Greetings Kathy and all Canteeners!
Following are a couple of prayers that I wanted to take the liberty of sharing with the Prayer Warriors out there. The first is a call to prayer from a black pastor in Alabama. The second is my response to it. God bless all of you this Election Eve and Election Day!
CALL TO PRAYER FROM A BLACK PASTOR:
Anyone calling themselves Christians had better be praying about this.
<></>Subject: Prayer from a black Pastor
Dear Fellow Christians,
This is a call to prayer for our nation and for the
upcoming election. Maybe never before in the history of
this nation has there been a more important presidential
election. As of today, just one week before election day,
Obama has a 3-10 point lead in the polls(??). Spiritual
discernment and the facts tell me that Obama is a deceiver,
anti- American, anti-Christian and evil to the core.
Most of us would say “we can do nothing”, but I
am inspired by the Holy Spirit, the Word of God and by
people like Pastor Mark Arnold of Ohio, Roy Cash of Texas
and black pastor Dr. James David Manning who give testimony
of the power of God. These men have shown what one man can
do when God is in it. John McCain may not be able to
defeat Obama on his own but God can.
This is our chance to get those prayer chains going
(challenge from Roy Cash of Texas). There are lots of
e-mails floating around about that ask people to pray but I
haven’t seen one that offers a prayer that we can pray
together as one. As my prayer partner (my wife, Peggy) and
I have prayed and fasted, the Holy Spirit has prompted us to
offer a prayer that we can pray as one body.
Please read the very familiar 2 Chronicles 7:14 and Joel 2
(12-17) before you pray.
Agree together as one as we pray this prayer.
OUR GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL HEAVENLY FATHER,
We humbly bow before You and acknowledge You as Almighty
God, Creator of the universe, Sovereign yet loving and
merciful, our Lord and Savior. You have blessed this
country like no other with abundance and freedom. Our
forefathers established this country based on the Word of
God and the leadership of the Holy Spirit.
We come before You today to confess that as a nation and Your Church, we have sinned against You. Through our apathy and lack of spiritual awareness we have allowed our government to take You out of our schools, courts and our public places. We have allowed abortion to kill millions legally. We have allowed the abomination of homosexuality and sexual perversion to have a place of authority in our society and we have allowed greedy politicians to steal our way of life.
Your Word says that You are a jealous God and there
are consequences for our actions and inactions. Thank You
Jesus that You provided a way out for us through
Your shed blood. You said that if we confess our sins
that You are faithful and just to forgive us and also that
You are merciful, compassionate and slow to anger. Forgive
us Lord, hear our prayer and heal our land. As Your
children we cry out for Your mercy.
The battle for our nation is Yours. Help us Lord to reclaim America for You. We pray for one more chance to be one nation under GOD.
We pray for this upcoming election. For Christians, the
choice is clear. Lord we pray that You would demonstrate
Your power by defying the polls, the liberal press and
crooked politicians. Glorify Yourself and claim the
victory for John McCain and Your “Esther” Sarah
Palin. Lord we pray that You would empower him with the
Holy Spirit to be the “good king” that leads his
people back to You. We ask this in the Name of Jesus and
Blood of Christ
YOU ARE ALMIGHTY GOD! JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, AMEN
We invite you to help us get this prayer out to the four
corners of this nation quickly. If you are an Obama
supporter, please pray about your choice.
In Christ,
Andy Williams
Chatom, Alabama
TEXOKIE’S response:
Merciful Heavenly Father,
Today we stand before You and are feeling the intense love You have for us. We feel that penetrating Light which lifts us and all for whom we are responsible and this entire nation into the enlightenment and wisdom of Your Son.
Father, we ask that You would direct that intense Love, as a surgical beam of a ruby laser light into this entire spiral and process of our elections tomorrow. You are our only recourse!
Direct that intense Love and cut through those veils of lies upon our brothers and sisters!
Let that Love shining as a ruby laser penetrate into the cause and core of abortion!
Let that laser of your Love penetrate the Lie that those who are promulgating the so called “right to choose” are in fact committing the murders and genocide of our brothers and sisters, especially our minority brothers and sisters!
Let that surgical manifestation of Your Love pierce the Lie of the welfare something-for-nothing mind set!
Cut free by only Your infinite Love all of our people during the final casting of votes and the process of counting them! Pierce and expose those who wish to violate the sanctity of the ballot box!
Blaze that ruby laser light of Your Love into all who are promoting, promulgating and participating in any way, shape or form, all 5th column activities directed against this nation and her people and the cause and core behind it! Scramble the computers and the sinister plots and plans of the Enemies of Light!
Surround Your choice candidates in all races with that intense Love fire so that they are walled off from all the slings and arrows tossed and aimed at them.
Place Your penetrating laser of Love upon all those who are or shall be acting in or as our government at all levels! Let Your intense Love descend upon those who are in office or who are soon going to be taking office. Surround the ones who are Your children and the true servants of our people with Your protection and accelerate them in the Light of your laser-like Love. We especially call forth this intense Light to surround the ones who are the Betrayers. Let this Light so accelerate the darkness into which they have entered that they have no choice but to turn and serve You.
Father, we invoke your mercy and freedom. Echoing the words of Ronald Reagan, we declare before You and all men, “WE ARE KEEPERS OF THE FLAME OF FREEDOM!!”
It is by only Your mercy and freedom that inner pain can be searched out and healed.
It is by only Your mercy and freedom that our hearts and minds can be energized.
It is by only Your mercy and freedom that all can be brought into alignment with Your divine Will.
It is by only Your mercy and freedom that we can have Victory!
Father, in return for that mercy and the continued gift of freedom, we pledge wholeheartedly our intention and determination to continue to hold the vigil for this nation even AFTER the elections, no matter who is placed into office. We are realizing that we are too close to losing the gifts You have given us, and we have much work to do. We ratify the call to prayer of Andy Williams of Chatom, Alabama who admonishes us to be mindful of the consequences of our choices. For we MUST reclaim God’s place - YOUR place, our Father, in the public forums and fabric of this nation.
We vow to be silent no longer and accepting of the encroachments upon our faith and liberty. We vow to challenge those who would remove from our public discourse the ability to declare openly the Love in our hearts that we return to You.
Gird us up and help us to fulfill these vows.
Strip us of all fear and doubt!
Help us to be fearless!
Strip us of all fear and doubt!
Strengthen our faith and love of You!
Strip us of all fear and doubt!
Let only your Will and Desire manifest!
Strip us of all fear and doubt!
Let our hearts burn with Your Love, Wisdom, and Power!
Strip us of all fear and doubt!
Grant us your mercy and freedom!
Father we are grateful that You hear our petition. We are grateful for the Founding Fathers whom You sent to us. We are grateful for our Uncle Sam and the blessed Constitution.
We ask that this prayer be made perfect and aligned only with Your divine Will. Seal us all in your Light of Love and grant us Your Victory!
In His Name, Amen
