Hope for a fractured nation —divided against itself...a prayer for unity

Hope for a fractured nation divided against itself...a prayer for unity.

Please pray with me.

Father, Your Word:

Mark 3:25
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

Heavenly Father,
I love this nation: The United States of America. The USA, where You have placed me. I am grateful beyond words that I live here and have the freedoms that have blessed this nation. So many people have poured out their very life for the freedoms that I enjoy each day.

I give You thanks. Yet my heart is heavy over the division that has captured the minds and hearts of this nation. It seems that one cause or another has brought disunity everywhere I look. People seem to be consumed with their flavor of disruption. Many seem to seek division in every conversation. It seems to have become our identity. Forgive us.

Father, the division is alarming. It is literally disarming and we are totally vulnerable.

Our nation is fractured.

• Sanctity of Life:
  • Abortion
  • Discarding unused embryos
  • Assisted suicide
  • Eugenics
• Race
• Marriage
• Religion
• Politics

It extends past the foundational precepts to the "Haves and the have nots," the "employed and unemployed," and You know what else we have proclaimed worthy of our division. I proclaim that Your Word is true (John 14:6), Your Word will not fail (Deuteronomy 31:8), and Your Word will not return void (Isaiah 55:11).

Sanctity of Life:
You are the Giver of Life. (Genesis 2:7) Open the eyes of our hearts to understand that life is a gift and not ours to take. Unless You show us this way, it is not possible that we can find it on our own.

Forgive us for being so consumed on our own self-interests that we cannot look wider than our immediate desires. Please, God of Mercy, do not leave us in this condition.

Racial Division:
Father, raise up voices of unity between the races. This is not a new struggle, but it is more complex with more factions involved: Hispanic, Black, White, Asian, Latinos, and others. We need Your help. Yes, raise up hearts that reach across the divide of race and extend a smile of welcome, a hand of true acceptance.

Bind us together as one to fight for common causes of worth: to help the hungry and the homeless...to reach out to those without hope and by Your Spirit - lift them up.

Marriage:
Surely, Lord God, we are making up our own rules to accommodate our desires. The redefinition of marriage is a place of deep grief. Your Word is so clear and the ramifications of this choice are also clear. Yet, we have taken this path. Call us to repent, to confess, and to plead for mercy. We look to the statistics to justify our choices, and when they do not, we cover them up.

Yet, there are those who adhere to Your Word. Give us a heart to reach those who are pushing the agenda of redefining marriage and further defiling our nation.

Religion:
Father, this has become so complex. We have Muslim against Christian, Muslims against Muslims, and Christians against Christians. Is it no wonder that so many people have become disappointed and left the entire of concept of Your being?

Within Your true Church - those who have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, I ask for unity... unity and desire to love each other. Your Word tells us that "they" will know we are Christians by our love. Give us a heart to love each other. Unify Your church within the individual churches.

Redirect our minds and hearts to organize in prayer and outreach to demonstrate Your Gospel, the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. May these demonstrations be a part of every day as we seek You, speak our faith, and respond to help those in need. Give us eyes to see the need of others, and motivate us as to how we can meet those needs. May we put down our differences and unify to proclaim the Good News.

Politics:
What a befuddlement. How can we pray effectively for our government and leaders. You command us to do so, but putting it into practice has become a challenge.

Father, I ask for wisdom for our leaders—national, state, and civic. Wisdom to seek out their own hearts and put aside their anger and frustration and find Your grace. Please place a desire for unity across the lines of division. I include our Senate and House: both nationally and at the state level. Grant them insights to see pathways that will bring people together and unify them across political lines.

Please give them ideas on how to show the love of Christ to each other, remembering that perfect love casts out fear. Bring Your perfect love into their daily situations. Grant these leaders self-control. Fill their hearts with new words, new responses. Please bring unity to our political venues.

Proverbs 15: 1
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Help us. Bring unity to Your people. 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 U.S.
Disaster Recovery Prayers
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.
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Hope for a nation bereft of truth...the prayers of one sinner

***Hope for a nation bereft of truth...the prayers of one sinner

Psalms 145:18
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,

You are the only source of real Truth. You are Truth and only by You can we know truth and justice. Do we want to know what is true and do we want justice? Or do we want the truth of our making? We concoct our own truth and call ourselves righteous. Forgive us.

