As a nation, we’re carrying layers of grief. Today we mourn the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a young man and courageous leader whose bold faith and unshakable conviction inspired millions.
Our hearts also ache for the family and community of Iryna Zarutska, a young Ukranian refugee woman fatally stabbed in senseless violence in Charlotte NC Aug 22—a sobering reminder of the deep brokenness and evil still at work in our world.
And we remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, and we pray for the families who still carry that grief more than two decades later.
The sting of these tragedies, both recent and distant, remind us that we are living in a world at war, not with people, but with dark forces. There is a very real spiritual battle raging around us. Evil is real. This world is deeply fractured. On days like this, our hearts cry out for the comfort, peace, hope, and justice that is only found in the kingdom of God.
This is not a moment to shrink back. We grieve. We honor. We mourn. And yet with even more boldness, we invite you to pray with us:
Heavenly Father,
Comfort every heart weighed down with grief today. Surround the hurting with Your peace. Heal our land.
Fill us with courage, Lord. Let the loss we’ve witnessed ignite a holy resolve in us—not to shrink back, but to rise up. Baptize us afresh in Your love and holy fear. Empower us to be people who live and speak with clarity, love, and uncompromising truth.
We long for Your kingdom to come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
In Jesus name, Amen.
P.S. Service was disrupted since Monday morning. Minutes ago the signal was given to try again. Sorry. We’re all in God’s timing….