{"id":48589,"date":"2022-09-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/?post_type=resource&p=48589"},"modified":"2022-08-10T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T20:20:00","slug":"pray-with-colombia-september-11-2022","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/resource\/pray-with-colombia-september-11-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray with Colombia, September 11, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lectionary Selection:<\/strong>\u00a0 1 Timothy 1:12-17<\/p>\n\n\n

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Prayers for Colombia<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God, who is mother and father, who always sees the good in each of us just as you did with Paul despite his past, today I want to thank you for your undeserved favor and mercy for each woman of Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite poverty, gender gaps, violence, abuse, corruption, and many other things that affect women, you strengthened them and considered them trustworthy for your service. And your grace is poured out upon each of them with abundance.<\/p>\n\n\n

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But today, I want to ask your blessing upon each woman who builds peace and a better world from their territories. May you care for and deliver them from evil, granting them the opportunities, attention, and support they need and deserve throughout their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also ask that the new government would help build a new society that is more just and egalitarian for each one of\u00a0Colombia\u2019s people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Therefore, to the eternal, immortal, invisible King, to the one God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mission Stewardship Moment from Colombia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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To get to the village of Nuevo Para\u00edso in the municipality of Tierralta, C\u00f3rdoba, you must travel three hours by motorcycle on unpaved roads, over mud and rocks, and cross three rivers. However, although the road is inhospitable, the view and panorama, the sun, the breeze, the birds, the cattle, and the extensive greenery of the trees on the Colombian plain’s horizon declare the Lord’s greatness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our job is to accompany women and their families in peacebuilding, justice, and reconciliation processes from a gender perspective. But how to talk about this in a context that for years has been so violent, where you must ask permission from the armed groups in the area to access and participate in their midst?<\/p>\n\n\n

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When we arrived, a group of women were waiting for us, motivated to train on human rights, violence against women, and how to stop it. After the workshops, we had the opportunity to visit the projects of home gardens and laying hens developed between 2020 and 2021. From their produce, they gave us oranges, chili peppers, and lemons to bring with us to Bogot\u00e1. The woman pastor told us that they had to distribute the laying hens among the women of the project so that each one could have their income of egg feed when it rained, and the road did not allow them to reach the garden in the church. Despite the circumstances that seem to delay their hope, they mobilize and give thanks to God, who has given them mercy, strengthens them, and considers them worthy of their ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The apostle’s words come to life in them and their project by declaring that “… the grace of our Lord poured out upon me abundantly, along with the faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer and Mission Moment by Xiomara Cintr\u00f3n-Garc\u00eda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mission Partners in Colombia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n