Lord Jesus, You are Emmanuel, our God with us, and in this season when we remember Your birth, we pray that our nation would also celebrate You as the birth of true freedom. You, Lord Jesus, have brought us salvation, and in liberating us from sin and death, we have learned that spiritual liberty leads to a desire to be free of all chains that shackle us. It is in this liberty that our Founder Fathers found their yearning to be free. This is a good thing, but real freedom is in Spirit and in Truth, and that yearning is planted by You in every heart and every breast. May we, Your children, recommit ourselves anew to the mission of spreading Your truth, and in this will others be led to full freedom, both here and for eternity. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.