Our Merciful Lord, Our hearts are broken as Lord, we come boldly yet humbly into Your presence to mourn with the men and women of the Winnsboro Police Department in this tragic loss of Sergeant Derrick Mingo.  As we know the hearts of so many are grieving deeply, we ask for Your presence to made known in their hearts and minds and may they be drawn ever so close to Your side and sense Your peace for we know You are the God of all Comfort.  May Your awesome presence, grace, mercy, love and comfort especially touch the family of Sergeant Mingo who are grieving and mourning greatly.  May You grant the investigators wisdom and insight as they determine the facts behind this collision.  Lord, as we know many co-workers and friends are feeling a terrible loss in their heart, we know You are the healer of the broken-hearted for Your Word says that you will always be a shield about us and the Lifter of our Head.  May Your presence to be made known in a way that only You can design.  And as the Winnsboro Police Department will be preparing a final farewell in the days to come, may You cause many officers, friends and family members to be drawn unto the love of Your Son who said, “Peace I leave you, my peace I give you.”  May You use this tragic loss to draw many unto the love of Your Son in whom there is forgiveness and everlasting life, this we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

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