Our Father in Heaven, we seek Your unfailing love and mercies upon the men and women of the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Department. Lord, our hearts are numb with grief and sorrow at this tragic loss of a deputy. First, Lord, we come before Your Throne of Grace to lift the second deputy who was critically wounded. We are so thankful he survived and place him into Your care and Love. As we know this deputy is in pain and fighting for his life--may Your grace and peace settle upon his heart and mind. May You grant the doctors supernatural wisdom to effectively treat this wounded deputy and restore him to full health. As we know this attack has hit the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department members especially hard, may You raise up chaplains and other Godly law enforcement officers to be a support and help at this very emotional time. We are so thankful that law enforcement officers at that scene were able to a suspect into custody.  As this investigation is still fluid, may You grant the investigators wisdom to determine all of the facts surrounding this heinous crime.  We especially lift up the families of these deputies and place them into Your loving Arms. May they be deeply and intimately filled with Your amazing grace and compassionate love. May Your amazing grace be made supernaturally real in their hearts right now.  May Your Holy Spirit be made real in everyone’s heart and sustain them through this very difficult time. Lord, we need Your grace more than anything to be upon the entire Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department and surround law enforcement community. May Your word as follow comfort those in need, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. And, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”  May Your unending mercies, unfailing love and peace provide supernatural strength to them at this time of loss. Lord, we also want to lift up the small army of law enforcement officers and countless paramedics, fire-fighters and other first responders who were/are at that scene who had to witness the tragedy upon those with whom they worked so closely. May You encamp Your angels around them and supernaturally sustain them with Your peace, mercy and grace. Continue to grant the investigators wisdom as they piece together the facts of this incident. Finally, Lord, may You continue to provide wisdom to law enforcement officers across America and the world to remember their training and always use sound tactics. May Your Holy Spirit gently settle upon the entire Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department and allied agencies and strengthen them with Your Holy Spirit. Touch the hearts of every member of the many law enforcement agencies assisting in this very difficult situation. May You protect the heart, mind and spirit of every member of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department and draw them unto Your Son for strength at this loss of a dear friend and co-worker. May Your love reign supreme and may many law enforcement officers come to receive Your Son into their heart as their Savior and Lord who will carry them through difficult days. And as they will be having to make preparations for a final farewell for their fallen comrade, may You be magnified center stage at this service. O’ Lord, may You raise up chaplains and other Godly officers to be a representative of Your Light. May You bring about good through this difficult incident. May every law enforcement officer know they are God’s Servant for Good. May they forever be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might and always put on the whole armor of God, In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.  

News link:
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/4580835-santa-cruz-county-deputies-attacked-injured-in-ben-lomond/