Justice, Mercy & Healing Prayer with author Carey Wallace

We thank Carey Wallace for this rich resource of Scripture and prayer prompts…perfect for a daily journey into God’s heart. It’s designed to be prayed over a month, to be shared with friends and strangers, too. As Carey says, “We continue to believe that, amidst everything else that’s said, the most powerful words in the world are always the one spoken between us and God.”

Justice, Mercy, and Healing 

What does the Lord require of you?  To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)

This is what the Lord Almighty said: Administer true justice, show mercy and compassion to one another. (Zechariah 7:9)

The Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.  For the Lord is a God of justice.  Blessed are all who wait for him!  People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.  How gracious he will be when you cry for help!  As soon as he hears, he will answer you. (Isaiah 30:18)

Justice

But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream. (Amos 5:24)

For I, the Lord, love justice. (Isaiah 61:8)

Learn to do right, seek justice. Defend the oppressed.  Take up the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. (Isaiah 1:17)

The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. (Proverbs 29:7)

The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. (Psalm 33:5)

My justice will become a light to the nations.  My righteousness draws near speedily, my salvation is on the way, and my arm will bring justice to the nations. (Isaiah 51:4)

Mercy

I desire mercy, not sacrifice. (Hosea 6:6)

Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is great, but do not let me fall into human hands. (2 Samuel 24:14)

He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. (Titus 3:5)

Be merciful, just as your father is merciful. (Luke 6:36)

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)

Healing

Heal me Lord, and I will be healed. (Jeremiah 17:14)

I am the LORD, who heals you. (Exodus 15:26)

O Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me. (Psalm 30:2)

Daily Prompts

The rhythm of prompts here are designed to pray one a day between October 3 and November 3. But please use them any way you like.

One prayer we hope you’ll pray each time is for other members of this project: that God will bless and protect everyone who prays with us, and continue to call people into prayer for justice, mercy, and healing.

1.     What injustice breaks my heart?  Ask God to help us feel His pain over it.

2.     Where do I need mercy?  Offer these places to God.

3.     Where does my community need healing?  Pray for healing in these places.

4.     What injustice am I blind to?  Pray that God will open our eyes.

5.     Where does our world need mercy?  Pray for God to open our eyes. 

6.     Where does my community need healing?  Pick someone who you deeply disagree with. Pray to better understand and love them, and for opportunities to grow closer to them.

7.     What injustice breaks my heart?  Pray for someone you know has suffered injustice. Ask God to move powerfully in the situation, with justice, mercy and healing.

8.     Where do I need mercy?  Thank God for his mercy in as much detail as you can.

9.     Where does my community need healing?  Pray for healing in these places.

10.   What injustice breaks my heart?  Ask God to bring justice in that place.

11.   Who do I not offer mercy to?  Pray for God to open our eyes.

12.   Where does my community need healing?  Pray for blessing in these places.

13.   What injustice am I blind to?  Pray that God will open our eyes.

14.   Where do I need mercy?  Offer these places to God.

15.   How do I refuse healing or cause hurt?  Pray that God will open our eyes.

16.   What injustice breaks my heart?  Ask God to show us where we can move for justice in our own lives.

17.   Where am I blind for my need for mercy?  Ask God to open our eyes.

18.   Where do I need healing?  Lift our wounds up to God.

19.   What injustice breaks my heart?  Ask God to help us feel His pain over it.

20.   Where does my community need healing?  Pick someone who you deeply disagree with. Pray to better understand and love them, and for opportunities to grow closer to them.

21.   How do I refuse healing or cause hurt?  Pray that God will open our eyes.

22.   What injustice breaks my heart?  Ask God to give us courage to act for justice

23.   Where do I need mercy?  Offer these places to God.

24.   Where do I need healing?  Lift our wounds up to God.

25.   What injustice breaks my heart?  Ask God to bring justice in that place.

26.   Where am I blind for my need for mercy?  Ask God to open our eyes to others who have been merciful to us.

27.   Where does my community need healing?  Pick someone who you don’t like. Pray to better understand and love them, and for opportunities to grow closer to them.

28.   What injustice breaks my heart?  Ask God to show us where we can move for justice in our own lives.

29.   Where do I need mercy?  Ask God to show us where we need to show mercy.

30.   Where does our world need healing? Pray that God will bring it, beyond what we could ask for or imagine.

31.   Where can I not imagine justice being done?  Pray not just for justice, but for God’s blessing in these places.

32.   Where does our world need mercy?  Pray for God to bring it in power.