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Native Faiths - African Prayers

The Beauty of This Path:

For me, the "going with the flow" is the true beauty of the African path. Surrender, not giving up, but agreeing to let God's will to take yours over is the essence of the African experience. By "going with the flow", you allow the God and the universe to bring you your highest good. This opens you to receiving something better than you can have possibly imagined... something that you would have wanted if only you had known it was there. If you want to start going with the flow, these prayers can help you start.

Prayer Index: Native Faiths - African Prayers

Prayer for Peace
Prayer of Blessing
Prayer for Protection
African Hymn

Prayer for Peace

Almighty God, the Great Thumb we cannot evade to tie any knot; the roaring Thunder that splits mighty trees: the all-seeing Lord up on high who sees even the footprints of antelope on a rock mass here on Earth. You are the one who does not hesitate to respond to our call. You are the cornerstone of peace.

Prayer of Blessing

O Lord, O God, Creator of our land, our earth, the trees, the animals and humans, all is for your honor. The drums beat it out, and people sing about it, and they dance with noisy joy that you are the Lord.

You also have pulled the other continents out of the sea. What a wonderful world you have made out of the wet mud, and what beautiful men and women! We thank you for the beauty of this earth. The grace of your creation is like a cool day between rainy seasons. We drink in your creation with our eyes.

We listen to the birds' jubilee with our ears. How strong and good and sure your earth smells, and everything that grows there. The sky above us is like a warm, soft Kente cloth, because you are behind it, else it would be cold and rough and uncomfortable. We drink in your creation and cannot get enough of it.

But in doing this we forget the evil we have done. Lord, we call you, we beg you: tear us away from our sins and our death. This wonderful world fades away. And one day our eyes snap shut, and all is over and dead that is not from you. We are still slaves of the fetishes of this earth. When we are not saved by you.

Bless us. Bless our land and people.
Bless our forests with mahogany, wawa, and cacao.
Bless our fields with cassava and peanuts.
Bless the waters that flow through our land. Fill them with fish and drive great schools of fish to our seacoast, so that the fishermen in their unsteady boats do not need to go out too far.

Be with us youth in our countries, and in all Africa, and in the whole world. Prepare us for the service that we should render.

Prayer for Protection

I implore Thee, Thou God;
I pray to Thee during the night.

How are all people kept by Thee all days?
And Thou walkest in the midst of the grass,
I walk with Thee;
When I sleep in the house,
I sleep with Thee.

To Thee, I pray for food and water to drink,
and Thou givest it to the people.
Set me free, I implore Thee from my heart:

If I do not pray to Thee with my heart,
Thou hearest me not!
If I pray to Thee with my heart,
Thou knowest it and art gracious unto me!

African Hymn

The cross is the hope of Christians,
the cross is the resurrection of the dead,
the cross is the way of the lost,
the cross is the savior of the lost,

the cross is the staff of the lame,
the cross is the guide of the blind,
the cross is the strength of the weak,
the cross is the doctor of the sick,

the cross is the aim of the priests,
the cross is the hope of the hopeless,
the cross is the freedom of the slaves,
the cross is the power of the kings,

the cross is the water of the seeds,
the cross is the consolation of the bondmen,
the cross is the source of those who seek water,
the cross is the cloth of the naked.

We thank you, Father, for the cross.