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Holy and Righteous God,

How amazing it is to know the One Who has always been and Who forever will be. How grateful we are that You are everlasting. Nothing seems to endure forever anymore, except You---Your Name, Your love, Your grace, Your forgiveness, Your mercy, Your truth, Your faithfulness, Your wisdom, Your compassion, Your patience, Your beauty. Father, everything that is good and right, just and true remains forever because You are the eternal God of the universe. How blessed we are to know You, to be loved by You, and to receive Your fullest gift of salvation. Blessed is Your Holy Name.

We bring before You our concerns for our military men and women. Many of them are experiencing instability in their personal and professional lives. Many who have completed their assignments in war-torn countries, now find themselves unable to cope with their lives that will never be the same. Many are unable to accept themselves and are in tremendous need of the God who loves every sinner. Help them, Father. Bring them under the cover of Your grace. Bring light to their darkness and strength to their weaknesses.

Lord, we ask Your blessings upon Israel and the Jewish people everywhere. May they be blessed beyond measure and may Israel rejoice in their Maker. We pray for the support of our nation to be extended to Israel and we ask for Your powerful wisdom for her leaders. We ask You to bless the meeting that will take place in Congress with Israel’s leader.

Repentance is the only way our nation can escape the judgment that is due us. Father, we cannot sit idly by while marriage is redefined, while babies are killed in the womb, while Your Name is driven out of schools and public events, and while Christians are being persecuted both here and abroad. As a small but mighty band of prayer warriors, we stand in the gap for our nation, asking Your forgiveness for these sins and many more, and seeking Your mercy. Save us from ourselves, Lord God. Help us to hear Your call for repentance, and make every one of us who loves You be a container of Your grace to this fallen world.

You are our hope, Lord God. Save us from this present evil day, in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.