Posted on 11/03/2008 6:00:33 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance
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What was true in 1996 is so today. May it please Him Who holds the hearts of kings in His hands to work what follows for His glory and our good. It is in His hands. Be praying, but be armed too.
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Very nice prayer. Actually almost apolitical and focuses on core values, which is refreshing.
Small side note - we should be careful with the references to forefathers, being that one of them was a known atheist (Jefferson)
Thank you for posting this. I have been lurking here, reading FR for hope and encouragement in the last several years, but have never posted. I am going to print this prayer and keep it handy, along with forwarding it to everyone I know. And by the way, I just want to say that the people here at Free Republic are just about the only reason I am able to keep from crying my eyes out on a daily basis. You are my oasis of intelligence and sanity, so thank you.
People of various beliefs pray in different ways from one another, but it’s a good thing to pray to our One G-d in order to repent, to ask for help in doing good, and to give thanks. For one thing, it reminds us of what we should really be seeking.
Thomas Jefferson was reared as an Anglican and later converted to deism (see Avery Dulles and the letter Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse in 1825). In other words, he became more of a monotheist.
Monotheist with a humanist element - not a Christian or barely one at that.
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Hang in there tomorrow, and don’t take any early numbers seriously. They tried to pull a fast one in 2004, I suspect they’ll try even more tomorrow.
we need revival in america, preceded by national repentance
Sadly, We The People no longer have the discernment to comprehend that truth. Evil has so inveigled our churches and institutions such as schools that it can now saunter openly. The walking stick is called ‘political correctness’ and the path is called ‘enlightenment’.
Praying for our country.
Excellent post ~ thank you, and God bless!
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Thanks but no thanks.
“3.Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
4.I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and terrible God, who keepest covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,
5.we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from thy commandments and ordinances;
6.we have not listened to thy servants the prophets, who spoke in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
7.To thee, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those that are near and those that are far away, in all the lands to which thou hast driven them, because of the treachery which they have committed against thee.
8.To us, O Lord, belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
9.To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness; because we have rebelled against him,
10.and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by following his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
11.All Israel has transgressed thy law and turned aside, refusing to obey thy voice. And the curse and oath which are written in the law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against him.
12.He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has not been done the like of what has been done against Jerusalem.
13.As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us, yet we have not entreated the favor of the LORD our God, turning from our iniquities and giving heed to thy truth.
14.Therefore the LORD has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us; for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works which he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.
15.And now, O Lord our God, who didst bring thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast made thee a name, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16.O Lord, according to all thy righteous acts, let thy anger and thy wrath turn away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy hill; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people have become a byword among all who are round about us.
17.Now therefore, O our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant and to his supplications, and for thy own sake, O Lord, cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary, which is desolate.
18.O my God, incline thy ear and hear; open thy eyes and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name; for we do not present our supplications before thee on the ground of our righteousness, but on the ground of thy great mercy.
19.O LORD, hear; O LORD, forgive; O LORD, give heed and act; delay not, for thy own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.” Daniel 9: 3-19
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