One of our pastor friends was sharing her frustration with law enforcement in her area - how they treat her, how they treat the people she advocates for. As she shared the pain in her heart, we began to pray.
Normally, we are advocating for the defendant, the criminal, the convict and ex-offender, the undocumented one - this is our calling, to stand with those who are harassed and helpless, who are oppressed by their own choices, by others, and oppressed by a system that is not for them. The good news is that God is for them. So we are often praying for them, for their cases and situations. When we pray, we bless those who oppose, we forgive those who have wronged.
This morning, we found ourselves not praying for our usual people but for those on the other side of the system. We repented of our judgments against them. We prayed for prosecuting attorneys whose very job is to agree with the accuser against another - we prayed that they would be set free from accusation. We prayed for particular attorneys and confessed that Jesus is the Friend of sinners and tax collectors (those in the system) and these were the tax collectors. We blessed them into Jesus' presence. We confessed that we had set ourselves against them on behalf of others, so instead advocated for them before our Father. We prayed for healing and refreshing, for true wisdom and discernment; to do justice and love mercy and walk humbly with our God.
It seemed like a breakthrough time.
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