"Dear LORD God Who reigns in heaven and on earth, forgive our sins and the sins of this nation. Forgive us for swimming in our own indulgences, for living 1 Timothy 6:17 "Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy." that we forgot that although we have privileges, we have also responsibilities which we have neglected as citizens of this nation. We have allowed riches to rule our lives. We have forgotten you. We have lip-serviced you but our hearts are far from You. We have no clue on what is really happening in the nation because we are so self-centered in all our ways and care less for whatever is happening elsewhere without understanding that whatever happens in this nation, town by town, city by city, county by county, and state by state, will affect our lives and the lives of our children and grandchildren in the generations to come until you come back, because we are all Americans. We owe it to these coming generations to model how to live the righteous ways you instruct us to follow which is really an act of loving You with all our hearts, minds, souls and strength and loving others as ourselves so that this nation will continue to be a light shining to the world instead of leading the world in darkness even as we are walking light in our own homes, schools, workplaces, and communities.
O God, we beseech you to forgive the sins of this nation and humbly ask You for the outpouring of Your Holy Spirit upon all flesh in this nation, even the Americans scattered around the world, and quicken each hearts to pray and intercede.
Your Word says in Job 12:23
"He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them."
and in Acts 17: 26 NIV
"From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands."
O GOD, spare this nation from becoming a godless nation that could usher its downfall and consume the issues that threatens to divide the United States with Your truth, with the fire of Your Word, the same WORD that was the source in the founding of this nation and the laws that were made in every corner of the land.
In the past, You have filled the governments of each state with officers and workers who revered and feared Your Holy Name and Your Word, people who made and passed laws that reflects Your righteousness, who ruled and judged with Your Heart in mind written in their own hearts. In reality, these are the very same people who leads, rules and institute justices in their own homes.
An individual and a citizen who has forgotten You, or has grown cold towards You, O Jesus, has started to forget and neglect his own household. This same household has forgotten You, became dysfunctional, and neglected its role in their own communities, state and nation. Men, women and children have forgotten their roles simply because we have forgotten You. As a result, it brings about a nation who is beginning to take YOU out of its fabric. Forgive us for growing cold towards You, for forgetting You and the importance of Your WORD in our everyday living. Forgive us for all the idolatry abounding in this nation, idolizing ourselves and what money can do for us "giving us all things to enjoy" while our hearts have gone far from You and so we care not at all whatever is happening around us.
For a nation to be free, every individual, family and household needs to be free from the bondage of sin that darkens and destroys our lives and relationships.
For a nation to heal, every individual, family and household needs to heal. A community, a town, a city, a county, a state, and the whole nation will begin to heal.
Unless a household repents and heals, how can a whole state and nation follow?
The sins of this nation is our own sins of neglect of You and Your WORD. It rippled much. Bring the people, foreigners and citizens, and the nation to repentance.
We beg You to grant us Your grace, mercy and power to turn around, to turn the tide and fill all government posts in every town, city, county, state and federal offices with people who will make, and pass laws that reflect Your righteousness, who rules and judges with Your Heart in mind written in their own hearts. If there is anyone sitting in a post that shouldn't be there, take them out.
In the same way, as citizens working in private entities, empower us to live and voice out Your righteous ways that greatly influence the laws that are being made and passed.
In the past, you positioned a leader who--even though he does not know you, nor was he of your own people--had a heart ruled by You. Your Spirit stirred him.
Oh, how much more You would do if that same heart is Your own devoted child! Please, my LORD GOD, my heart breaks for what is happening in this nation whom I have learned to love even though I am just an immigrant, having understood, by reading its history how much Your presence is written in the fabric of their lives beginning in their laws and the balance that exists in their government branches.
But because the people have committed adulteries against You O GOD and murders against the innocents through the years, it is changing rapidly in darkness. Cleanse each one and the nation with the Blood of Jesus from its own corruption. Give us new hearts and new spirits that will love You and write Your WORD in the tablets of our hearts. Seal us with Your Holy Spirit.
O LORD, once more, quicken this 'ONE NATION UNDER GOD" who "IN GOD WE TRUST" be true in every way.
Stir the whole nation and anoint Franklin Graham as he continues Decision Tour 2016's "Campaign for God."
Move the people of the United States to PRAY. VOTE. ENGAGE.
For the sake of Your Name o Jesus Christ. Amen."
A friend's prayer. Visit https://decisionamericatour.com/ to join and follow the tour.
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