Hope for a nation in love with corruption

***Hope for a nation in love with corruption

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,

Your Word:

2 Peter 2:19
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

Confession:
Our nation, the land that I love, is sick. We have lost our first love. We have lost You as our identity. We have turned, everyone to his own way. Have mercy O God.

Father, corruption seems to be everywhere. In government, in business, in entertainment, in our communities and in our neighborhoods. We have given free reign, as a nation, and succumbed to the allure of exalting self. Have mercy O God.

Where did it come from. Surely You have said it:

Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Truly, the wiles of the enemy have offered us power, vice, and sin, all wrapped in delicious enticements. And we have indulged to the point of addiction. Have mercy on us, O God. Bring us to the Cross of Jesus Christ to find grace to save us.

Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

For godly leaders and government:
How can we, as a nation, develop godly leaders, if we do not practice godly actions, as You, the One True and Living God, have defined "godly?" And without You, corruption has taken over. We need Your help. We need a revival.

You are the God of Justice. Many people are shouting for justice. Yet, this is impossible, if "we, the people" do not look to the God of Justice. Help us to turn to You.

As our government has grown, our rights have been rescinded. We have turned to government for our protection, rather than turned to You. Forgive us. We need Your help. We need a revival. Help us turn to You.

Call Your faithful to positions of leadership in every area of our lives: government, social organizations, churches, neighborhoods...raise up an army of leaders who look to You and Your Word for the answers.

For the entertainment industry:
Father, the entertainment industry, with rare exception, seeks our demise. It promotes corruption and has given us an appetite for corruption. We want to watch it, listen to it, and play "games" that allow us to be "players."

Raise up voices of reason to promote Your Holiness, that we may confess the demise of our appetite for Your Goodness, Your Justice, Your Security, Your Salvation.

For our schools:
Father, schools are no longer safe, and our children have become targets of the enemy. We took prayer out of our schools, we removed Your commandments...we do not want to submit to the protections You have put in place. Forgive us for thinking we can control and protect our society from corruption...

The enemy of righteousness is bent on our corruption. Yet, YOU have defeated him. You have overcome him. You have given those in Christ Jesus the authority over him. Raise us up, God of Justice. Raise up Your church to take authority over our neighborhoods, our towns, cities, our states and our nation...and bring it back to You.

For our neighborhoods. For revival!:
We need reviving...we have passed out and have become impotent. We are as buried bones. Raise us up to take back this nation. Grant us a determination to pick up the Sword of the Spirit and wield it in accordance with Your Word.

Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Let us proclaim the Word of God for the United States. Raise up our voices to speak out our authority by the blood of the Lamb. And may it be a sweet smelling aroma before Your throne of grace...

Move in our hearts and minds that we may turn from our wicked ways and boldly come before Your throne and find grace to help in our time of dire need.

Father, give us Your Word in our hearts! Grant us a hunger and thirst for Your Word. And as we indulge in it, may it come forth from us as our testimony! May we not love our lives unto the death.

For YOU are LIFE and YOU are LIFE Eternal. Praise be to Your Name, Jesus Christ: born of the virgin Mary, crucified for us, resurrected for us, and Who is the Living Word. May we erupt in praise and sing Your mighty victory over this land. May we be a people of prayer before the Righteous and Holy God.

It is Your desire that all men come to repentance:

2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Fill us with Your Hope that others desire it. Fill us with Your Word to give them and call them to repentance. Father, develop us as Your army to uphold our leaders, protect our society, our children and this nation. Help us to do our part to lead in revival that JESUS CHRIST be served with excellence.

...that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming. In the Name of Jesus Christ, †     †     †    

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Please consider these prayers for the revival of our nation:
For the U.S.
For the Sanctity of Life
Disaster Recovery Prayers
For the Trump Administration
For Leaders and Decision Makers
For Pastors, especially in the U.S.

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What we must do to change the U.S.

*** How Washington became what it is today...and it should be no surprise to us. Here is what we must do.

Proverbs 28:13 (KJV)
13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,

It should be no surprise to us that Washington, the seat of our government, has become what it is today. Although this nation was founded on the principles of Your Word, we have turned. Although You have prospered us in every way, we have enjoyed Your prosperity, while crediting ourselves, and turning away from Your ways. We have grown fat and lethargic in every area of our lives.

