Merciful Father, we ask that your hand of protection be on our men and women who are serving in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. Father, It is hard to endure the separation from the ones we love and our hearts feel ragged with worry at times because of the danger they might be in. While our hearts are filled with deep love, our love alone cannot bring our sons and daughters back to us safely. So, we pray that You will do for them what we are unable to do. We pray also that when they are troubled by fear, confusion, loneliness, and doubt that You will wrap them in Your embrace until the time of turbulence has passed. May Your love bring them peace and strength and the certainty of knowing they are loved. Father, we pray for Your hedge of protection around every soldier and guide them each step that they take. We pray for their safe returns home to the love of their families and to the love and appreciation of their fellow countrymen. In Christ's Holy Name we pray. Amen and Amen

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The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
To preach the acceptable year of the LORD. ... And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on Him. And He began to say to them, This Day Is This Scripture Fulfilled In Your Ears.
Luke 4:18-21

Merciful Father, we ask that your hand of protection be on our men and women who are serving in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. Father, It is hard to endure the separation from the ones we love and our hearts feel ragged with worry at times because of the danger they might be in. While our hearts are filled with deep love, our love alone cannot bring our sons and daughters back to us safely. So, we pray that You will do for them what we are unable to do. We pray also that when they are troubled by fear, confusion, loneliness, and doubt that You will wrap them in Your embrace until the time of turbulence has passed. May Your love bring them peace and strength and the certainty of knowing they are loved. Father, we pray for Your hedge of protection around every soldier and guide them each step that they take. We pray for their safe returns home to the love of their families and to the love and appreciation of their fellow countrymen. In Christ's Holy Name we pray. Amen and Amen

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The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
To preach the acceptable year of the LORD. ... And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on Him. And He began to say to them, This Day Is This Scripture Fulfilled In Your Ears.
Luke 4:18-21