You say You are near those who call upon You and that call upon You in truth. Raise up Your church to call upon You. Raise us up to cry unto You and to pour out Your Truth. Jesus, YOU are the way, the truth, and the life. (John 14:6). Yet, we desire our own version of truth. Forgive us and call us to You.

Such GOOD NEWS...truth is available to us! We don't have to devise our own plan for truth...because You have given us the real thing. Work in our hearts to truly desire real truth! Light a flame within us that we seek it. May our souls, dry as the desert sand, rise up and seek the living water that only You can provide. May we splash, drink long and deep, and be saturated with Your living water!

Do we want truth?

Father, this seems to be a bigger problem. Forgive us for preferring our own self-devised truth that serves our own agendas.

• The media abuses the influence they have. They lie repeatedly and covertly retract their lies —when no one is looking. They seek to influence the agendas of others without care for truth. They see their value in the number of readers rather than the quality and care of their products. Convict them. Call them to confess and repent.


• Mueller's Grand Jury. Father, there is so much garbage here. Where is truth? Because of the media, we don't even know what to believe or think. Do we want to know truth? ...or do we want to invent it? The people involved with this endeavor cannot consider finding real truth unless You guide them.
  
  The depth of garbage is so deep that we cannot tell if what is reported has ANY credibility. Yet so many of us believe we are able to discern the truth from the media reports. I ask Your interference.
  
  I ask You to elevate truth in this disruption and to bring truth to the surface, that it may be dismissed. Please raise up Your church to fervently pray for truth to be reported and known. Prepare us to face truth. Destroy every effort to promote lies and misleading quips
  
  
• Racial tension and animosity. You matter. You give us significance. Your love and care is for all people. We have lost sight of this truth. You love each person so much that You died for their sins. Did You leave some out? NO! It cannot be! It is our desire not to believe Your love that separates us. Father, we have lost sight of what You have saved us from —eternal separation from You. We choose to believe our own version of truth and have separated ourselves from Your Living Word —which is Truth. Help us Lord. Help us to return to Truth.
  
  Raise up the church to testify and LIVE out Your love for all people. May Your testimony go out through the actions of a loving church, focused on promoting real Truth.
  
  
• The definition of marriage has changed. Father, I am so embarrassed that I did not pray more, speak more, and testify that Your definition is true and worthy to be honored. I confess and repent. You defined marriage. Your definition is the standard upon which we will be judged. Call us to repent. Call Your church to clearly demonstrate Your design for marriage in a way that invites others to see this Truth.
  
  
• Your church. Father, we are surrounded and saturated with lies from every direction. Saturate us with Your living Word and grant us discernment and wisdom to know Truth. Grant us courage to speak Truth. Grant us a determined spirit to seek You and worship You in spirit and in Truth. We cannot do this of our own volition. Touch us. Waken us. Invigorate us to pray and to come together to bring Truth back to the United States.

Father, we are surrounded at every level and in every dimension with deception through fabricated media publications. We are all to blame as we have not honored truth in our homes and raised up a nation that embraces Truth. Please have mercy and call us to confess and repent of our desire to serve our own wicked agendas.

Do we even want truth? Your Word tells us:

John 8:32
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

John 16:13
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth:

Truth has eluded our nation and Your church is at fault. We are to blame that this nation has turned from You because You have revealed Truth to us and opened the doors to seek Your standards. You have made it known that the battle is not against flesh and blood and we, Your church, have access to the spiritual realm where the battle for Truth is being fought. Guide us to enter into this realm and beseech You fervently. Then may this nation turn from its wickedness and find freedom based on truth.

Help us Lord. 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.

For encouragement and guidance, consider being a part of Intercessors for America. Join this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

For traditional families, No. 2

***That traditional families would be valued and protected by all authorities in this nation.

1 Tim 3:12
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Our nation, the USA, seems to be on a downward moral spiral, with people determined to despise everything that You stand for. Forgive us and provoke us to repentance. We have certainly come to the place where we call evil good, and good evil.

We have taken You and Your Word down as the standard of excellence. We have despised Your purity and Your righteousness. We ignore the clear guidance and warnings from Your Word on critical moral issues, especially regarding our sexual conduct. Forgive us and call us to repentance. I have not prayed consistently and diligently for this nation on this matter. I have looked away. Now the movement is barreling down the path of destruction through a remarkably organized media campaign to stamp out marriage and family as defined by Your Word. Forgive me. Forgive us.

