Heart for Justice

Give us a heart that cries for justice, Father. May we hunger for the world to be made right. Teach us the justice of seeking good for the orphan and the widow, for the alien and the outsider. Give us courage to stand up against the oppressor, even when that oppressor is within us or within things we have long used and held sacred.

Instruct our hearts and tongues so we may live prophetic lives. Compell us to speak what we have heard. May we proclaim the secrets you've revealed on the rooftops. Make every movement of our days an expression of the Kingdom you have shown us -- the reality where you provide and show us the way. Us our wealth, our strength, our knowledge, and our power to materialize your presence here. You have given us these for just this purpose. You know how much we need it.