Pray for Our Country

As we near the Fourth of July we are struck with how blessed we are to have been born here, and to live in this great country. Our nation has been overwhelmed with abundance and great privilige, and we must respond rightly to the responsibility that goes with that blessing.

We remember 9-11-01, and we realize how precious life and freedom are for each of us, and how we should cherish each other in the time that we have together. And as we pray, there is much that troubles us about our national problems of greed and selfishness, and the sinfulness and brokeness that rules the day in many areas. We pray for peace -- in our lives, our churches, our communities, our nation, and our world. Peace with God (through Jesus Christ), and peace with each other through living as true ambassadors of His love.

We pray for America, as Katherine Bates wrote in American the Beautiful, "God Mend Thine Every Flaw." Let us stand on 2 Chronicles 7:14, which contains God's recipe for revival -- "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." In Jesus Name we pray it. Amen. Amen.