Amen!
Dear Lord, we are learning the lesson of Proverbs 29:2 the hard way. The wicked are ruling our land and your commandments are being broken without a second thought. We need to return to righteous leaders and living ... we want to return to You. We have been created by You with certain inalienable rights .... and we need leaders who recognize this and who are willing to stand up for those rights and who are willing to govern this Nation as it was founded ... one Nation, under God, with Liberty & Justice for all. We beseech you to hear our prayers and give us and those who seek to be our leaders the courage to do Your Will. You alone can see into the hearts of those running for the Presidency of our country and I ask you to give us a leader who will lead this country out of the Godless darkness that we are now in for only You are the Way, the Truth and the Light. We love and praise you dear God and ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord & Saviour ....Amen.
Maranatha.
I wouldn't presume to guess "God's chosen" candidate.
I’m praying for God’s will to be done. I’m also requesting that the Lord perhaps help Gingrich because he is the only one of the candidates at this point who has the guts, the tenacity, and the resistance to pressure from advisers that we need to clean house in DC.
Despite his problems in the past, Newt Gingrich is perhaps the ONLY one I see on the horizon that will address the REAL issues and educate our country on exactly who these people (Obama, Holder, Sebellius, et al...) are. We need someone who isn’t going to play the “nice guy”, and who will tell America EXACTLY what we’re facing, and how we can solve these problems effectively without throwing away the solid foundation this country was built on.
We need to start on a path back to getting and keeping Congress, the Executive Branch, and the Judicial Branch back under the restraints of the Constitution - otherwise these problems will reoccur every time the public is fooled into voting for another Carter or Obama. I think Newt can guide things along a better path - even though I know I will not agree with everything he proposes, or everything he says.
Well, I didn’t mean to craft a stump speech, but that’s what I’m praying for — or, perhaps better stated; I’m praying earnestly that my hopes for our country fit with God’s plans for us. :)
God bless our country and everyone fighting to protect and restore our country, and freedom in our world.
Amen to your prayer, BG, and all the prayers offered by the Prayer Warriors gathered here, according to God’s Holy Will!
Amen!
I started reading this thread when you first put it up this morning. I’m adding my prayer to the ones stated here; and while reading them, along with the Bible verses quoted, I can nod in agreement and be encouraged at the same time even knowing there will be difficult times ahead. So I’ll say Amen, and God Bless America.
Lord God...thank you for being with us yet another day. This election turned out the way some wanted and not so good for others. We place our trust that You will ALWAYS be here for us, that you will give us the strength needed in whatever is coming our way. I don’t know who’s going to be our next President but I do pray that his heart is opened to you. Yes, even if it’s Obama, that he seeks YOU in all he does.
Thank you for such wonderful prayer warriors who DO pray to you .. daily .. hourly.
Thank you for offering us the gift of salvation...thank you for loving us, in spite of ourselves.
In Your Holy Name,
Amen
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prayers up for real hope and change.
Our nation is in desperate need of prayer. Here's the end of something I posted on a discussion of political activism over on the Orthodox Presbyterian listserve:
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This thread is entitled “repentance to heal the nation.” We can debate what national repentance means, and that's a legitimate point.
However, the fact is that we have killed more babies in America than Hitler killed Jews, and our national tolerance for homosexuality is greater than that of Germany by the late 1930s. It is very inconsistent for us as Americans to condemn Germans for doing nothing to stop the Holocaust when we ourselves, as Americans, have more blood on our hands.
God will judge our nation for our actions and our inaction. I don't think we have good reason to believe our nation will fare well in that judgment if it does not change its course, and do so quickly.
Regards,
Darrell Todd Maurina
Member, Gospel of Grace ARP, Springfield Mo.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/presbyterians-opc/message/44771