2 Chronicles 7 verse 14

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2 Chronicles 7 verse 14

says...

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.

Let's pray for God to save our country.

2 Chronicles 7:14

Promotes

Personal Repentance.

We face difficult situations in our country.

Let us

allow our love of country and patriotism

to rise up in us.

And

Let us seek God's face,

repent of our own sins,

and

be

personally

re-dedicated to our Lord.

Almighty God,

In your lovingkindness you created America with rich resources. In your generosity, you hid vast supplies of coal, oil, and natural gas in order to power dynamic and determined people to achieve great things.

You tucked this land between two majestic oceans teeming with scrumptious sea life whose waters produce transportation highways through the sea.

Over two hundred years ago, you planted freedom and liberty into the hearts of a generation of motivated men.

You have consistently shared your knowledge with our scientists and inventors, like George Washington Carver, who inspire us to awesome levels of living.

And you gave the people of this lush land the priceless Gospel of Jesus Christ. You have honored us with the methods and the means to present the Gospel to every tribe and every tongue.

Today, we have turned far away from the noble tenets that we once aspired to, but instead have embraced a total tolerance to almost every form of evil.

Sadly, we realize that our allegiance to you has never been total.

From the beginning,

our halls of justice

have justified treating the Native Americans with a range of

attitudes from indifference to contempt.

Moreover, our cruel history doesn’t stop there.

For years after the founding of this country,

our halls of justice and our houses of worship

ignored slavery and its horrific treatment

of precious human beings.

Yes, in many ways, our past is littered with

the abandonment

for those you love and those you created to be

our spiritual brothers and sisters.

It is hard to admit that America’s history is not all purity and goodness. Down through the years, we have allowed ungodly men to gain power and to use that power to do immoral
  - and in many cases  -
illegal things in the name of our beloved country.

We have excused sin in many forms including taking life from unborn babies and treating seniors with disdain.

All too often,

we have turned our attention

away from teaching righteousness

and instead

settled for appeasing the powerful.

We have taken the purity of the Gospel

and

exchanged it for

the fleeting favor of ungodly men.

Lord, we come to you this day and repent!

We repent of what our country has done. We come before you bringing no excuses. We come only bringing a repentant heart.

We sincerely ask that you would forgive our country. We realize that our simple request embodies asking you to forgive an enormous amount of sin including an enormous amount of sorrow that has resulted from that sin.

We also come before you

to ask

that you would forgive us individually.

Lord, I ask personally that you would forgive me of MY sins.

I come before you pledging that I will not turn away from you when you convict me of sin. I will seek to hear your voice, and I will work to turn from my ungodly ways.

Lord,

it is hard to realize that

I myself sometimes do things that you would call “sinful.”

I need to realize that even small instances of unkindness are not small in your eyes.

Lord,

I know I need to

face my sins

and

learn how to control myself,

and

other Christians are going to have to

learn how to control themselves,

before

our country is going to be able to significantly change.

Lord, remind me and help me

to stir up new passion to become more like Jesus.

I am dedicating myself to learn to love your will and your ways.

I will regularly read your word, and I will grow more like Jesus.

May it never be said again that I am lukewarm toward you or your Word.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Copyright © 2014 Beth McLendon of Inspirational-Prayers.com

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