What a moron.
Jesus taught us to pray for God to "give US this day our daily bread." The song is an acknowledgment that our blessings come from God and if other nations want to get the blessings of God, they can change the lyrics to include their nations.
This kind of knee jerk globalist politically correct hogwash is ridiculous.
He could stand and sing "God Bless the Universe, the World that I Love" if he's so concerned about far away people that he refuses to pray for his neighbors.
Methodism has some real numbskulls in its ministerial class.
Maybe we should just wipe the slate and start all over again.
This guy acknowledges it’s a prayer for blessing, but he doesn’t want to stand because it might offend, make no difference, etc., etc.
I suppose he hasn’t really thought about the words. It’s a prayer that I can say Amen to.
BTW, I am a fully ordained for decades, practicing Methodist Minister.