VIOLENCE BY FAR-LEFT PROTESTERS IN BERKELEY SPARKS ALARM
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Pray that the United States citizenry will rally around the sound principles taught in Scripture regarding differences of opinion. Disputes can be settled without violence and unbridled rage.
“Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.” Ephesians 4:31
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“Thousands of demonstrators carrying signs with slogans like “Stand Against Hate” descended on Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Park on Sunday for what many hoped would be a peaceful march against bigotry and President Trump.
But it was soon punctuated by tear gas and a scattering of violent skirmishes. Some anti-fascist protesters, wearing black and with their faces covered, chased or beat Trump supporters and organizers who had scheduled and then canceled the “anti-Marxist” rally, citing concerns over safety.
Police, and in some cases other counter-protesters, stepped in to halt the violence or escort the victims away from the area. Officers reported 14 arrests, many of them for violations of the city’s emergency rules banning masks, sticks and potential weapons inside the demonstration area.
The clashes came despite widespread calls from activists and elected officials across the Bay Area for peaceful civil disobedience and underscore Berkeley’s growing reputation for violent reaction by the far left. Other protests earlier this year in the city turned ugly, with far-left and far-right forces fighting in the streets….
In Berkeley, the demonstration of more than 4,000 people pulled heavily from area labor unions, church groups and liberal activists — but also scores of young people clad in all black, some carrying shields and others with bandannas pulled over their faces.
Those activists are sometimes referred to as “antifa,” a name taken by anti-fascist organizations formed to oppose white nationalists. They are known for their “punch a Nazi” bent….
Other planned attendees included Augustus Invictus, a Florida-based white supremacist who attended a torch-lit rally in Charlottesville, Va., according to the Anti-Defamation League. Invictus was not seen Sunday either….
“If the federal government doesn’t move to expose these terrorists the patriots of this country need to prepare for war,” he tweeted….” (Excerpted from LA Times, reporting by James Queally, Paige St. John, Benjamin Oreskes, and David Zahniser.)
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Father in Heaven, Your heart must be grieved as you see cruelty piled upon cruelty in the name of justice. For you have said that You are the Judge of all the earth and vengeance belongs to You and You only. We ask you to bring an end to the protesting and violence in our nation. Help people to find ways to express their opinions in ways that do not hurt others. Help us to fight current problems and not the emotions that arise when we dwell on the past. Even now, there are slaves in our country as a result of sex trafficking. Help us to fight all forms of slavery in our country and learn to be kind to one another. In Jesus name, Amen
Heavenly Father, You said that we would answer for what we do on this earth. Break the fallow ground of their hearts who plan evil for the demise of another. I command the Hosts of Heaven to break down the darkness of the dark cloud sweeping this great nation. I pray that all would love their neighbors as them -selves. If they would not harm their own flesh why would they harm any one who is of the same blood. We are all from the same source Our Creator and originate from Adam and Eve. We are all from Noah’s three sons. So we are all brothers and sisters. I am believing and touching and agreeing with the righteous that all this man directed vengeance and judgement stop now in Jesus name Amen.
Dear heavenly Father, may the spirit of peace come upon these protesters. May they see the light of Jesus in their lives. Put your mighty hand O Lord upon them. In Jesus name who shed His blood on the cross for us rebuke the spirit of rebellion from these protesters. You are in control LORD! Help them to see the light!
Why do the Antifa wear masks like the KKK they oppose? Lord God, only you can bring sanity to an insane situation. I ask that you would empower Democratic leaders so they can reign in their more violent members, we ask that the conservatives would not fight “fire with fire”. We ask protection on the police and peaceful protestors. We ask that news would not be bias or/and filled with inflammatory lies. We ask that You, our Prince of Peace would reign down your peace upon this volatile nation, and call every Christian to their task of prayer to intervene. I pray this in the Mighty name of Jesus, Amen.