159: Part 1: Prayers for Our Nation

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Join Pat Willie as she brings you two minutes of prayer and reflection. We believe that prayer is essential, life-giving, and life-sustaining. In this 2 minute prayer starts a series of prayers for our nation.. Please join us for 2 minutes of prayer to our Lord and Savior.</p> <p> </p> <p>Transcription:</p> <p>Hello. This is Pat Willie, the founder, and CEO of the not-for-profit ministry, The Gathering. When women gather, when women worship. Thanks for joining us for this podcast, the two-minute prayer. I believe that prayer is essential. It is life-giving and life-sustaining, and it only takes just a minute to pray.</p> <p> </p> <p>This is a series of prayers for those that were recently affected by the tragic events that have happened in our nation.</p> <p> </p> <p>Father God, in the name of Jesus, I give you glory. I give you, honor. I give you praise. And I thank you for your loving kindness and for your tender mercy. I thank you for your protection. I thank you, God, that you are always with us, your word says you will never leave us nor forsake us.</p> <p> </p> <p>So I pray that you would be with those families who have lost loved ones and suffered such trauma and traumatic events. God, I pray that the holy spirit will be their comforter, their guide, their peace, and their decision-making in everything they have to do in the coming days. And God, I pray that you will heal the communities of the hurt and the pain and the loss.</p> <p> </p> <p>God, I pray that you would heal the children of the trauma. In Jesus's name. And God, our pray against the trouble being a long-term negative impact on their lives. I pray God that you would send support groups and counselors, and whatever's needed to administer to the children, in order that to children may be healed.</p> <p> </p> <p>I pray, oh God for the parents. And those that have lost loved ones, God, I pray for their comfort for their strength. God, I pray that you would be the thing that fills their heart, that void that's in their sou