Our Hope...
A Special Request
to Shepherds
Dear Pastor:
As one of God’s
“gatekeepers” to your
city, you have
the power to make this vision a reality. Bear in mind, we
don’t
count ourselves worthy of bringing this call to the Church, nor do we
presume to be more capable than yourself to communicate these truths;
we simply want to come alongside you and your fellow pastors, believing
God has issued this nationwide call for such a time as this. Your
people trust you; they don’t know us. Young and old, they
will
follow you. Please encourage them to do so, by personally standing with
us and walking with us as an illustrated sermon of Repentance in Unity.
Our Conviction...
We believe
authentic repentance brings life and restores hope: Behold, I make all things new. (Revelation
21:5)
We believe God
calls us all to repent not only for our individual sins, but also
identificationally for the sins of His people: …we
do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous
deeds, but because of Your great mercies. O Lord, hear! O Lord,
forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my
God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name. (Daniel
9:18-19)
We believe as the
Church* goes, so goes the nation: 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
Chronicles 7:14)
We believe the
ingathering of
signatures on our prayer-petition reflects an honest response to
God’s call to confession and repentance: If
we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not
in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:8-9)
We believe if we
repent in unity as
one Church, bridging denominations and demographics, we will reveal
Christ to this nation—and beyond: …that
they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they
also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
(John 17:21)
We believe God is
calling up a
spiritual brigade to prayerwalk our nation as an illustrated sermon of
our urgent need to re-possess His promises for this land: Every place where the sole of your foot will
tread I have given you… (Joshua 1:3)
We believe the
echo of our footsteps will awaken the heart of the Church nationwide:
And
do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of
sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
(Romans 13:11)
*Church
(capitol "C") denotes the body of Christ collectively: all those who
know Christ as their Lord and Savior, regardless of what "church"
(lower-case "c") they identify with.
 
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