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Beloved Heavenly Father,
This is the Memorial Day weekend celebration. Father, we are so very mindful about the precious hearts who have recently given their lives for the freedom and protection of our nation. We are very mindful that it is the time to specially hold in our hearts the sacrifice which men and women throughout our history have given. We individually may not know each and every single name of the Ones who have fallen, but each and every single one is precious to us and we know that you not only know their names, but you know their hearts. Father, please, we ask that you will grant a special blessing to each and every one of them wherever they are in your universe. Thank each and every single one for us for the immense gift they have given to us individually and as a nation. We ask this not only for the Fallen Heroes of our own nation, but also for those who have ever given their lives in the holy cause of Freedom on this earth. Bless, Father, the families of those who yet mourn a Fallen Hero.
While we have seen with gratitude, the return of our POWs and the accounting of those who have been listed as MIA in the recent conflict, we are aware that there are yet MIAs remaining from previous conflicts. We are aware that there are even those who are working to protect us who do not wear uniforms. Father, we ask that you will bless all Fallen Heroes and all who serve in our intelligence services and agencies. We are particularly mindful of the 3 agents in Columbia who are MIA. Father, we are asking, united in our prayers, and confident with great hope, that you will protect and care for and bring home those who are missing and yet alive. Give information to those who are searching for answers, and guide and protect any rescue missions. For those whom you have seen fit to call Home, we ask that you will bless them and their families. Grant the families the relief and comfort of a full accounting of their loved ones.
Father, some of us here in our prayer circle have seen the horrors of war. They have experienced the bullets and shrapnel flying. They have seen buddies fall. They have felt the hurry-up-and-wait tedium of war. For these who are our veterans throughout this nation, we ask that you, Father, will place a huge package of our gratitude and your blessing upon their heads. Heal any and all scars and open wounds caused by the Hell of war. Let these who have come home know of a certainty that their service IS appreciated, howbeit in some cases belatedly.
Father, we who have been spared from being on the battlefield kneel before you in humble gratitude for all of our heroes who have fought and held watch to defend our cocoon of peace and freedom. Please take our gratitude and grant the active military and our veterans and their families a very special blessing during the festivities of the weekend. Bless the boyscouts who are decorating the graves of the Fallen with flags. Grant this nation the blessing of being able to maintain the memory and cognizance of the importance of our military and the profound gift which each one who serves honorably has bestowed on us. As long as we can remember where our freedom comes from, we have a chance of holding on to it. Father, bless these who have given all to defend our Constitution and the Rule of Law which preserves the freedoms which you bestow as our natural birthright.
We have seen in recent days, Father, the waves of returning servicemen from overseas. We rejoice in the stories of those such as Major Sellers, who today has returned to see his baby Dillon who had heart surgery while he was serving overseas. We rejoice that you have seen fit to answer the many prayers which have been given on the Sellers' behalf, and that Dillon and his mother are doing well and now reunited with the Major. We rejoice at the safe return of each and every one of our men and women.
Father, we have been experiencing terror alerts over the past several days. We are mindful of the extra efforts our military, intelligence, police, firemen, healthcare professionals and all public servants, are exerting at this time. We are grateful for their service. Please grant that all plans for mischief will be revealed in a timely manner to those who can put a stop to the injury which evil ones are seeking to inflict. We are mindful that agents and troops and interests not only at home but abroad are targeted. Please, Father, intercede and protect our nation, her people, her interests, and her allies in this hour and in the days to come. Father, help our leaders and those in decision-making roles win the Peace! Bind all attempts to compromise the sorely won Victory! We CLAIM that Victory, and we demand, according to thy will, that ONLY your will shall be done in Iraq, Afghanistan, the entire Middle East and throughout the earth!
We invoke your mercy and forgiveness for our shortcomings, and as your children, we are grateful for the infinite care and love you have for each of us. We ask that our prayer be adjusted in accordance with your own perfection and that you will multiply our prayers as much as your Great Law will allow. We thank you and praise you, our God, our own Father, for the miracles which we know we can expect to see. To you is the Glory and Honor. To you we give our hearts.
Amen