“If My people who are called by My name
humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
Christians, we are the people of God, in
Jesus Christ.
American Christians, our nation, The United
States of America, is hurting and in need of healing.
The U.S.A. is sick with sin. Our nation is being
decimated and destroyed by evils, most of them of our own making. We see it all
around us, we see it in the news and social medias: terrorist attacks, major
disasters both man-made and natural, mass murders from children in public
schools to new born children in abortion mills, the horrific list goes on and
on.
But the important thing is that there is healing, and there
is hope.
The key to unlock the door to national healing is prayer,
the prayers of God’s people, the church, Christians.
It is the people of God who must humble themselves and make
sure they are putting God first (Matthew 16:24, 25). When we do that, then we
can truly pray and believe that God will answer us as we pray according to His
will (1 John 5:14, 15). In faithful prayer, we are seeking God’s face, His
presence, acknowledging that He alone is our salvation and our help (Psalm 105:1-4).
Then, in the presence of a holy God, we must and we can turn from our wicked
ways in faith and repentance (2 Corinthians 7:9, 10).
Now the door is unlocked. God will hear us from heaven,
because He is also near to us, with us and in us (Matthew 7:7-11). God will
forgive not only our sins but our sin, our very sinfulness (1John 1:8, 9). God
will heal our land, as He heals His people, and as His church lives out His commission
to us to share with others Christ’s Good News of salvation, being made well,
healing and wholeness, through repentance and faith (Matthew 28:18-20).
Christians, as we pray without ceasing (1Thessalonians
5:17), living lives of prayer and living prayerful lives, we will be offering
hope and the way to healing for those around us, for our fellow citizens, for
the people of our nation.
Thursday, May 2, is National Day of Prayer 2013. There are
many ways in which you can participate and get involved that can be found here:
There is a search engine you can use to find a National Day
of Prayer event in your area. You can watch or listen to the National
Observance on TV or the above website, listen to a Prayer Summit on the radio
or the web, or take part in a National Prayer Call. There is also a National
Day of Prayer Facebook community.
Look for details on upcoming national prayer initiatives at Commit2Pray.com
and look for the first global PrayerCast, LIVE, on October 18th and
19th.
For downloading, there is a free ebook and free small group
study guides that can be used long after National Day of Prayer. It is
important that we regularly study about prayer.
Most of all, of course, it is most vital that we pray
regularly, that we indeed pray without ceasing, making prayer our lifestyle.
Christians, let’s start praying today, pray on the National
Day of Prayer, and pray daily for our nation. Commit to pray regularly for these
seven centers of influence in our nation: government, military, media,
business, education, church and family.
May this be our prayer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EDGmeP1aA4