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I had the privilege of offering the invocation at this year’s Memorial Day event for the City of El Monte. I’ve posted the basis of my prayer below:

“O Lord our God, on this day, we - the City of El Monte…along with all the United State of America, do remember and honor our fallen soldiers.

Soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice - in laying down their lives, for the freedom of our people, and even the freedom of our world.

We honor them; we thank You for them.

We pray for any family members left behind - please comfort them, provide for them, and heal their broken hearts. May they know that the blood that was shed, was not in vain, and will always be valued in our hearts…on high; that the way they died will impact the way we live - inspired by their courage, and their commitment to fight for the right to life and liberty, rights given to us by a God who loves us.

Lord, Your Word says in the Gospel of John 15:13, “Greater LOVE has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”

O Lord, on this Memorial Day we remember that love. We pray, for that love, that THAT kind of love would be received, appreciated, and emulated. That that kind of love would bring peace and unity in our City, and in our nation.

O Lord, on this Memorial Day, help us in this. We cannot do this without Your Divine intervention.

So…with this hope, we look up.

Please help our city and the citizens of this nation to know that Memorial Day should ignite memories of Calvary, where Your Son Jesus shed His blood and died to pay the price, not only for a temporal peace, but an eternal peace, an everlasting liberty, as citizens of heaven.

John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.“

In Jesus’ Name. Amen.”