For Americans to respect and honor their parents, No. 1

***That Americans would respect and honor their parents.

Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
You are the Creator, the Most High God, and the God of order. You have set Your order in the heavens and given us Your Word that clearly defines the order that You have set in place. Thank You. Your order brings balance to the earth. Your perfect design gives us order; it gives us the seasons, as well as a hierarchy for our daily living. Thank You.

In Your order You have given parents a special place of honor; and You have mandated that we should honor them. You have not given us any exceptions to this. You have clearly laid down the commandment on this matter. Thank You. This must be so important, since You immediately included a blessing for us if we follow Your commandment.

Father, we aren't so good at following Your commandments. We desire our own way. We don't like to be confined. Truly, we are rebellions. Forgive us for preferring our own freedom to the safety and blessings that You offer.

Father, because we have chosen not to honor our parents, we defy authority. This disrupts our society at its core. We defy and rebel against the immediate authority of "father and mother" and continue our defiance to disrespect our teachers in school and on to defy the laws of this nation. Forgive us.

There are so many ways that we have corrupted Your order. We have redefined "family" and departed from Your order. Our public officials have become corrupt and defied Your laws, using their power for their personal agendas. We have not prayer for them. Please forgive us. Teach us to pray for them, and grant them an open heart to turn to You. Show us the path to re-establish the system that You have put in place. Raise up those who believe in You to establish their family order. May fathers and mothers act in accordance with Your Word. May children, of all ages, desire to be respectful. May fathers and mothers be responsible to You with regard to their behavior in the home and establish a safe place for their families to grow in Your Word.

May respect for You grow exponentially so that fathers love their wives and families as Christ sacrificially loves the church. Open the eyes of wives and children (again, of ALL ages), to respect their parents that there would be a domino effect. As parents respect and honor their parents (even if they are deceased), that their children would, in kind, respect them.

Father, please help us to build families that are "tight-knit!"...communities where Your love is established and is the foundation whereby parents are honored. May these families be pillars of a new beginning for our nation and stand as a foundation and testimony to re-build our society from the ground up.

Help us, that we may stand strong and that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

In Jesus’ Name.

Please also consider this prayer: For Americans to respect and honor their parents, No. 2.
http://ernestprays.blogspot.com/2016/12/for-americans-to-respect-and-honor.html"

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