‘Need prayers to get through this’ | July 9th, 2016 07:29 AM
Saturday 9 July 2016
“Need prayers to get through this,” is the message from Rick Zamarripa, father of a police officer killed in Dallas, sent from the hospital where his son Patrick was taken.
Father, we bring this father’s request to you.
Whether Dallas, Baghdad, Istanbul or many other places, our world seems to be an unsafe world. Most of us know people who have passed through these cities. Australia does not seem so far away after all.
We know, that it is you, not us, that has the whole world in your hands. (The ABC news promo has that wrong.)
We know that your son Jesus is the Prince of Peace.
We know that you restrain wickedness on the earth, that you hold back strife and discord even as we mourn.
The rainbow is our sign that life, seedtime and harvest, will continue on Earth at your pleasure. Our hope is truly in you.
Yet we mourn with those who mourn. Please be with the families united across the globe in grief.
Bring peace where there is war and rage. Plant your peace through the gospel in the hearts of those filled today with rage. Bring justice, where there is no justice. Bring love where there is no love.
Help us, your people, be your agents of change and love.
Dear Father, please be with the fathers who mourn, the heartbroken mothers of this world, the broken families.
May many turn to your son, risen with healing in his wings.
May they know that you are the author of true peace.
Email This Story
Why not send this to a friend?
Read Next
Meet the real St Patrick, a man more interesting than the myth
Healing the scars of a fatherless life
'Find your home with Jesus' and other Christmas messages
How God gave Peter the power of forgiveness
Dallas Jenkins on godly ambition and season 4 of 'The Chosen'
The Chosen Season 4 coming to Australia
Hope amid the earthquake rubble in Türkiye
Does prayer make a difference?
The architect, his wife and a hospital in East Africa
Legend and rising star give glory to God, win or lose
'Schools of conscience should get behind this ...'
The resurrection is real and changes everything
A Fragile Hope: Good and Evil in Star Wars
The man in white who called an Iranian family to follow him
Latest
Farewell from the Eternity team
As Eternity News draws to a close, our team offers you, dear reader, our personal,…
What to watch this Easter (plus Eternity's highest rated movies)
Looking for some entertainment for the Easter weekend? Here’s a collection of three Easter-related movies…