Election Day 2008, Prayer for America

OrthodoxNet.com ^ | 11/4/2008 | Chris Banescu

[ezfindit]

Almighty God, the Father of mercies, Lord of all Creation, and Spring of all comfort, hear our prayers, come to our defense, and deliver us from the dangers and evil that besets us and threatens to enslave us and our children. O Master, Jesus Christ, we beseech You to save this land and have mercy on Your people, for the days are dark and our hearts are troubled.

[ezfindit]

Help us Oh Lord, Help us!

[bayliving]

Help us Oh Lord, Help us!

Help the nation that YOU helped to create Oh Lord!

[smartin]

[gotribe]

No matter the vote, thank the Lord Jesus for his gifts. He watches over us and delivers us.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Deliver us today. Amen.

[Faith]

Deliver those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are staggering to slaughter, O hold them back.
If you say, “See, we did not know this,
Does He not consider it who weighs the hearts?
And does He not know it who keeps your soul?
And will He not render to man according to his work?” - Proverbs 24:11

Holy God,

Today You have given us a choice between life and death. Though some may not believe the seriousness of their obligation to honor You in the voting booth, the truth still stands. We can vote to defend Your innocent, unborn creations or we can turn their fate over to those who bow before self-appointed gods. It can be no more simply stated than this. The blood of the innocents will be upon all those who stay home and especially upon those who vote for the man who has promised to make abortion more available at any stage of pregnancy, even for teen-agers. Holy God, You will hold us all accountable one day when we stand before You and we will all have to proclaim what we did to stop this shedding of innocent blood.

Father, may the cries of the unborn be heard in the ears and the hearts of all those going to the polls today. May the sorrow of our nation’s sins cling heavily to our hearts as we take the opportunity to begin righting the wrongs. And may those who would selfishly vote for their own interests rather than Your interests be either kept home or be unable to mark their ballots for the one who would ensure the demise of future generations of Your beloved creations.

Holy and awesome God, we pray through our tears that Your will would be done this day---that America would CHOOSE LIFE and choose it abundantly. And Lord, we give You all the praise and glory due to You and Your Kingdom of Light. In the Name of the Savior, Jesus Christ, who died so that we might LIVE. Amen.

[tiki]

I’m going to the church now where we are having a 24 hr vigil.

[lastchance]

Amen. To You Lord, all glory and honor.

[Paul_B]

Now Asa had an army of 300,000 from Judah, bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin, bearing shields and wielding bows; all of them were valiant warriors. Now Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and he came to Mareshah. So Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up in battle formation in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. Then Asa called to the LORD his God and said, “LORD, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and those who have no strength; so help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in You, and in Your name have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.” 2ch14

[ezfindit]

AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

This is indeed a spiritual battle between good and evil. We must always remember that!

[phillyfanatic]

The Lord Jesus has blessed the USA and perhaps people are just ignoring it. We all have free will and today,it would not surprise me that Americans voted for cradle to the grave security over freedom and liberty. I pray God will actually intervene in the minds of the undecided. My guess is, not many minds will be changed. We shall see.

[EGPWS]

Help us Oh Lord, Help us!

...bring FreeRepublic back up to speed so we don't have to worry about dying of old age while watching an hour glass clocking....

[Faith]

Thanks, Paul_B. It's so good to hear from you!!! I appreciate the wonderful examples of God's work in situations that seemed absolutely impossible. What a source of encouragement and strength the Word provides us! Here is another one:

II Chronicles 20: 1-30

[Paul_B]

Thanks Faith. That is great inspiration. I’m going to study that carefully. Also, for more mechanical understanding of the battle, see http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/toast/ , if you haven’t already.

Be blessed,
p.