July 8, 2015
12:15 PM pst

Our Father in Heaven,  we come into Your Presence, O’ Lord with hearts of praise and gratitude unto You Lord for sparing the life of a Mounds Police Officer.  As the news reports indicate the officer is out of surgery and is stable, we ask for Your Healing touch to be upon him and as you continue to grant the medical doctors wisdom and insight in order 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 officer as he must deal with the emotional reality of this life-threatening event.  May Your grace and your presence touch this officer’s heart and mind.  May Your mercy and grace be with the members of this small police 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 officer as they rally around their loved one from this near death experience.  Lord, may You use this near tragedy to draw the members of the Mounds Police Department unto Your side to intimately experience the joy provided by Your son.  And if this wounded officer 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.  Lord, we ask You to provide the Illinois investigators with wisdom and insight to be able to quickly locate the suspects and bring them to justice.  May Your mercies and Your Presence protect all officers from all harm and danger.  If the suspects try to use their weapons, may you cause them to malfunction or misfire.  May You confuse their minds and cause them to surrender.  As a result of this near death encounter, may You draw many officers 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 other first responders and medical personnel who aided in saving the life of this wounded warrior.  This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.   
News Link:
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/29499856/officer-shot-in-mounds-armed-and-dangerous-suspect-on-the-run