Our Father in Heaven, We come into Your Presence to lift up a Charleston Police Officer before Your Throne of Grace who was wounded in the line of duty. Lord, we are so grateful to You for Your amazing grace and mercies to have been upon this officer and for sparing his/her life. As the news reports indicate he/she was ”ok”, we ask You to continue to grant the doctor’s wisdom to diagnose and treat his/her wound and restore this officer to full health. As this officer comes to grips with this near death experience, may Your peace and comfort touch his/her heart and mind and draw him/her ever so close to Your side. May Your grace, mercies, peace and love touch the other law enforcement officers who were present and/or responded to this scene as we know this can be just as emotionally traumatizing to them as well. May Your grace also be with this wounded officers’ family and comfort them with Your grace and Your presence. We are so thankful the suspect who tried to escape was captured. May you grant the investigators insight to gather all of the facts surrounding this attempted escape. May Your grace also touch the many medical workers and first responders who rendered aid to both the wounded officer and suspect as we know they, too, can be emotionally and spiritually challenged through this incident. Lord, as we know traumatic confrontations like this can cause emotional trauma to many who were present and even those who were not, we ask for Your mercies to be upon them and draw them close to Your side where they may find comfort and grace. May anyone know Your word says, “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” And if this wounded officer or any other law enforcement officer does not know You personally, may You draw them to Your SON by Your Holy Spirit where they may receive Him as their Savior and Lord, in the name of Jesus Christ we pray, amen.

News Link
http://wchstv.com/news/local/camc-general-on-lockdown

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