National Prayer of
Repentance
In the Year of Our LORD, 2010
The President
The White House
Dear Mr. President:
With the utmost respect for
your God-given
authority, we humbly submit this letter to you. As Christians of every
color and culture across this nation, we stand in agreement, pledging
to become better citizens who, by the grace of God, will bring positive
change to our country.
This is our prayer:
Almighty
God, we thank You and praise You for Your unending mercy and grace
poured out upon our nation. You have delivered us in times of war,
reunited us after conflicts among ourselves, and filled our lives with
such abundance, Your blessings overflow our borders.
Yet
still, we take You for granted. We come before You now, in desperate
need of Your forgiveness. We confess that the liberty You so graciously
gave us has become a license to do as we please. Our culture mocks You;
our highest courts are esteemed above Your Word. We’ve traded
genuine spirituality for temporary pleasure, true virtue for hollow
celebrity. We teach our children self-indulgence, yet stand mystified
at the blood on their hands. We lust after material things, yet wonder
why our souls are empty.
Revive
us, O Lord. Your Presence is our only hope. Impart to us Your passion
for good over evil. As we humble ourselves and seek Your face, forgive
us O God, and heal us. Make us one, that America would be the land You
envisioned from the beginning…a beacon of hope lifted to the
world, a people free to serve You and one another, in genuine love.
In
the name of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—in the name
of
Jesus we pray. AMEN.
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