I Fear For Our Nation!

I am so distressed about this election!

In previous elections I have always voted my Christian conscious, believing that even if the "other" candidate won, God would preserve our country. But this year, I cannot say I have that confidence! What has happened to the hearts of our people? I cannot see how God can continue to bless our country. We have lost our way and I don't see much hope in either candidate.

As Christians, it is urgent that we gather at the throne in unceasing confession & prayer!

These verses from 2 Samuel, chapter 7 (KJV) contain a wonderful promise and a dire warning:

14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

Please join me in praying for our nation as we approach this election!

I usually write a small prayer at the end of my posts. Today, I am going to include a prayer for our nation by one of our country's most beloved pastors.

Billy Graham prayed:

"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!"

Prayerfully, Chris

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