Our Merciful Lord,  we come boldly into Your Presence O’ Lord and ask you to hear our prayer as we lift up critically wounded Chester Police Officer Alan Davis  At times like this Lord, we know it is only YOU to whom we can turn.  So Lord, we ask You to pour out Your supernatural wisdom upon every medical doctor and staff member as they treat Officer Davis.  May You fill them with Your Holy Spirit and guide their hearts and minds in order to effectively treat and heal Your wounded peacemaker.  May Your unfailing love, grace, peace, love and mercy sweetly settle upon Officer Davis as he fights for his life.  May Your Presence be made known to his family as they rally around him and support him at this very emotional time of uncertainty.  May Your unending grace be made evident in their hearts and minds.  As we know this attack on one of Your peacemakers has deeply affected the entire Chester Police Department, may Your Arms of Love and Mercy uplift them and hold them ever so close to Your side.  Even in the middle of this near-tragedy, may Your grace be made known to all.  May You grant the investigators wisdom and insight to piece together all of the details in this incident.  May Your mercies also sustain the family of the suspect who lost his life.  May your words resonate in the hearts of many as follows: “The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.  The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.  In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.”  May Your Holy Spirit, even now, begin to touch the hearts of so many in need of a touch from the Master’s Hand.  May You raise up chaplains and other Christian law enforcement officers to minister to those hurting in their hearts.  Finally, may the God of Hope fill every officer, friend and family member with all Joy and Peace because of the everlasting gift of eternal life found only in Your Son.  This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.