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 MOVEMENT PRAYERS 

  • Aug 29, 2020

May our liberation come as we seek

to bring liberation to others, realizing

that our freedoms are bound together

in our common humanity.


May our pain expand our capacity

for joy, our brokenness lead to

realizations of beauty within, our

despair challenge us to cling to hope,

and our suffering invite us to love.


May we realize that God's presence

is found in the voices of the

oppressed among us.


May we learn to love ourselves as

we love the oppressed in our world,

inviting us into an experience of

liberation that is nearer to us

than ever before.


CREDIT: Nikole Lim


Lim, Nikole. 2020. Liberation is Here: Women Uncovering Hope in a Broken World. IVP.

Holy One, this prayer is birthed from the depths of weariness of a black woman to the black woman. God, you know we are tired. You see the world restricts us. You know that we need to rest. So, today God, we declare freedom—no longer will we be mandated surrogates for a nation that cannot accept us. We will be free. Jesus comes, so we know our spirits can be free. So, God, enlighten us to recognize the presence of Heaven within our Spirit and orient us toward an everlasting freedom.  For it is so. Amen.


Jesus Christ, Son of God, who promised in your first sermon to break the chains of the oppressed and to set the prisoners free, break apart our wrecked and ruinous criminal (in)justice system. Do not let profits strangle your prophets any longer, but be with us and teach us not to tolerate these practices from this day forward. May we not only visit the sick and imprisoned but support smart legislation, protest, and incline our hearts towards rehabilitative justice and the abolition of human cages, that all may know the freedom from judgment that only Christ can bring. Amen




Kuramitsu, Kenji. 2017. A Booklet of Uncommon Prayer: Collects for the #BlackLivesMatter Movement - and Beyond. Evangelicals for Social Action.

Created by David F. Potter, 2020

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