Dear Lord
I lift the victims of the violence in New Orleans to you. May their souls rest peacefully. May their families feel support and love. May the first responders find peace.
Please let everyone involved feel your presence and love as they process their thoughts and feelings.
Amen
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Amen indeed. I will keep praying for these people.
This is an extra note to the writer of this prayer/prayer request. I care about you, as my fellow human and my brother or sister in Christ Jesus. And in case you haven’t heard, Jesus loves you infinitely more! Seriously, God’s love for us all is a neverending amount more than any human could ever love! So I want to tell you the most important thing you can ever hear. Perhaps you have heard that Jesus died for us all. I bet you know that He came back to life after three days too. But many people miss the true meaning of this. As we can all agree, the world isn’t perfect. That dates back to Adam and Eve, who in the Garden of Eden chose to disobey God, and brought the Curse of sin into the world. Becuase of this, all humans and the world was made imperfect. This imperfection made an infinite separation between us and God, meaning we were all doomed to go to Hell. But God didn’t want that. So, according to John 3:16 and the rest of the Bible, God gave himself up to pay the price for our sins. That’s the reason Jesus, or God’s Son, 100% God, and also 100% man, came to earth, and lived a perfectly sinless life. He payed the price that according to the Bible we had to pay. “For the penalty of sin is death.” Jesus died, and then came back from the grave, defeating sin and death to pay our price for us. The Bible says that if you repent (To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love sin and do sin.) You will be saved! Doing this acccepts the Holy Spirit of God into your heart, who will build a spiritual stronghold in your heart. The day you read this, you can accept Jesus as your Saviour by asking Him to forgive you of your sins, sins past, present, and future, and asking Him to come into your heart. No matter who you are, or what you’ve done, God offers this free gift to you out of love! We never know when we may leave this earth, so please, accept the free gift of forgiveness that Jesus is holding out to you. This is the one and only way to Heaven! No amount of good things we do can bridge the gap between us and God, accept for faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior! If you made that decision recently, try reading the book of John. There are different translations of the Bible that help with different parts and ideas of and from the Bible. Some are more word for word, some are more thought for thought from the origional languages. Pick the one that’s right for you. Remember that none are perfectly accurate. After you’ve finished reading the book of John, I reccomend reading the whole New and the Old Testament. Remember that the Old Testament Laws don’t apply to us anymore, since the Law was just a shadow of Jesus, who has now come. If you doubt the Bible, know that the evidence is out there. If you want a human who can answer any questions, find a church
where the people believe what I’ve said here, and more importantly, truthfully believe what the Bible says, and then teach it. Don’t trust the internet with questions of importance, unless the site that you use meets the same requirements as the church. I apologize for how long this message was, but I hope that you have come to the 100% confidence that you will have Eternal Life with God if you weren’t sure already! Remember to, as Jesus commanded, “go forth and make disciples of all the nations”! What I’ve told you today is the Gospel. Spread the Word! Share the Good News! (Gospel means Good News!) Jesus loves you, and I’ll keep praying for you!
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Heavenly Father, we come before You with hearts full of compassion for the victims of violence in New Orleans. We ask that You grant rest to their souls and bring comfort and love to their grieving families. May the first responders, who witness and endure so much, find peace in Your presence and strength to continue their work.
Father, please let everyone involved, those affected, those who are mourning, and those who are helping, feel Your overwhelming love and nearness. Surround them with Your grace and healing as they process their thoughts and emotions. We echo the prayer of this person’s heart and lift it up to You, trusting that You hear and respond in Your perfect way. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.
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Thank you for the lovely message of encouragement 
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