Almighty God, We lift before You the men and women who serve as law enforcers and first responders. Grant them integrity of heart and steadfast courage in every duty they perform. Guide their decisions with wisdom and justice, correct them when they stray, and surround them with Your divine protection. Shield their families with peace and safety as they support their loved ones in service. May Your truth be their compass, Your strength their shelter, and Your love their constant covering.
For it is You who blesses the righteous one, O Yahweh, You surround him with favor as with a large shield. Psalm 5:12 (LSB)
“Together, let us make this a new beginning. Let us make a commitment to care for the needy, to teach our children the values and the virtues handed down to us by our families, to have the courage to defend those values and the willingess to sacrifice for them. Let us pledge to restore, in our time, the American spirit of voluntary service, of cooperation, of private and community initiative, a spirit that flows like a deep and mighty river through the history of our nation.” – President Ronald Reagan July 17 1980
Hold Fast, Spread the Word and God Save the Republic.
Operation World Pray for People’s Republic of China : From 1970 to 2015 China had a “one-child policy” to control population size. Many families desired a healthy son, and so they aborted, abandoned, or trafficked female or disabled babies. Now China seeks to limit abortion as a form of birth control and encourages women to have more babies, but the change in policy is not resulting in a significant rise in fertility. The future situation will be a great burden on the Chinese population with many more elderly than young people. This will have severe economic and health care implications. China’s labour pool has shrunk. The number of young people available for some jobs in industry and the military will decrease significantly. There is also a growing health care burden, with proportionately fewer carers. In some instances, the elderly and infirm are being abandoned even as undesired babies were abandoned in years past. These polices also produced a large gender imbalance, with 32 million more men than women. In turn, this has brought about problems with sexual violence, sex trafficking and abduction, and the spread of prostitution and sexually transmitted infections. There are opportunities to share a hope in Christ to the increasing elderly population, the over-burdened carers, and the frustrated men unable to find wives. Pray that the Church might rise up to be a blessing to these vulnerable groups.
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