Protection for Service Men and Women, No. 2

***That God would protect our service men and women both home and abroad. Also those who serve as first responders.

Proverbs 3:5-6
5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Many people desire to serve this nation, once great, and to protect the freedoms that we have enjoyed. They enlist in the service and serve diligently. Father, why did these people go into this line of work? They endanger themselves: men and women in the services, fire and policemen and women, first responders, including our national guard. Why? Because they see their mission to protect what we have and to serve others.

Protect them Father.

As our nation falls into deeper rebellion, it has become increasingly dangerous for these individuals. Grant them keen discernment. Trust has deteriorated between these individuals and everyday people. Help us all to find unity. Help us all to find ways to re-establish the trust and to identify the goals that we can all support.

Draw men and women of top character into these professions. May the be stalwart defenders of our nation. Raise up their hearts to be staunchly uphold our Constitution. Up gird their bodies. Strengthen them - all of them: their joints, bones, muscles... Strengthen them, psychologically...their mental faculties to be sharp and clear. Father, these individuals need to respond immediately to situations - give them instant reflexes that they can trust—that they know and respond appropriately to the situation to differentiate between potential harm, and need.

Father, our nation seems to be closing in on anarchy. People are taking matters into their own hands and these men and women, who serve, are caught in the middle, which has become increasingly dangerous. Protect them, Father. Surround them with Your heavenly hosts.

Overseas, there is deeper and deeper tension. It is hard to know who stands for Your ways. Give these service men and women courage. Grant them wisdom in their words and actions. Pour a goodly amount of common sense when determining their course of action.

For those that make critical decisions, may they seek You for direction. Father, we need a better moral and civil code. Give us help to align what we ask people to do with Your will and Your code of ethics. I ask that those who carry out orders, both in the civil and military community not have ethical or moral issues with what they are asked to do. May the quality of the decisions and orders hold strong before Your standard.

Again, Father, protect these people: physically, mentally, morally, psychologically. Protect them as they serve and may our nation turn back to You, that we have no regrets when we stand before Jesus Christ and His judgement.

In Jesus’ Name.

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