Oh, Lord! You know Your children by name. You know the thoughts of their hearts. You know the stress in which they battle. You know the fear that haunts their reality. Father God, You know their tears and You treasure them.
God, I ask that You will reign down these collective prayers over Your children scattered throughout the city of Seattle. My heart hurts for the residents and store owners of that town. I can’t even imagine what it would feel like to have my city up in flames. To have my local park taken over and destroyed. To have my neighborhood police station vacated and boarded up and gone. Lord, my heart hurts for the city of Seattle.
Father God, move in.
Father God, stir in the hearts of the saved and the unsaved alike.
Father God, allow salvation to spread like wildfire. Open the mouths of Christians as You open the hearts of the lost. Connect these two on the streets and in the stores and in churches throughout this city. Save souls, we pray.
Father, I do pray for the local pastors. I pray You will benefit each of them with wisdom above measure. Protect their minds, their hearts and their words. Cloth them in Your righteousness and in Your armor! Lead them down the path needed for the spiritual health of their flock and of their city.
Father God, Three in One, we come to You with the unspoken words of prayer regarding CHOP (Capitol Hill Organized (or Occupied) Protest). My first prayer of urgency falls upon the blinded individual who stepped in and is now caught up in something too big for their understanding. Jesus love this person. Holy Spirit whisper purpose and strength and clarity within this soul. Father, protect them from the damage of narcotics and group-think. Bring freedom, Lord God.
And then I think of the leadership with the country of CHOP and my words fall short. Rather, they tornado. Will You please gather our spoken prayers with our silent prayers and our tornado-like prayers and do according to Your will, Father God!
It’s easy to pray Your will be done as my city is far from CHOP. So, I circle back to the hearts of our Christian family who is experiencing and witnessing the events in Seattle. Lord Jesus, make it clear to them that they are loved world-wide. That they are covered in prayer. And that You, Lord God, are fully in control.
Psalm 77 ~ Take heart!
Xoxo
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