A deadly tragedy occurred in Newtown, Connecticut today. Its population of 27,560 [2010] was viciously reduced by more than two dozen this morning, when a 20-year-old man entered the Sandy Hook Elementary School at 9:40 a.m. carrying two guns, and went on a wild shooting rampage. At last count twenty five-year-old students in the kindergarten class were brutally gunned down by Adam Lanza, a son of their teacher, Nancy Lanza, who was also murdered by her boy before he took his own life.
Everybody seemed to be talking about the massacre on Facebook. Many were calling others to prayer. I decided to get on my knees and pray. You may join me if you like . . .
Abba [Father],
Please draw the families and friends of these precious ones who lost their lives today close to You. Lift these grief-stricken ones by Your righteous right arm and draw them tightly to Your breast. May they find comfort in Your glorious strength and in the warmth of Your embrace. May they experience the compassion of Your beloved Son, the greatest burden-bearer and care-giver this world has ever known. During this Christmas season, may we never forget that the Christ child who was born in Bethlehem also walked the road to Calvary. You saw Him die . . . so that we could live, eternally with You.
Lord, along with these grieving families the rest of us all need Your comfort and consolation, Your help and hope, and Your peace, perspective and power for such a time as this. For these things we earnestly ask, seek and knock in the strong Name of Yeshua [Jesus], Your Son the Messiah, and our Savior and Lord. Amen.
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