Prayer for Peace
We should seek the peace of the city where we live and pray for peace to promote the prosperity of the people among whom we dwell.
C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes the importance of praying for the peace and prosperity of the cities and nations where believers reside, as highlighted in Jeremiah 29:7. He urges Christians to actively intercede for their communities and countries, recognizing that their own peace is intertwined with the peace of others. Spurgeon calls for earnest prayers for peace, both locally and globally, and encourages believers to promote unity and harmony among different classes and races. He reminds us that in times of strife and conflict, it is our duty to seek the Lord's intervention for peace.
Text
And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pay unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. Jeremiah 29:7)
The principle involved in this text would suggest to all of us who are the Lord's strangers and foreigners that we should be desirous to promote the peace and prosperity of the people among whom we dwell. Specially should our nation and our city be blest by our constant intercession. An earnest prayer for your country and other countries is well becoming in the mouth of every believer. Eagerly let us pray for the great boon of peace, both at home and abroad.
If strife should cause bloodshed in out streets, or if foreign battle should slay our brave soldiers, we should all bewail the calamity; let us therefore pray for peace and diligently promote those principles by which the classes at home and the races abroad may be bound together in bonds of amity.
Sermon Outline
- The Principle of Promoting Peace
- Seek the peace of the city where you live
- Pay unto the Lord for it
- In the peace of the city, you will have peace
Key Quotes
“And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pay unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.” — C.H. Spurgeon
Application Points
- We should be desirous to promote the peace and prosperity of the people among whom we dwell.
- We should pray for peace and diligently promote principles that bind people together in amity.
- Our nation and our city should be blessed by our constant intercession for peace.