Lord, give us ears to hear. This is God’s Word to us…
Isaiah 26:1-2: "We have a strong city; God makes salvation its wall and ramparts. Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith. You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You.”
May we make this declaration…
Micah 4:5: “All the nations may walk in the name of their gods; we will walk
in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.”
Joel 2:12-14: “’Even now’,” declares the Lord, ‘return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your garments.’ Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and He relents from sending calamity. Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave behind a blessing…”
Lord, we lift up our nation, a nation that
has in many ways turned its back on You.
We stand in now for our nation, asking for Your forgiveness. Father bring our nation back to You that we
may enjoy the blessings that come from being one nation following You.
Father, We pray for our nation. We have lost sight of what is good and pleasant in Your eyes. Bring us back to a people who live to please and glorify You, first. Help us live in obedience to Your commandments as a people and a nation. Enable us to recognize the signs and warnings You have given us when we, as a nation, have headed away from You with our sinful ways. As a nation, we have…
·
obliterated Your place as the God of our nation and spurned Your
promise in Psalm 33:12 that “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD.”
·
removed the recognition of the National Day of Prayer to You and
instead given support of prayer rallies to false gods because as You say in
Romans 3:18, “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
·
changed Your definition of marriage in Genesis 2:24 that “a man shall leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.”
·
approved that which You call an abomination in Leviticus 18:22 “You shall
not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.”
·
redetermined when life begins by rejecting what
You say in Psalm 139:13 that “You created my inmost being;
You knit me together in my mother’s womb” and certainly any
15 year-old boy who’s ever bought a condom knows when life begins.
· approved the slaughter of preborn children, totally disregarding
that which You say You hate in Proverbs 6:16-17, “hands that
shed innocent blood.”
·
abandoned our responsibility
to be the fathers You have called us to be to our children in Deuteronomy 6:7
to “teach them diligently” Your Word.
·
been overcome by greed and
accumulated incomprehensible debt because we have forsaken Your truth in Luke
12:15 to “Watch
out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
·
turned to the idols of the American dream,
materialism, sports, shopping, TV, pornography, substance abuse, and the like in
substitute of the greatest commandment in Matthew 22:37 to “to love the LORD your GOD with all your heart.”
Lord, please forgive us. Help us to understand what You are calling
our nation to do and put that understanding into obedient action. Let us heed Your call of repentance, knowing
that our obedience will be greatly rewarded. Help us to learn from our disobedience. May we surrender to Your Holy Spirit, to
remain vigilant in keeping Your laws and truth for our nation. Holy Spirit, empower us even in the face of
persecution to be courageous in taking a stand and sharing the Gospel and the
truth in love that will engage the culture and set the people free.
*For our nation's leaders and advisors-those in power and those to
come- that they would surrender to
Jesus Christ as Lord
*For our nation's judges
and people involved in courts of law
*For our nation's
military - protection, strength, and guidance
*For our nation's
protection - violence, crime, terrorism
*For our nation's
financial stability - freedom from debt and to prosper
*For the needs of our
nation's people - spiritual, physical, financial
*For our nation's unity
with each other and with the world
*For our enemies - we
release their offenses into Your hands
*For the nations of the
world - to live in peace with each other
*For the nation of Israel
and for the peace of Jerusalem
Lord, You are our only hope! We have strayed so far from You and Your
ways. But we know You have promised that
if we repent that You will heal our land.
Would you please give us Your mercy and spare your judgment upon
us? Lord, we humbly ask in the powerful
name of Jesus to bring our nation back to You.
Amen.
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