August 3, 2015
2:15 PM pst
 
Our Father in Heaven, We come into Your Presence Lord to lift up this wounded Oakland Police officer and place him into Your loving care.  We are thankful that his life was spared and that he able to undergo surgery and is now in stable condition.  Lord, we ask you to continue to guide the hands of the doctors so that they may render the correct medical care and allow him to be restored to complete health.  May Your grace especially touch the family of this wounded officer and draw them ever so close to Your side.  May this wounded officer and his family sense Your presence with them right now carrying them through this very emotional time.  May Your peace, love, mercy and comfort especially settle upon the hearts and souls of the other two officers who had to use deadly force.  As we know life-threatening encounters like this can affect co-workers just as much as the injured officer, we ask for your grace, peace, mercies and comfort to settle upon every law enforcement officer who was involved in that incident and may they experience your amazing presence in their hearts. May every officer be drawn to You where they can experience Your abundant peace.  And for this injured officer and those co-workers who may have been very deeply affected emotionally, may they intimately know they can always cast theirs cares upon you for we know You care for them.  May you prevent any of them from experiencing any long-term emotional trauma.  As we know the men and women and family members of the Oakland Police Department experience a great amount of despair and trauma, we seek Your grace to touch the hearts and minds of every officer and family member.  May they all be drawn to Your Side where they may see and known the supremeness of Your Love and Peace.  Most importantly Lord, may You reveal the Love of Your Son to many and may they know that now is the day of salvation.  May Your Holy Spirit touch many lives, this we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

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