August 2026

Lord,
in the face of the immense challenges of our time, do not let us retreat into a bygone past that is
illusory and supposedly better, but inspire us with the wisdom to create a world in harmony with your
creative plan: that humankind may live in harmony with one another, that the earth may yield its fruit, each according to its kind, and
that animals and creatures may thrive in all their diversity. We want to dream alongside the Bible so that
this time may come, and to help you bring it about!
In the name of Jesus Christ, who desires a good and abundant life for all!

At a time when thousands of hectares of forest and arable land are going up in smoke,
we know we can pray to you, Jesus, the man of agricultural parables…
Pray for the firefighters and all the volunteers battling the blaze.
May they know that you stand with them in their fight to save their fellow citizens and the land that sustains them.
To pray to you for our farmer friends who, throughout the year, through their expertise and hard work,
prevent the land from returning to wasteland and desertification.
To pray to you for all those living in parts of the world where climate change has already
wreaked havoc and is causing the displacement of starving populations.
To pray to you for the dreamers, the utopians, the courageous, who are fighting against the degradation of
the environment, and come up against conflicting financial interests.

When we run towards nowhere,
when we search in the distance for illusory treasures that will leave us unsatisfied,
bring us back to our field.
So often we squander these hours, these days, these daily treasures that are given to us.
So often we are consumers of the fleeting.
In the frantic race for ever more, which speeds up our world,
stop us for your sake, stop us for our own sake,
stop us now for this moment of prayer,
in its truth,
in its selflessness.

Jesus, Yeshua, every morning I repeat your Name, and bless you.
I repeat your Name like the light that dispels the night, and bless you.
I repeat your Name like living water in our deserts, and bless you.
I repeat your Name like a seed promising all growth, and bless you.
To repeat your Name like a gentle breath, more enduring than our weariness, and to bless you.
To repeat your Name as the One who will open to us the heart of God, your Father and our Father.