Prayer Desperately Needed

I was challenged this morning by the weekly column by Doug Giles of "ClashRadio". He has a way of directly attacking a problem in very vocal & blunt, but correct ways. He wrote, "For the Christian who has been paying even minimal attention to the state of our union and its current crappy condition, it's easy to see that our nation is in deep weeds from a 'God blessed' standpoint."

I agree...our nation is in desperate need of prayer, from an economical, political, cultural and spiritual perspective. Is there any perspective left? I'm afraid we have drifted far from our God-honoring intent and constitutional infrastructure.

Giles went on to write: "No civilization has lasted long when there was:
-This kind of insane debt and spending,
-A bizarre notion of entitlement,
-A death of faith,
-A degeneration of morals,
-A collapse of civility,
-A paralysis of the will,
-A decline in native born population,
-And unopposed foreign invasion."

As a nation, we are not invincible. It is time for us, as believers, to pull out the prayer of Jabez found in 1 Chron. 4:9-10. It's time for us to cry out to God to reign His favor back down on us as a nation.

Jabez, whose name means "pain," did not let the pain of his life keep him from crying out to God for His blessing, to have increased opportunities, and to have His hand be with us, and to be kept from evil.

For the next month, in particular, I am joining Giles in making this a priority prayer:
1. That God would reverse this curse we are under and leave a blessing instead.
2. That this land of opportunity we've inherited would continue to be a land of opportunity.
3. That God's mighty hand would be with us, instead of against us.
4. That the evil which is currently en vogue would cease to be that which characterizes our culture, and would be replaced with that which is holy, just and good.

Would you join me in this prayer? Perhaps God will stay our execution and shed His grace on us...again!