Verse & Voice – Sojourners – 7 September 2018

verse of the day

” … They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”

– Isaiah 2:4

voice of the day

“Let us work to be peacemakers, those given a wonderful share in Our Lord’s ministry of reconciliation. If we want peace, so we have been told, let us work for justice. Let us beat our swords into ploughshares.”

– Desmond Tutu

prayer of the day

Loving God, instill us with a spirit of peace and reconciliation as we work for justice.