Dear Pastor Stanley, I wanted to ask You to ...

[CarlBrowning]

Dear Pastor Stanley,

I wanted to ask You to pray for me. I'm strugling with my job as a Detention Officer. I recently applied for a job at General Motors Arlington and did not get it.

Obviously the Lord knows best, maybe He’s using me in the Jail and or GM might not be for me. I have 12 years of my life vested with The City of Arlington Texas.

I don’t KNOW, I do know; I need protection, wisdom and Joy to do this job. I pray for the Lord to help me to have patience, understanding and to trust Him.

This job is at times hard mentally and physically, I don’t want to be discouraged or give up . I want to mature, learn and be a light among the dark. I feel attacked all the time in my mind, by my supervisor and other co. workers. You know I want to overcome and adapt without my heart being conformed or hardened like what appears to of happened to most officer’s. ( Ego & Arrogance )

I pray every day, read my Bible and ask for God’s direction, what more must I do? I can NOT quit or give up and I’d rather not go back to a hot outdoor job, I’m 41. What is God’s purpose and plan for me? I feel alone at times!!!!

Right now all I do is go home and basically do nothing, I’m not motivated to do the things I use to do at home, such as chores around my home or really exercise. All I am is a spectator at church, I’m not involved, I feel as though the midnight affects this, the thing is I don’t really care for the other shifts. Thankfully I enjoy Bible Study Fellowship and desire to go.

I listened to Charles Stanley, his sermon about “Wisdom in life’s trials†and I read James 1 today. I’m trying to get what God is doing in my life. But, I don’t know what I’m missing.

Please pray for me to hang in there and to be OBEDIENT, strong and not insecure.

God Bless and I love You,

Carl Browning

Arlington Police Department

Detention Officer # 2709 Mids

ext.# 5649

carl.browning @arlingtontx.gov

"Life's greastest lessons are learned in the

midsts of life's greatest strugles"

 

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Lord, we thank you that you for the blessings that you have given us. Help us to honor you in every part of our lives. We place this request at your throne. Please hear and reply according to your perfect will and timing. Grant us the peace to know that you are in control. In Jesus Name. Amen.

 

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[FROMWOUNDEDNESS]

Lord, when it's time to go inside,

That place of steel and stone.

I pray that you will keep me safe,

So I won't walk alone.

Help me to do my duty,

Please watch me on my rounds.

Amongst those perilous places

And slamming steel door sounds.

God, Keep my fellow Officers

Well and free from harm.

Let them know I'll be there too,

Whenever there's alarm.

Above all when I walk my beat,

No matter where I roam.

Let me go back whence I came,

To family and home.

By Lt. Larry Peoples - Florida Department of Corrections