Draining the swamp...the prayers of one sinner

*** We have the government we deserve.

1 Timothy 2: 1-2
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father, You exhort us to fervently pray, intercede and to give thanks...for kings and those in authority so that we can live peaceably, in godliness and honesty.

This nation is not living peaceably, nor in godliness or honesty...surely, therefore, we must conclude that we have not prayed, interceded, or given thanks for kings and those in authority. So we have the government we deserve. This is a very hard thing to swallow. I am a fault.

I did not pray when prayer was taken from the schools, when abortion was legalized, when family was redefined, or when indiscretion filled the government. I confess, and I repent. I will pray for this nation, its leaders, and those in authority.

Father, this nation has turned from Your ways. It has gone so far that now there is a swamp. We need Your help. You have promised:

“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.”

So I humbly confess sin before You. I ask for prayers for our leaders...from small towns to the Capitol. I am seeking You. I am asking for Your guidance in prayer, that this nation can turn from its ways...so that You may hear, forgive, and heal this land.

We cannot do this without Your help. So I'm asking.

Deception seems rampant. We can't tell truth from fiction. Indiscretion in the socialsphere is rampant, without thoughtful filters. It seems impossible to find truth. Yet, Jesus, You are Truth.

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

How do we speak You, speak Truth, into this nation? Do we even want to know the truth? ...or do we just want to believe what we want. Father, we have become a self-serving nation. Help Lord! Turn our hearts, soften our resolve and penchant for our own desires.

Father, it has become so incredibly confusing about what can be believed. I ask that Truth rise up. Where can it be found? I ask that, as a nation, we come before Your throne of grace and plead for mercy. I ask that we rise up en masse and seek You, seek Truth, and speak Truth.

I ask that You move in the hearts of Your church. Rile us up. Work within us that we may be disturbed by what we see and hear. May we find our nation unconscionable. May we cease to be silent before You.

Raise up Your church to confess and repent from our silence. Raise up Your church to take a stand for Jesus Christ, first in our own lives, our own prayer closets.

Father, where are the pastors? Where is the church leadership? Many are silent. This should not be. Help us to change. In Your mercy, cause discomfort within us that we might turn from our wicked ways. Teach us our part that we seek and stand for Truth as a nation, once again.

Thank You for this nation. Thank You for the years where You blessed us as the greatest nation in the world. Thank You for the prosperity that You have bountifully poured out. Thank You that we can look back and compare where are now, with where we were when we honored You.

Help us, that we may stand strong and 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 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. They are offered in good faith that others may find them helpful in their prayer life and that the Church of Jesus Christ may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

A nation of consumers... the prayers of one sinner

*** like locusts we consume the land. ...a prayer for restraint and moderation.

Leviticus 18:28-30
28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

Proverbs 25:16
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,

You have given us a beautiful land, to enjoy and to care for ourselves and our families. We have done so and we have consumed and given place to excess. Our consumption knows no bounds. Please forgive us. We have prospered because of Your overabundance. Your provision has been lavish. Yet Your word indicates that You have prospered us with purpose:

Deuteronomy 15:11
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Your provision for me has been generous. Thank you. You have given me more than I need, yet I have chosen to use the excess for myself. Somehow, in my careless thinking, I have found ways to create "desire" and I convince myself that it is a need and that I must have it. Please forgive me.

Although I open my hand to the needy as You command me to do, it is a small token of the excess that You have poured out on me. I am a part of a nation that is never satisfied. For the most part, I buy stuff that I have convinced myself that I must have. ...rather than live in moderation and help those who have so little. Please forgive me.

I am a thoughtless consumer. When I want something, I buy it. Please help me to change.

We have become an all-consuming nation that is never satisfied and I am a contributor. There is never enough. Truly it is because we look to ourselves to define our needs and we have abandoned the guidance from Your Word. We no longer look to You to define our wants. We no longer desire self-restraint or moderation. Please forgive us and restore our sensibilities.

Help us, that we may stand strong and 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 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. They are offered in good faith that others may find them helpful in their prayer life and that the Church of Jesus Christ may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

Hope for a nation in rebellion ...the prayers of one sinner

*** we rebel against our past success to pursue our own desires ...have mercy, God of mercy.

Deuteronomy 28: 1-2
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
You are the God of mercy, who knows our weaknesses.

Psalm 103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. Thank You.

We are weak and shortsighted. We easily forget that when we were prosperous, we acknowledged Your sovereignty. We forget that You were the author of our nation, and when we set forth our agendas in accordance with Your Word, the United States prospered.
Forgive us and call us back.

Father, we have truly gone astray to follow our own desires. We have established our own judgement as our best path forward. I have watched as this happened...as we took specific actions to separate ourselves from You. We took prayer out of the schools. Father, forgive me, that I did not pray and cry out to You.

How many other times did I not pray? Abortion? The removal of the Ten Commandments? Changes in the identity of marriage? Father, our nation has determined that we are able set the standard of right and wrong and no longer need Your participation. Forgive me as I watched and did not pray fervently.

Forgive us and call us back. Touch our hearts and minds, that we may turn from our ways and establish You as our true foundation again.

You have charged the church:

1 Timothy 1:1-4
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

Father, bring the church back to prayer that we may pray for our leaders once again. Truly, if we don't have the government we want, it is because we, Your church, has not supplicated, prayed, intercessed or given thanks for our leaders...for those in authority. Open our minds to this truth, and bring us to pray for our leaders.

Forgive me where I have fallen short. You ask me to "first" pray for those in authority. Yet, I pray first for myself. Help me to change. Raise up others for this purpose. Press us, Your church, to come humbly before Your throne of grace for our nation's leaders at every level... right down to the towns in which we live...for You are our hope.

You have charged us to do this.
Help us, that we may stand strong and 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 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. They are offered in good faith that others may find them helpful in their prayer life and that the Church of Jesus Christ may be found faithful in the day of His coming.