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A Prayer for Homeland Defense ©by
Kathy Black |
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For America's Leaders For the Commander-in-Chief, President George W. Bush, and others in the Executive Branch, f or Governors and Mayors of our cities, for The Judges of our Court Systems and others in the Judicial Branch, For our Senators and Congressman and others in the Legislative Branch of our Government the Homeland Defense Minister, FEMA personnel We Pray for humility, wisdom, discernment and protection upon these
people and their families. Give them the strength to lay aside all
personal ambition and serve the people under them. Impart clarity of
mind, protection from evil, and extend to them your love for all people.
Help our liberties to be secured and protected. May the lives of
those chosen to serve in this capacity be full of righteousness,
determination, courage, and loyalty. Grant our leaders vision. Help
them to be peacemakers. We ask that no leader sacrifice time that should be given to their
families and when circumstances are difficult that great grace and mercy
be extended to them. Help them to balance all of their duties
and responsibilities and have time to seek you first in prayer. For
Those Who Protect and Defend Us Grant Our Homeland Defense Minister, the ability to mobilize
diverse leaders together for the common good. By your Holy grace,
help a safety net to form that extends over America's cities, states, and
neighborhoods. Let this leader be encouraged, strengthened, and
given the wisdom to carry out his commission. Impart to him and his
loved ones your protection from harm. Let his family be
nourished by your word and presence. Be with him as he goes into
dangerous areas and give all who work with him clarity of mind and
discernment. You alone can protect us from the enemies who purpose to hurt us. We
are looking to You, Dear Heavenly Father, for miraculous intervention from
acts of terror that would kill, steal, or destroy life both in the day and
in the night. For the C.I.A., the F.B.I, Secret Service, N.S.A., A.T.F., Firefighters, Policeman, Air Marshals, The Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Grant these agencies the ability to discern from clues and fragments of
information the evil plots hatched in the dark before they are
executed. Keep them from sneak attacks. Help them be
forewarned and forearmed. When things in their day are chaotic or
unclear, expand their natural minds with Your knowledge and wisdom .
Keep them for the evil plots of the enemy and favor them with your
strategies. Guard, protect, and defend them while they are on duty.
Let the time they spend with their families be full of peace and joy.
Impart to their families understanding, grace, and courage during
difficult times. Protect all from death and destruction. If
any are called through the evil of mankind to sacrifice their lives for
the common good, we ask that you be with their families during that time
of crises and afterward. We ask that resources be imparted to them
so that they may do their jobs without fear of failure due to lack.
Increase the salaries of those who face danger daily and remove those from
office who lack compassion and care for the people of this nation. For
Those Guarding our Borders and Ports We ask that you give those who watch our borders and ports the strength to be diligent in the day and in the night. Help those employed in this capacity to see beyond the surface and reveal the hearts of the people crossing our borders whose intent is evil toward our citizens. Protect us from acts of tyranny or destruction that would come through our ports. Let only those products which build up and strengthen us as a people come through our ports and across our borders. Remove from these posts anyone who takes a bribe, anyone who is involved in dishonest gain, or those whose intent is evil against the people of our nation or the nations that border us. Reveal hidden plots, drug smuggling, and all manner of evil that lies at the borders of our country. Extend these prayers to the citizens of the nations that border us. Physicians,
Emergency Medical Dispatch Teams, All Hospital Personnel, Crises
Care Givers We call upon you as Jehovah Rapha, the Lord God who heals. Let
your hand be with all those who care for the sick, the diseased, and the
infirm. Impart your peace to them as they deal with difficult
situations and decisions that deal with life and death matters.
Impart Life both physical and spiritual to those in their care. We
hold up your Son, who you established as our High Priest by an oath from
your mouth. Let him be lifted up above the healing streams that you
have graciously given to the just and the unjust. We ask you to
impart mercy, remove deception, and bring a healing anointing back to your
church. Christian
Leaders Worldwide Help the church to arise as One Man in Christ to help the world
understand the power of the gospel to save and redeem. Bring
revelation, repentance, reconciliation, revival and renewal to your
church. For all those engaged in the great spiritual battles of our
age, we ask you to guard, protect, defend, and keep them. May the
hand of God be upon them to prosper their spirits, souls, and bodies.