We have not protected the pathway that brought us prosperity. We have fallen away.

We have given up humility and thanksgiving and replaced them with pride. The love of many has grown cold. We have become weak and forsaken our right to worship You. We have not loved our children enough to teach them Your Word, Your wisdom, Your justice, Your righteousness. We have put government as the center of our deliverance and we have not fervently prayed for Your protection on those who govern. Forgive us.

Surely, as we have gone about our days and our interests, and as we have forsaken Your ways, and as we have not worked diligently to preserve our relationship as One Nation Under God, it should come as no surprise to us that our nation has come to this place:

– We redefined success to be what we buy...and became a consumer nation
– We allowed our national debt to exponentially skyrocket
– We allowed prayer to be taken out of our schools
– We chose divorce rather than honoring our covenants
– We allowed marriage to be redefined
– We chose abortion rather than be inconvenienced
...and so many more.

Surely, we have forsaken Your ways. We have not prayed for our leaders; in our government, our churches, and our communities. We have created the government that now brings such folly. We have forsaken You. We are the cause of our current situation.

Call us to repent. Call us to change and may we respond with humility and thanksgiving. Let us rise up and take ownership and call upon You to heal our land.

2 Chronicles 7:14
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.

Father, I confess that I have enjoyed the privileges that have come to me because I am an American. Thank You that I grew up in this nation. I confess that I grew up with prayer in the schools, but I did nothing when it was removed. Forgive me. Help me to repent.

I confess that I have watched the moral decay of this nation and stood back, justifying my lethargy with the words, "God told us the world would turn from Him." You command me to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, yet, I justify not doing so, thinking there can be no peace. Forgive me. Help me to repent.

The abortion rate continues and these people are Your inheritance. I have done nothing to help. At times, I have disdained the abortion industry, but I have not prayed for those caught in its lair. Forgive me. Help me to repent.

Divorce has become so commonplace that young people have no interest in marriage. I know of couples who are challenged in their marriage, but I have not prayed, or offered support. I have come to accept divorce as commonplace. Even though I know that You can change and heal relationships, I have not called upon You. Forgive me. Help me to repent.

Father, I know that debt is not the way of Your scripture. I allowed personal debt to get out of hand. Surely, it is no wonder that our national debt is now out of hand. I am part of the cause of it. Forgive me. Help me to repent.

This nation can not change on its own. Only through You can there be healing in this land. I can not change on my own. Only through You can I be healed. Teach me to repent. Teach the U.S. to repent. I appeal to 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 USA
Revival in the U.S.
Leaders and Decision Makers
For the Trump Administration


***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.

For American textbooks to honor and reflect our godly heritage, No. 2

***That American textbooks would honor and reflect this godly heritage of our country.

Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Help Lord! The United States is under attack. Social agendas prevail. We have slept while the enemy has advanced and now our children are required to be indoctrinated by the sexual agendas.

The enemy is organized and fierce. The agenda permeates the textbook and teachings of children of every age. Everywhere they turn they are taught and coached on the social and sexual agendas that defy the safeguards and definitions that You have created.

Our stand is weak. We slept while these agendas were given life. We did not take a stand when prayer was eliminated in our schools. We did not voice our desire for Your definition of appropriate sexual conduct or the definition of marriage. As the enemy organized and engaged the legal communities, we have cowered in fear.

Truly we are now at the place where our nation calls right wrong and wrong right.

Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Forgive us. Raise us up. This is not a battle of flesh and blood but a spiritual war for the very minds of our children. Raise up the prayer warriors. Call us to pray diligently. Pour out prayers for the safety of our children, and for Truth to predominate. Father, bring us before Your throne of grace with hearts of repentance. Give us words of confession, hearts of repentance, and voices that cry out day and night on behalf of our children.

Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Father, it is now against the law to adhere to this verse, because "the way he should go" has been redefined. We need wisdom. We need talented orators, persuasive writers to rise up. Father, I do not believe that You have left us defenseless. I pray for these writers to rise up. I ask for educators, who are steeped in Your Word, to present Truth from Your Word.

