Over the past few years, I have spoken a number of times about the difficulties faced by Americans dealing with COVID, a negative impact by social media on the youth in our country, a difficult global economy, a world on fire with continuing wars, and more recently the impact on the southeast US from hurricanes Debbie, Helene, and Milton. I believe we have also dealt with another powerful negative impact on our country this entire year (maybe longer!) from the current national election campaign. The good news is this campaign will, hopefully, end next Tuesday when the voting is completed.
I am hoping so much that we can return to a country that will finally find a way to recover from this bruising and difficult campaign where civility and caring for others took a back seat to intense negativity from both sides of the political aisle. Our country desperately needs to heal itself and I am hoping we can do so.
To create a healing process, I believe, requires us to involve God and His healing ways. To accomplish this healing, we will need intense and honest prayer with God from all of us to heal our individual hearts and minds. To help us in this regard, I offer some scripture below regarding the power of prayer in our lives, followed by a few recommended prayers for you to consider. Of course, it is most important for each of us to pray the prayers that God is putting on our individual hearts!
1 John 5:14 – This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
Christians can know with absolute confidence that God answers prayer when we approach Him on the throne of grace.
Pray for your family, church family, and Chosen Family……… those closest to you!
Pray for your town, your state, our country, and the world………… all those you don’t know!
Pray for a Christian revival in our country………… those who are believers!
Psalm 145:18 – The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.”
God righteously and mercifully reaches out to those in need.
Pray for those who may hate you that they find peace in their hearts………pray for your haters!
Pray for us to regain our civility toward others………… pray for your feeling toward everyone!
Pray for discernment to separate the wheat from chaff, God’s Word vs man’s word…….. pray
for God’s Word to guide you to His Truth!
Hebrews 4:16 – Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Most ancient rulers were unapproachable by anyone but their highest advisers. In contrast the Holy Spirit calls for all to come confidently before God’s throne to receive mercy and grace through Jesus Christ.
Pray for the US to become One Nation Under God again!
Pray that our nation can heal from this election process we have just endured!
Pray that we can become a more unified nation once again and work together for good for all mankind!
May God continue to bless the United States of America!
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Please remember to turn back your clocks before going to bed this Saturday night, so that you may gain an hour of sleep, and are not late for church on Sunday morning!