Our Father in Heaven, we come into Your Presence, O’ Lord with hearts of praise and gratitude unto You for sparing the life of a Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Deputy. As the news reported the deputy was saved because of his Kevlar vest, we know there will still be some pain and emotional trauma that this deputy must endure. So, Lord, we ask for Your continued healing touch to be upon this deputy and ask you to provide for a full and complete recovery. More importantly, Lord, we ask for Your amazing grace to settle upon the heart and mind of this wounded deputy as he must deal with the emotional reality of this life-threatening event. May Your grace and your presence touch his heart and mind. May Your mercy and grace be with the members of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s department as we know it can affect their whole community as well. May Your peace that passes all understanding especially touch the family of this wounded deputy as they rally around their loved one from this near-death experience. As a search is still underway for the suspect, may You provide the investigators with wisdom and insight to piece together facts of this shooting. May You fill the investigators with wisdom and insight to be able to track down this suspect and take him into custody. And if this suspect might try to harm any more peacemakers, may You cause his weapons to malfunction. May You also confuse the suspects mind and cause him to be unable to sleep or rest until he is apprehended. Lord, may You use this near tragedy to draw the members of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Department unto Your side to intimately experience the joy provided by Your son. And if this wounded deputy or any other co-workers or family members do not know Your love and forgiveness, may Your Holy Spirit cause many to examine their hearts and draw them to the Love of Your Son. As a result of this near-death encounter, may You draw many deputies and family members to Your side and may many come to receive You as their Savior and Lord. May Your mercies and peace rest upon the many allied law enforcement officers, first responders and medical personnel who aided in saving the life of this wounded warrior. May Your words as follows come alive in the hearts of many law enforcement officers, “Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. (Ps. 144:1-2) This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.


News link:
https://www.knoe.com/content/news/BREAKING-Ouachita-Parish-deputy-shot-on-duty-501722152.html