A Call to Pray for America – and A Guide to Help

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A Call to Pray for America – and A Guide to Help 2016-03-10T19:18:00-07:00

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I will be getting together with a group of ladies today to pray for our country. As I type this, the GOP debate is running in the background and (thus far), the candidates are acting like adults. While that gives me the slightest spark of hope, the fact is, we’ve got a long ways to go toward civility, rationality, and common decency in the Republican Party.

Beyond that, we need a complete spiritual overhaul in this country. We the RNC, we the DNC, we the people. We all need help that can only come from above.

I am burdened, as well I should be. I hope you are, too. And I hope you’ll join me today at 10:30, MST (or whenever your schedule permits) to lock yourself in a closet and pray.

I’ve put together a short, Scriptural prayer guide to help my group of ladies to focus our thoughts and hearts on how to pray. It’s easy to just go about our busy lives while mindlessly praying “God, help us!”- and that’s appropriate. But my goal is to pray with focus, Scripture, and humility.

I hope the guide (as follows) helps you/us do that. If you pray, drop me a line here or on Facebook? Or email me at [email protected]? It would encourage me to know you joined us.

Prayer Guide for America

Conviction: What can we change about ourselves in this situation?

Apathy, lack of prayer, ungrateful heart. It is our duty to pray for government authorities, with thanksgiving.

Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior. (I Tim. 2:1-3, emphasis mine)

Comfort: What truth can we focus on to comfort our hearts?

This world is not our home.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. (Matt 24:35)

But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. (Hebrews 11:16)

Calling: What actions are we to take?

In humility, pray, and practice righteousness. Submit to governing authorities.

If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. (2 Chron. 7:14)

Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resists will bring judgment on themselves. (Rom. 13:1-2)

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