Is there hope for America? Will we become the nation that we are capable of becoming? Is it possible for our country to turn to God for moral direction and government based on integrity? Or will we slip deeper and deeper into moral and spiritual decay?
Our first responsibility is to set our own hearts on doing God's will. During the days of Micah the prophet, God's people kept straying spiritually and nationally. He asked them, "...What does the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" (Micah 6:8).
When our own hearts are right with God, then we can join together to humbly seek God's forgiveness and guidance. Only God can turn our nation from its downward spiral and put it on the road to righteousness.
A guiding prayer for such a hope was first spoken several years ago in the Kentucky legislature by Pastor Bob Russell. His prayer became widely known later that year when his friend Joe Wright read his version before the Kansas State House where it caught the attention of the media and the internet...
Heavenly father,
We come before you today to ask Your forgiveness and seek Your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says "Woe to those who call evil good," but that's exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values.
We confess that...
we have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and called it moral pluralism.
we have worshiped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
we have endorsed perversions and called it alternative lifestyle.
we have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
we have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.
we have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
we have killed our unborn and called it choice.
we have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
we have abused power and called it political savvy.
we have coveted our neighbors' possessions and called it ambition.
we have neglected to discipline our children and called it building esteem.
we have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
we have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, O God, and know our hearts today. Try us and see if there be some wicked way in us....Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent here by the people....and who have been ordained by You, to govern....Grant them your wisdom to rule and may their decisions direct us to the center of Your will.
I ask it in the name of your Son,
the Living Savior, Jesus Christ.
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"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
Who is to say your God is the right one? We live in a world of many religions and there is no way to honestly know one way or the other if any of them are correct (if any at all).
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Our first responsibility is to set our own hearts on doing God's will. During the days of Micah the prophet, God's people kept straying spiritually and nationally. He asked them, "...What does the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" (Micah 6:8).
When our own hearts are right with God, then we can join together to humbly seek God's forgiveness and guidance. Only God can turn our nation from its downward spiral and put it on the road to righteousness.
A guiding prayer for such a hope was first spoken several years ago in the Kentucky legislature by Pastor Bob Russell. His prayer became widely known later that year when his friend Joe Wright read his version before the Kansas State House where it caught the attention of the media and the internet...
Copypasta. Infraction for plagiarism issued, thread closed. - Blinking Spirit
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
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I will always firmly stand by the belief that Magic is a game first and a collectable second.