Please pray with me.
Heavenly Father,
You have promised in Your Word:
2 Chronicles 7:14We are a sinful nation. We are heinous. Father, disgusting practices are widespread and tolerated. Many people have known about them—people who were in a position to bring change...and kept silent. Many others have suspected these shameful activities, and have not investigated. Many have not sought the truth...many have remained silent.
If my people, which are called by my name, shall 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.
These are the sins that are abominable to You. You are omnipresent and You have seen every act: as women, children, and youth have been abused, degraded and even sodomized. Father, this darkness pervades our land. Help, LORD. Help us by opening the eyes of our hearts to see the perverse, decrepit condition of our land.
Father, will this be the tipping point to call this nation to repent? I ask it. Let every one of us take responsibility. Shed the light of Christ on this widespread wicked darkness. Have we not all sinned?
These notable people are being exposed. But what about those who have done likewise, but seem to be of little significance? What about them?
Bring our sins into the light. What about all those who have purchased silence through personal and corporate funding and even used our legal system to "make a deal" and buy their public image...at the sordid expense to the victim. God of justice, expose them!
1 John 1:5Shed Your light, Father. Because of the blood of Jesus, shed Your light, and let us see our repugnant wickedness...especially where children and youth have been victims. Open our hearts to see as You see. Show us, each one, how we have contributed. And may we fall to our knees.
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
How many abortions have occurred because of this darkness? You know.
Open our spirits to see the cost to the victims! May victims come forth! Strengthen them to speak out. Pour out Your compassion on them that they may be healed.
Father, may the love of Christ surround them through the lives of trusted friends and colleagues. Move us to pray and reach out. May the path to healing be brought to their lives that they may be washed clean in the blood of Christ.
Father, as we seem to have passed a tipping point, and as a frenzy of exposure comes forth, saturate us with reason and truth. Father, we would be no better off, if this were taken to the opposite extreme. May only truth be spoken. I ask that restraint be poured out on this matter. Where an innocent, and awkward incident occurred, may grace abound.
May women not use this situation as an excuse to wrongly accuse or retaliate. Pour out reason and self-control.
Romans 3:23Father, we are all aghast. Yet, we are all guilty.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
We point to these individuals who have been exposed. We are surprised. We are disappointed. We are saddened. We say, "This is despicable." Yet, we are ALL guilty! We have all helped to create this cultural of sexual sin and perversion.
Show each of us our part. Show us how we have contributed. Expose our wicked hearts to ourselves.
- The short, off-color comment...made without really thinking.
- The time we laughed at the off-color comment by someone else.
- What about the time we told "little jokes that berated women?
- What about the "dumb blond" jokes...that we thought were harmless, clever, and funny?
- What about the times we were aghast and didn't know what to do at a comment...so we laughed...and did nothing?
- What about the times we heard news clips, showed disgust for the perpetrators, and didn't pray for the ones who were victims?
- What about the many times we were simply thoughtless and moved on in our lives, numb to the situation?
You were there. You wept. We are ALL guilty. I am guilty.
Remind us all of the times when we saw and heard newscasts, and were dismissive when sexual impropriety and perversion were brought to our attention. Every one of those moments provided an opportunity to pray for the victim, the predator, and for our nation. I could have prayed, but I did not.
Help us. Raise us up. That we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.
In Jesus' Name
Please consider these prayers for the revival of our nation:
For Revival in the USA
For the Trump Administration
For Leaders and Decision Makers
For Pastors, especially in the U.S.
***This prayer is my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of any organization. It is inspired by Derek Prince Legacy Radio podcast. This and other free and life-changing resources can be found at https://www.derekprince.org/.
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