For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt
thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good,
and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the minister
of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be
afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the
minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that
doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for
wrath, but also for conscience sake (Romans 13:3-5).
Here is one place where most Christians have not acted in
honor. They have quit praying for the police officer, who is a
minister of God. He is often treated like a dog the way the
drug crowd treats him as though he doesn’t belong. He and
the dangerous life he faces are often ignored, as though he
were a second-class citizen or less.
However, in Little Rock, Ark., Pastor Happy Caldwell and his
church are changing all this. They divide up the names of all
the officers in the police department and the sheriff’s office
all the civil authority in that city. The names are handed out
to people in the church who take those law-enforcement
agents before God in prayer. The believers intercede and make
supplication in the spirit for the law officers in that area. The
names are rotated, so there is a different person praying for
each one of them on a regular schedule.
These prayer warriors have had a grand influence on that city
and its crime level.