We ask that you apply the work of the cross and it's power to redeem and
save to them and their families. Impart to our leaders wisdom in all they
do. Help the church to connect focus our works and our words to
become a giant net of salvation for the people of the world. Transportation Today, Lord, most of your people of America will be traveling on roads,
across bridges, through tunnels, on highways, in cars, buses, school
buses, trucks, subways, trains and airplanes. By your hand, keep
them safe. Help the drivers be alert and help them to avoid
accidents. Bless the highways on which they travel. Release
brotherly love upon people utilizing different modes of transportation and
keep them from road rage. Sustain our unity and love for one
another. May your divine protection be upon all who deal with
hazardous or dangerous chemicals, substances, or nuclear waste. For
Nuclear Power Plants in Our Nation Help the people who work at these plants to be diligent, alert, on
guard and full of wisdom. Reveal to them the importance of keeping
the citizens of our nation safe. We ask for your hand of protection
on them. Keep them from experiencing any disasters or effects from
terrorists, earthquakes, tornados or other natural disasters. Give
those in authority over these plants the understanding of the importance
of the people who live around them. Let their judgments with regard
to nuclear waste products always be made for the "good of the
people". Reveal any hidden plots or plans to harm others from
within or outside of these plants. Protection
over our Air, Food and Water We ask for you to be gracious and we plead for your mercy. Extend
your hand of protection across the food, air and water of our nation.
Hold back plagues, diseases and destruction. . We ask that
vaccines be available that would thwart the intentions of those bent on
destruction and death. We ask for cures of diseases that you alone
know are being manufactured in laboratories before they become tools in
the hands of those who care nothing for human life. We ask that you
extend this prayer of protection to all the nations of the earth. For
the Larger Cities of the United States and Embassy Personnel Around the
World Cities in biblical times were places of safety from lawlessness.
We ask that our cities again become places where citizens care for one
another, where crime drops because of brotherly love, and pride in
community, neighborhood, and family reign. We ask that our cities be
places of retreat, safety, prayer and worship. For Embassy personnel
around the world we ask for special protection as they represent our
nation to others. We ask for you to impart wisdom for the
Ambassadors and their staff and allow them to be respected by others in
the communities they reside. For
Widows and Orphans Let the widows and orphans of those fallen in battle, whether it be on
foreign soil or in America, be cared for with respect and dignity.
Protect the money raised from others so that it goes directly to help
them. The
Communication Industry, Postal and Mail Carriers.
Let all those who work in the television and radio industry have a
renewal and a revival of hearts. Only you are omnipresent and can
see the things done in the dark. Protect those who serve in the news
media and help them to be protectors of the truth. Keep them from
deception and perversion. Protect all who serve by delivering the
mail. Reveal destructive plots, diseased mail, or bombs before they
kill and destroy. Give them peace and clarity of mind and heart.
Protect their loved ones. For
the Muslim Population of the United States Let all of us as Americans be a witness to these people groups of God's
love through Jesus Christ his son. Allow the light of God's love for
them to shine from our pulpits, our political platforms, and our
neighborhoods. Open their eyes and ears to the good news of the
gospel. May generations of idolatry fall in their countries of
origin so that the living word, of a living God, can impact and impart to
them eternal life through Jesus Christ. Drug
Companies Help these companies to manufacture the proper amount of medicines to
heal and help people. Protect them from terrorist plots and impart
wisdom to them so that cures to diseases and illnesses arise from many
different research labs. Impart revelation to your people to prevent
illness through proper lifestyle changes. Bring revelation and wisdom to
your people of how to use drugs effectively for the relief of suffering.
Students
Away from Home Comfort those who are away in
schools, colleges, and universities. Keep the students safe and give
them tolerance for one another. Bring back to our campus's the truth
and rid our education systems of rhetoric that is atheistic and humanistic
in origin. Prepared
10/01 Revised
11/5/05 |