A NATION'S PRAYERS
"And the Lord said, 'Who then is that faithful and wise steward,
We often praise God for His faithfulness. We're thankful that we can always count on Him to be there for us. But we rarely consider the fact that He needs us to be faithful too.
It's true. God needs people He can count on. He needs faithful and wise stewards He can trust over His household. In this final hour, He needs faithful believers to team up with, to manifest Himself in the earth more than ever before.
God doesn't need me? Yes, He does. Ever since the Creation, when He gave man dominion over the earth, He's needed people to work with Him to get His will done here. You can see that all through the Bible. When the children of Israel were in bondage in Egypt and He wanted to lead them out, He teamed up with a man, Moses, to get the job done. Moses' responsibility was to stretch out his hand in the earth and command the will of God to be done.
Why did He choose Moses? Because He needed someone who was faithful and would dare to act on His Word. He needed someone He could count on, and He knew Moses was that kind of man.
Psalm 103:7 says, "He made known His ways unto Moses, His acts unto the children of Israel." If Moses hadn't been faithful to know God's ways, the children of Israel would never have seen God's acts!
God needs you just as He needed Moses. He needs you to be faithful and alert to spiritual things. He needs you to be someone He can trust to know His Word and be obedient to it. He needs you to be a steward who will stretch out his hand like Moses did so that He can perform signs and wonders before the people.
Will you be faithful? It's a decision you have to make. No one can do it for you. Right now, commit yourself to be that wise and faithful servant. Say in your heart and with your mouth, "God, You can count on me."
~ Gloria Copeland
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"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." - II Chronicles 7:14
Pray for protection and care for our troops—that they will be empowered to serve wisely, and pray for their loved ones as they make continued sacrifices for the cause of freedom.
Rise up to cry out to God for our nation, our leaders and our troops. Pray for a spirit of repentance to take hold in America that individuals, communities and institutions will repent of sin and will hunger for righteousness and godliness. Pray for the character of our leaders.
James 5:16 says "The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." Pray for our nation and its leaders, and our Armed forces who are defending our freedom. The key is to be right with God as we pray.
Is there anything unconfessed in your life? Then confess it. Is there someone you need to forgive? Then forgive. God has chosen to let us help Him change the world through our prayers. This great country was built on the foundation of prayer since its founding. We each have a responsibility to continue praying for our country as they did in the very beginning. Please join me as we, together, do our part in rekindling our rich cultural heritage of prayer for our great nation.
- John Lind, President/CEO; The Presidential Prayer Team __________________________________________________________________
"Oh Heavenly Father, You have made Yourself known to us as a nation by Your mighty works throughout our history. From the beginning, You have been with us through many wars and conflicts; Your right arm has saved us. We have been amazingly and graciously blessed.
"Today, we confess our sin of not responding to Your right to rule in our lives and our nation. Too often we have despised and rejected Your will while imposing our own, and we are now facing the consequences of our disobedience. Draw us back to Yourself that we may return to Your ways once again. Without You we can do nothing. You have promised that if we honor You, You will once again honor this great nation.
That is our fervent prayer. For Your honor and glory we pray, Amen." -
Dr. Henry Blackaby __________________________________________________________________
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He chose for His inheritance." ~ Psalm 33:12
Praying With Liberty
by Rev. Greg Asimakoupoulos
With Liberty we lift our hands
beseeching God to bless our land
and guide our leaders to a place
where righteousness prevails.
With Liberty we stand erect
although ashamed and circumspect
about the countless times we’ve failed
to stand for what is right.
With Liberty we raise a flame
confessing that we are to blame
for how we’ve bowed to tolerance
and closed our eyes to truth.
With Liberty we dodge the tide
that splashes us from side to side
and keep our heads above the fray
that harbors culture’s lies.
With Liberty we clutch a book
without concern for how we look
when critics see us with God’s Word
and simply roll their eyes.
With Liberty we lift our eyes
and look into the spacious skies
to seek God’s vision and His peace
and focus on His grace.
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Perhaps never before has there been a greater need for prayer in our nation than right now! And our prayer must be of greater fervency than ever before. While we have been “praying” in recent years, the spiritual condition of our nation, our churches, and our families has been in decline. Great uncertainties seem to be crying out for real answers. Therefore, let us pray ardently until God responds and sends a mighty revival to us and our land.
The entire people of God must participate together in sincerity and passion. And we must not be content with anything less than a great revival! This is what God desires, and it is up to us to respond to His heart for our day.
Begin now to pray, and encourage others to do the same. We can experience together the great and mighty wonders of God again in our nation.
- Henry Blackaby - __________________________________________________________________
Since the earliest moments of our nation’s history, our leaders have called for national days of prayer, repentance and fasting. When an impasse had been reached at the Continental Congress, Benjamin Franklin called for prayer with these words: “I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men… And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? I therefore beg leave to move--that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business…”
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