A Note from author Rev Belinda Groves - I was looking at a prayer written by Joanna Harader of Spacious Faith and she comments that the Hebrew term translated as ‘be still’ (raphah) in Psalm 46:10, “Be still and know that I am God,” more accurately means “let drop, let go, abandon.” I wrote this prayer with that in mind.
God, you are our refuge and strength and help in this current trouble.
While conflict shakes our world and our way of life,
help us drop, let go, abandon
fears that make us selfish and less open to others.
Let us know - even more deeply - you are God.
You are our refuge and strength and help in this current trouble.
While the nations are in uproar.
help us drop, let go, abandon
a nationalism that stops us seeing neighbours in the faces of others.
Let us show - even more truly - you are God.
You are our refuge and strength and help in this current trouble.
You will make wars cease to the end of the earth,
so help us drop, let go, abandon
the view that conflict is all there is and will ever be.
Let us grow in the knowledge you are God,
and that your glorious life will one day be seen among the nations
and across the whole earth.
Amen.
Please acknowledge Rev Belinda Groves as the author/writer when sharing this prayer.
Rev Belinda Groves is Team Leader at Canberra Baptist Church on Ngunnawal Country, a church with a rich tradition of worship, theological reflection, community and justice. Rev Belinda wrote and shared this prayer at Common Grace's Online Community Connection & Prayer Event, April 2026.