Monday 18 June 2018

Prayer for sports competitions

We thank you God for the gift of sport. It is indeed a wonderful way to forge friendships and for weeding away youngsters from bad habits. But it also leads to enmity and unwanted competition.
We pray Jesus that the football world cup leads to people coming together in harmony and love. May games lead to countries and people understanding one another rather than only playing out their rivalry on the field. Lead teams well to play fairly and enjoy the game and the atmosphere instead of playing to win at any cost.
Guide us well Holy Spirit so that we don't sacrifice friendships for the sake of team support. May this world cup experience help us to introduce sport into our religious spaces so that our youngsters choose health over non healthy and destructing habits. May we see the goodness in sport as something which can lead to a stronger spirituality. Amen.

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