Prayer for Our American Heroes and Our Nation

Dear LORD ~ You have given us many invitations to come to You. You have invited us to come with our sins, with our troubles, with our mistakes, with our cares, with our sorrows. To come with petitions and intercessions for our families, our friends, our Nation and our Heroes. You have told us to come at all times, that we shall never be unwelcome, never be turned away, and never find You too busy to hear us. You have promised us mercy for our sins, comfort for our sorrows, strength for our duties, wisdom for our ignorance, when we come to You. We thank You for all these precious invitations and assurances. For indeed we proclaim: Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth. . . the nearness of God is my good. (Ps. 73:25, 28) AMEN. Oh GOD, we think of those for whom You speak these words: “By repentance and rest you are saved, in quietness and trust is your strength— but you were not willing.” (Isaiah 30:15). Dear LORD, please, may YOUR FAVOR grant willing hearts to those who are hardened even this day.

What would we do, O God, if we might not then come to You? To whom else could we go? There is no other in all the universe who could help us — as we must be helped. Our hearts are full of praise and rejoicing, that we may come to You. We thank You that we are so blessed, that we have all Your divine love and grace to help us in our times of need. We need no other help, but Yours. We come this morning with all our burdens. Dear LORD, please hear the burdens of our hearts for our Nation. We have sins. These are our worst burdens. They will sink us to eternal despair unless we find help. We thank You that the Lord Jesus bore our sins, and bore them away. In His name, depending upon His atonement, we come with our sins. We have other needs. We are not strong enough for duty. We cannot stand against the world and the power of Satan. We have no wisdom for life's problems, its duties, its responsibilities. We need strength, we need wisdom, we need GRACE — for every moment. So we come to You, our Father, as Your redeemed children. Receive us, bless us, keep us, help us. We ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Please, let us come together to His Throne of Grace to find Mercy in our time of need as we lift up our Nation and our Heroes. Thank you. Always ~ Jean

Amen.

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From the Heart

October 18, 2016

Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate. Joel 2:13

In many cultures, loud weeping, wailing, and the tearing of clothing are accepted ways of lamenting personal sorrow or a great national calamity. For the people of Old Testament Israel, similar outward actions expressed deep mourning and repentance for turning away from the Lord.

An outward demonstration of repentance can be a powerful process when it comes from our heart. But without a sincere inward response to God, we may simply be going through the motions, even in our communities of faith.

After a plague of locusts devastated the land of Judah, God, through the prophet Joel, called the people to sincere repentance to avoid His further judgment. “ ‘Even now,’ declares the Lord, ‘return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning’ ” (Joel 2:12).

Then Joel called for a response from deep inside: “Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity” (v. 13). True repentance comes from the heart.

The Lord longs for us to confess our sins to Him and receive His forgiveness so we can love and serve Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength.

Whatever you need to tell the Lord today, just say it—from the heart.

Lord, please give me a heart of repentance to see myself as You do. Give me the grace to respond to Your merciful call for change.

God wants to hear your heart.

INSIGHT:

In today’s reading we find remarkable insights on the theme of repentance. Key phrases punctuate this exhortation. “Even now” (Joel 2:12): Despite a pattern of disobedience that has merited the righteous judgment of God, He extends grace to a repentant heart. “Return to me with all your heart” (v. 12): The repentance God is calling for is not lukewarm but rather a full commitment of the heart. “Declare a holy fast” (vv. 15–17): The act of fasting does not carry a meritorious element but is a means of self-denial and sets the foundation for turning from selfishness to God. In the spiritual life of Israel both a national and individual repentance were keenly related.

Praying with you, Dear Jeanbl, for Our American Heroes and Our Nation, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Prayers always for our Heroes and Nation. God bless.

Amen, Jeanbl, for that prayer for help and deliverance.

Joining in lifting up our beloved America, our heroes, our people.

May Providence move the hearts of the people this election to raise up godly leaders.

Joining with you all in prayer, praise and thanksgiving.
In Jesus name, Amen

Indeed. Amen.

Amen to Every Powerful Word of your Anointed Prayer, Dear Servant of our King.
Standing with you in Heartfelt Agreement.