To the six families who recently lost their loved ones as the result of a wild gunman’s shooting in Tucson AZ (January 8, 2011), we give you our most sincere condolences.
We are saddened by this terrible event and we hurt with you, the families who are left with the pain of this great loss, from a young girl of only nine years old to an elderly retiree of seventy-six.
For those who have been wounded and are yet struggling to recover, including but not limited to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, we pray for God’s healing, protection, support and strengthening.
We pray for each and every individual including their families that are directly and indirectly affected by this appalling event. We pray for comfort of heart, courage of spirit, and peace of mind.
We pray Lord that you provide them the needed consolation and strength of faith to endure their loss and deal with its aftermath. We pray for the sufficiency of your grace to carry them through and your mercy to bring them hope and vision beyond the apparent finality of the grave.
We pray, oh God, your love surround them and embrace them through Christ who brings peace to our losses in the resurrection promise.
We also pray for a new light of awareness to the people of this nation. We pray that we as a people pay more heed to the teachings of Christ, to walk by the Spirit and not by the Flesh: For the works of the flesh are: enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, and dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing. But the fruit of the Spirit are: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. [see the full passage found in Galatians 5:16-26]
Dear God, soften our tempers and correct our hearts, inform our minds and inspire our spirits; lead us to a higher plane, let us rise above the muck and grime of this world and espouse eternal values and truths.
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