11/04/2022
Lord, I come to you today thankful for the men and women in our law enforcement families who serve and protect us around the clock. We rest better each night as we go about our daily lives in safety knowing that our police force is always a phone call away to help us in our time of need.
I pray your special strength and protection upon our police officers as they go about their work of keeping the peace, preventing crime, catching law breakers, intervening in personal disputes, caring for victims, assisting the mentally ill, finding the lost, regulating traffic, keeping demonstrations peaceful, fighting the battle against drugs, intervening in domestic abuse, protecting against terrorism, and so much more.
As we thank you for all of these things that our police officers do for us, we are overwhelmed with a sense of gratitude. We also have a renewed sense of their complexity and seriousness of their job. We thank you for each individual who has answered the call to this crucial service to our communities and for the spirit of service they exhibit. We pray that they will receive the support they deserve from the community, the funding and equipment they need to do their job and the training that will keep them ready to face our changing needs.
We pray your divine protection upon each of our law enforcement men and women. We pray Isaiah 54:17 for them that now weapon formed against them will prosper. We pray Psalm 34:7 that your protecting angels will surround them. We pray Ephesians 5:10 that you will generously give them wisdom and discernment in every situation.
We end by thanking you for the example of Christ like service they give us for laying their lives on the line for us. For it says in the Bible, "Greater love has no man than he lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13).
