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Heavenly Father, we return with thankful hearts that the captors of this innocent child have shown mercy and released him unharmed. May this family be guided by Your hand as they prepare to leave the Iraq they love ... settle them anew in their homeland, O God, that they might live in peace and security.

Give victory to our troops as they come against the bitterness of the enemy ... let them sweep away the evil that dots the countryside, leaving only peace and stability in their wake. Constrain those who use hostages ... protect those already taken ... reveal the presence of the enemy, that he would be rendered harmless forever. May the vision of a totally free Iraq fall mightily upon the people, and may they make it so, O God ... may they make it so. In the Name of Jesus, I pray, Amen ...