Praying for Charleston (corrected)

From Joe Still: In light of the tragic shooting death of Walter Scott, I believe God is calling HIS people to pray.  HE has chosen prayer as HIS channel of blessing and is waiting to answer us and supply our needs.  We desperately need God to step into our community and bring HIS healing and HIS peace.   God uses our everyday troubles to remind us that we need HIM to intervene in our lives and that we need to take prayer seriously and call on HIM passionately.  Stop and think for a moment about the difference the promise of 1 John 5:14 – 15 can make in your life and in our community: “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to HIS  will, HE hears us. And if we know that HE hears us — whatever we ask — we know that we have what we asked of HIM.”   Jesus tells HIS followers in Matthew 5:9  “God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God. .”  Our Father’s plan to bring HIS peace to our neighborhoods and our community is through HIS children and Riverbluff, we are the children of the Living God.   Making HIS peace begins with prayer and as Jesus told us, part of praying involves asking God to “lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” (Matthew 6:13)  We need to ask God to deliver us from the evil in this world and from the schemes of our enemy.   This morning in our SOAPing through God’s Word together we read Jesus’ Words in John 10:10 “The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.”   The enemy of God’s Peace will set out to steal, kill, and destroy the peace that God desires.  That has already happened in this tragic shooting death.  Many families are grieving this morning, experiencing loss and destruction and suffering great pain.  The enemy of God and HIS people would like nothing more than to unleash more Hell into our community, but you can make a difference in prayer. Our Father tells us clearly that “If HIS people who are called by HIS name will humble themselves and pray and seek HIS face and turn from their wicked ways, HE will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)  God says “If HIS people will…then HE will”  Will you? Will you humbly seek God in prayer today with a repentant heart that is seeking HIS Holy Face? If we will, HE will!  HE will stir up forgiveness and healing in HIS community here in Charleston. Would you join me in praying: -For God Kingdom to come and HIS will to be done in this time of pain in our community. -For the family of Walter Scott to be comforted by the Spirit of the Living God. -For our city leaders Mayor Summey, Police Chief  Driggers, all Police Officers in our City, and other City officials carrying a very heavy burden today, that they would be given wisdom and comfort. -For community leaders to be filled with the peace and the love of Christ Jesus. -That God’s people in our community would “do peace”. -For Patrolman Michael Slager and his family.