Hold strong those families that regard Your guidance on this matter. Raise them up, and their children, in every place that they go, as desirable. Open the hearts and minds of those who question the integrity of Your direction, to see a foundation of long-lasting value. Raise up families as examples and may those who are confused desire the kind of love, closeness, and care that they see in the traditional families.

May the children of traditional families, now adults, compare the two lifestyles and with wisdom from Your Holy Spirit, value the tradition that You have put in place. May they desire and return to this standard.

Father, we are at the place where there are now generations of non-traditional families. There are many who have never experienced the standard that You have put in place. There is hatred towards You that has been multiplied and passed on through young generations. Many teach this hatred to those around them and require that their views be affirmed as well as tolerated. We are now on the defensive. Forgive us.

Fill us with a love and care for those that rebel against You, especially on this matter of marriage. We need a deluge of prayer for those in our reach, that they might embrace the genuine, unrestrained, and sacrificial love that You have demonstrated on their behalf. Show us how to be a demonstration of that sacrificial love. We really need insight here.

You admonish us in Your Word, that if our enemy smite us on one cheek, we should offer our other. If they demand our cloak, we should allow them to take our coat.

Luke 6:29
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.

You ask us specifically not to take offense and to sacrifice for them...as You have sacrificed for our sins. Show us where the opportunities are and give us a desire to not be offended. Help us be obedient to this command and do so with a heart that is undeniable to those who are watching. May we bring such love that hearts are stirred and rebelliousness is broken.

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 traditional families, No. 1.

***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 traditional families, No. 1

***That traditional families would be valued and protected by all authorities in this nation.

1 Tim 3:12
12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
When You created the “order” of things, You determined the relationship between men and women. Thank You. It is so intricate. You crated men and women differently. Thank You. I come to You today, believing that Your order is best and it is there for our safety and our security. Your Word outlines appropriate behavior as well as social structure, and also the structure for the church. Thank You. Thank You that we don’t have to guess what will work. Thank You that we don’t have to do a trial and error study to know what is best or what will flourish in the long-term. You have made it clear. Thank You.

Of course, we have strayed away from Your Word. We have entertained and experimented with new social structures and explored new avenues of gratification. Forgive us. Father, I have not prayed diligently as these activities are reported in the news. I am without excuse. I judged them, I thought these people were disgusting…and forgot that You love them equally and died for their release. Instead, I have stood by with my disparaging thoughts…and I have not prayed. Forgive me.

Consequently, today, there are new social structures and they have been made into law. It is the law of this land to rebel against Your order. Traditional families are becoming the anti-establishment. Forgive us.

Father, I ask that churches, many of whom embrace the rebellious change in the definition of marriage, that we come to repentance. Open our eyes to see the ramifications of what we do and think on this issue. May the obedient church rise up in prayer and adhere to scripture to rescue those churches who have fallen on this matter. May there be dialogue that is led by Your Holy Spirit. Open our eyes. Open our hearts and give us a heart of obedience to Your Word.

Father, may those who believe in You rise up. May their be spokespersons, many their be attorneys, leaders, and organizations that focus on the protection of the rights of the traditional families. Not just their rights, but their ability to live their faith in their business without being a target. Help us to establish laws to protect families, churches, businesses, and organizations that believe in traditional families - to be protected by law, and to be respected by those who have opposing viewpoints. May both parties respond with respect. May they both treat each other with dignity. Father, help Your children to respond in a firm, loving manner. Help us to hold strong and bless our thoughts, actions, and words…that we are honorable and diligent before You.

May traditional families flourish. May it be obvious that it is because Your hand is upon them. Bless the traditional families. May their fellowship be sweet, may their family care and love for each other be established and demonstrated in a manner that brings a testimony to You. Secure the hearts of husbands with their wives and wives with their husbands. May their union be a foundational part of their living and to their delight. Protect marriages that are in accordance with Your Word. Prosper them in fellowship and provide for their every needs. May the love they have for each other knit them together and may their lives be sweet.

Father, help us to turn and to be re-established according to Your Will.

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/