Final Day: 17 Days Novena for Police Officers

Psalms 46:1
Ephesians 6:10-11

Dear God,
I’m grateful for those that You have called into the selfless service of law
enforcement.
I acknowledge the mess that society would be without them. Our fallen world is
prone to lawlessness, chaos and disaster.
Thank You for providing faithful men and women to stand against these evils.
Lord, You know the internal and external battles they face on a daily basis. Even
as our police officers risk their lives to protect us, dear God, protect them also.
Be a shield for them according to Psalm3:3. Lift up their countenances and be
their comfort in the face of disheartening circumstances.
Give them the courage and ability it takes to always do what is right and
necessary.

As David declared in Psalm 23:4, I ask that our officers remain assured of Your
presence even in the face of the gravest of dangers.
I ask that they heed Your command to be strong and courageous, confident in
Your promise to be with them wherever their duty may take them, just as You
assured your servant Joshua in Joshua 1:9.

Lord, we need our dear officers to stay brave and strong in seemingly impossible
situations.
Please, keep them reminded, like Paul boldly declared in Philippians 4:13, that
it is in You that they possess the ability to do the impossible.
In cases where they have to make life-and-death decisions in split seconds, Lord,
may Your wisdom and courage shroud our officers.
May they respond to situations in the fear of God, rather than depend on their
own wisdom.
May Your peace be with our police officers while they discharge their duties.
May You enlighten them with Your wisdom and clarity to make sound and moral
decisions at all times.
In accordance with Your Word in Romans 13:4, may they be Your ministers, meting out justice and peace for all.
And Lord, I ask that as they bring order to our society, You keep their homes and families in order.
Provide for them and protect them night and day. May they be epitomes of
morality and virtue.
In Jesus’ Name, I ask these things. Amen

Other Prayers for the Last Day

1. Prayer
   Almighty God, our Father in heaven, I am grateful that Your intentions are to
   bring us prosperity and not harm. I plead for the success and well-being of our
   police officers, and I ask that you protect them from danger.
   Give them perseverance in their job and the assurance that their contribution to
   my community’s safety is important. Let us join all the saints, O God, in
   proclaiming Your love and majesty. Your deliverance fills my heart with gladness.
   In Your powerful name. Amen.
2. Prayer
   O, Lord Jesus Christ, whose great power and eternal wisdom embrace the
   universe! Watch over all the brave men and women in law enforcement. Please,
   Heavenly Father, grant them the strength, fortitude, and tenacity to withstand
   the unfair censure, danger, and physical abuse to which they are sometimes
   exposed.
   I implore you to take loving care of them because their daily assignments can be
   perilous. Dear God, please bless these watchmen with Your almighty protection
   and reunite them securely with their families when their service is over. Blessed
   be the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
3. Police Officer’s Prayer
   Gift Recipient: A Brave Police Officer and Our Loving Father
   Police Officer Prayer:
   I am a law enforcement officer.
   A soldier of the law.
   To me is entrusted the honor of the department.
   I must serve honestly, faithfully and if need be,
   lay down my life as others have done before me.
   Rather than swerve from the path of duty,
   it is my duty to obey the law and
   to enforce it without any consideration.
   It is also my duty to be of service to anyone
   who may be in danger or distress,
   and at all times so conduct myself,
   that the honor of the department may be upheld.
4. Police Officer’s Prayer to St. Michael
   Saint Michael, heaven’s glorious commissioner of police, who once so neatly and
   successfully cleared God’s premises
   of all its undesirables, look with kindly and professional eyes on your earthly
   force.
   Give us cool heads, stout hearts, and uncanny flair for investigation and wise
   judgement.
   Make us the terror of burglars, the friend of children and law-abiding citizens,
   kind to strangers, polite to bores,
   strict with law-breakers and impervious to temptations.
   You know, Saint Michael, from your own experiences with the devil that the
   police officer’s lot on earth is not always a happy one; but your sense of duty
   that so pleased God, your hard knocks that so surprised the devil, and your
   angelic self-control give us inspiration.
   And when we lay down our night sticks, enroll us in your heavenly force, where
   we will be as proud to guard the throne of God as we have been to guard the city
   of all the people.
   Amen.