, 2 Samuel 2:26, Psalms 72:11-14, Psalms 140:12, Proverbs 14:31, Proverbs 28:27, Isaiah 1:4-7, Isaiah 3:14-15, Isaiah 45:6, Jeremiah 22:16, Lamentations 4:4, Joel 2:25, Amos 2:6-7, Amos 4:6-10, Amos 5:11-12, Amos 8:4-8, Romans 8:22, Philippians 4:11-12, 1 Timothy 6:6-8, James 5:1-6

944. Beauty for brokenness, hope for despair