Good Morning, God,
The headlines today are about an international event that could surely enjoy your guardianship, Lord! The Olympics open today in London, but rather than the back-stories on all the amazing athletes, we get the sensational story of how it takes 18,200 troops to "guard" the "games"!
It is said that the Ministry of Defense is also deploying two warships, Typhoon fighter jets, Puma helicopters, and high-velocity missile batteries on rooftops! My gosh, are we sure that we shouldn't just call these "war games"?
Lord, sorry for the sarcasm, but why must everything that is good about sports and people coming together to participate and watch, have to be "protected" like it is more of a prison camp than a sports arena? You say this is nothing new, only that the "sport" used to be even about how long men could make it with lions competing with them in the arena? You say it is still about sin against righteousness?
Loving God, we pray for the safety, endurance and success of each athlete, the pure enjoyment of the spectators and complete protection from any nefarious, evil intent and attack.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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