We prayed this prayer in our services this morning for this 10 year anniversary remembrance of 9/11.
Our heavenly Father, source of our strength, protector of our homeland, ultimate giver of all prosperity; to you we come on this anniversary of one of the greatest tragedies in the history of our country. We come humbly; confessing our unworthiness, our failures as a nation to follow your laws and uphold your values. Yet we come to you, because we know you are the ultimate source of life, and blessing, and protection.
On this day we remember again the families of the victims of 9/11. Undoubtedly the remembrances of this day open tragic memories which only you can heal. May your comfort and encouragement be theirs as we pray for them.
We come to you also today on behalf of current public servants whom we remember especially on this day. We pray for firefighters, police, ambulance personnel, and homeland security workers. We ask that you would give them strength, wisdom, spiritual guidance, and divine protection. We pray that you would grant them success in their work. Thank you for their selfless sacrifice as they serve us working for public safety.
Our Father, we remember today also on this 10th anniversary of 9/11 that ever since that day our country has been continuously at war. We are reminded to pray for our soldiers wherever they are. We pray especially for those in Iraq and Afghanistan that they may sense your presence daily and be shielded by your power. We plead also for the leaders of our country that they may have wisdom to guide our country out of war and into peace.
We seek your face for your blessing on our country. Above all others our country has been blessed. Thank you for the safety that you have granted to our country in the last 10 years. Thank you for the prosperity that we enjoy. Thank you for the privilege of freedom of worship. We pray that you would help us so to live that you would be pleased to continue to bless our country. May our moral example and spiritual passion strengthen the fabric our nation Help us to preserve our freedoms; and help us to be able to pass to those who follow us a nation that is even stronger than it is today.
We pray these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, King over all nations, AMEN
