[GiovannaNicoletta]

Ping!

[4mer Liberal]

ping

[daniel1212]

Affirm.

As the Lord wept over Jerusalem forseeing its soon judgment, and who personally paid the price for the forgiveness of man’s sin - which began with the devil seducing a women with the victim-entitlement mentality (as in God is selfishly hoarding that which is His) and a “share the wealth” idea (Gn. 3, and which began in Is. 14) - so should we be weeping in our heart (at least) for the judgment that now is and will yet be, as a country and world increasingly follows men who are subtly (if not always consciously) working in ways that fosters the devil’s will being done on earth as it is in Hell, and who will not repent in order to give God glory. (Rv. 16:9)

“Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. “ (Hosea 8:3-4)

“I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. “ (Hosea 8:12)

“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; “ (Acts 3:19)

“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. “ (John 9:4)

[Thorliveshere]

Ping!

[Former Fetus]

Thank you! In these days of confusion and disappointment it is good to be reminded that “we are on schedule” in God’s timetable.

[ducttape45]

I would be very careful about quoting articles from Jack Kelley.

I've read several of his articles that were linked on various Christian websites and he has a habit of quoting scriptures completely out of context and thereby writing articles that are not scriptural in any sense.

However, the point of this article, from near I can tell, is that "No," we can't pray for a nation's salvation because the process of salvation is a personal experience, not corporate or national.

Yes, no, maybe?

[Lee N. Field]

There is a currently popular trend in the US where groups of believers have been offering prayers of repentance on behalf of our country in an effort to stay the hand of God’s judgment.

Prayer certainly can't hurt.

But the Lord had Ezekiel tell us this would not accomplish anything.

...

Proponents of repenting on behalf of our country use the examples of Jonah and Daniel to support their position.

It kind of depends where you're at, redemptive-historically.

What God commanded Ezekiel (and Jeremiah, if you'll recall) was pretty specific to the situation. The typological Israelite theocracy had reached the bitter end. They had ignored or abused all the prophets God sent to call them to repentance and fidelity, and now the application of the sanctions for disobedience of the Mosaic covenant was inevitable.

Likewise, the prayer of repentance on behalf of the nation that Daniel offered up at the end of Jeremiah's specified period of exile was one specifically called for in the law of God.

What Ezechiel did, and what Daniel did, is irrelevant. The United State is not in covenant with God.

[jda]

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 and will forgive their sin and heal their land. - 2 Chronicles 7:14

[Popman]

Isaiah 9:10

[Jmouse007]

Thank you for this humbling and convicting messsage regarding this timely subject.

[boatbums]

I will always be grateful for being born in America. I remember even as a little kid thinking how fortunate I was to have warm, clean bed and food to eat, never going hungry, having a roof over my head, clothes to wear and a loving family. I would hear about the poor in other countries and realize how glad I was to be here. As I have grown older and wiser, I have come to realize that this world is not my home, I'm just passing through, as the song goes. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. As much as I love America and the freedoms we have, the thousands of brave men and women who gave their all to keep it that way, I also know that I have an eternity and it was never meant to be lived on a fallen and sinful world. I praise the Lord that He let me find Him and His gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. My hope is in the Lord, NOT men, NOT presidents, NOT kings or princes, but the LORD.

I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.

When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.

Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever. (Psalm 146:2-6)

[boatbums]

I will always be grateful for being born in America. I remember even as a little kid thinking how fortunate I was to have warm, clean bed and food to eat, never going hungry, having a roof over my head, clothes to wear and a loving family. I would hear about the poor in other countries and realize how glad I was to be here. As I have grown older and wiser, I have come to realize that this world is not my home, I'm just passing through, as the song goes. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. As much as I love America and the freedoms we have, the thousands of brave men and women who gave their all to keep it that way, I also know that I have an eternity and it was never meant to be lived on a fallen and sinful world. I praise the Lord that He let me find Him and His gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. My hope is in the Lord, NOT men, NOT presidents, NOT kings or princes, but the LORD.

I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.

When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.

Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever. (Psalm 146:2-6)

[boatbums]

I will always be grateful for being born in America. I remember even as a little kid thinking how fortunate I was to have warm, clean bed and food to eat, never going hungry, having a roof over my head, clothes to wear and a loving family. I would hear about the poor in other countries and realize how glad I was to be here. As I have grown older and wiser, I have come to realize that this world is not my home, I'm just passing through, as the song goes. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. As much as I love America and the freedoms we have, the thousands of brave men and women who gave their all to keep it that way, I also know that I have an eternity and it was never meant to be lived on a fallen and sinful world. I praise the Lord that He let me find Him and His gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. My hope is in the Lord, NOT men, NOT presidents, NOT kings or princes, but the LORD.

I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.

When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.

Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever. (Psalm 146:2-6)