The textbooks promote the agenda of the enemy to capture the minds of our children. Raise up new voices, new writers. Give them unyielding courage and words that capture the hearts and minds of those who willingly go along with those who hate You. Enable these writers to cause both children and adults to desire Your foundation and to write effectively.

As this nation evaluates and negotiates the "Common Core," I ask that You raise up an army of voices that will speak with wisdom and capture hearts and votes to return to our heritage. Pour out your Spirit on those who would rise up in educational agendas, stand up in the meetings and voting rooms and give them convincing words so that, one school district, one State at a time, this nation can return to our heritage—the one given us by You.

Father, there are so many, who are comatose and silent on these matters. In Your mercy, give us the situation that would cause them to awaken. Invigorate them to stand up, to stand strong, to support those who risk their careers and livelihoods because they speak out. Help us care enough to turn this around.

It seems we are cowering in fear and there is reason to do so. The enemy has become so organized that they ave been able to destroy the lives of those who take a stand for the principles that You have set forth. Yet You have not given us a spirit of fear.

2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

May we awake to Your truth. May we embrace the sound mind that You provide.

Father, there s a process that pushes these agendas. The "educational agenda" is surely near the top of the list in the enemy's war room. Educating our children is a topmost priority. You are stronger than the enemy. Give us insights into this process and place spirit-filled soldiers at every point to deter the agenda to take over our textbooks.

Shield our children that they not give way to what is fundamentally adverse to Your Word.

I pray wer are not too late. I ask that Your Spirit awake us to the dire situation. Invigorate us to pray, act, and live with courage. Strengthen our trust in Your care and love for us. May we recognize that we have turned from You, that we have slept, and we must confess and repent. Help us to embrace You, knowing that You will help us in this grave time of need, if we turn to You.

Help Lord. You are the One True and Living God. Your Word will stand. You are our only hope. Only in You is life. Show us the path. Raise us up and may we be a nation of stalwart soldiers once again.

In Jesus’ Name.

Here is an additional prayer on this topic:
Prayer No. 1: For our textbooks to honor and reflect our heritage.

***These prayers are based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

For American textbooks to honor and reflect our godly heritage

***That American textbooks would honor and reflect this godly heritage of our country..

Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Thank You for the USA. Thank You for the rich heritage that embraces a past of looking to You for guidance. Thank You that we have this heritage that proclaimed, “In God We Trust.” You have been our trust, and You have been our protection. You have made us great and caused us to prosper.

We have abandoned You. Forgive us. We have rested and celebrated our own accomplishment. We have strayed from the principles of justice, and we have redefined our society in direct defiance to the guidance of Your Word. Forgive us. Father, we are now teaching these new definitions to children and youth in our schools. We are teaching them falsehoods, we are proliferating that which is in defiance to Your Truths. Forgive us. We are a rebellious nation. Help us change.

Father, show us the path to bring back our textbooks to align with Your Word. We have tried our own programs, "No Child Left Behind" and now "Common Core.” Neither align with Your Word. Forgive us for not appealing to You for guidance. Forgive us, Your church, for not seeking You diligently on this matter. Forgive us for not standing up and speaking, in the public realm, when we have had opportunity, or when You have directed us. Forgive us for being silent. Show us a better way.

Father, raise up voices to speak Truth. Show us the path to find opportunity and lead those in position of change. that our schools are in trouble. Give us the words to redirect our path to return to You. Grant us a tenacity to stand our ground and speak with intelligent persuasion. May our lives clearly demonstrate that what we say is credible, reliable, and beneficial.

Father, let us pour out our hearts before You. Cause parents to rise up. Where they have expected the government to raise their children, may they no long be silent. Open their eyes to see the result. May there be an uproar in prayer closets across our nation. May these people unite to demand change in a manner that pleases You, and that brings others to the conclusion that You have the best way. Open their hearts to want what is “best.”

We need Your help where our schools are concerned. Our textbooks are alarmingly and openly rebellious. Show us the path to return to Your Truth rather than our own.

Hear our prayer,

In Jesus’ Name.

***These prayers are based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/