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'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek
your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call
evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual
equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it
the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed
our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it
justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it
building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have
coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the
air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have
ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it
enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from
every sin and Set us free. Amen!'
The prayer above was written (prayed) by Billy Graham for this year's election. Billy Graham has been very politically involved over the years but not party involved. He has managed to minister to men and women of both sides of the aisle in Congress and the White House. Billy is going to be 90 years old this week. He is a man that has proven his integrity and that it is based on the Word of God. The Lord has bestowed him with wisdom beyond that of most men. I bless him for coming out with this prayer of confession and stating in words what we all know in our hearts is truth.
Today, America decides. Well, not really. Psalm 47 and Psalm 97 tell us that God is the one that rules the nations. All rulers, whether or not they are aware of it, bow their knee to His judgment. Will the history books go on record regarding our next president, "and he did what was good in the sight of the Lord" or will it say, "he did not do what was good in the sight of the Lord"? Those were the two options the Lord used to judge the kings of Judah and Israel. They are the same options he uses to judge rulers today.
May God bless this nation through the people He calls His own.
your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call
evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual
equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it
the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed
our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it
justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it
building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have
coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the
air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have
ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it
enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from
every sin and Set us free. Amen!'
The prayer above was written (prayed) by Billy Graham for this year's election. Billy Graham has been very politically involved over the years but not party involved. He has managed to minister to men and women of both sides of the aisle in Congress and the White House. Billy is going to be 90 years old this week. He is a man that has proven his integrity and that it is based on the Word of God. The Lord has bestowed him with wisdom beyond that of most men. I bless him for coming out with this prayer of confession and stating in words what we all know in our hearts is truth.
Today, America decides. Well, not really. Psalm 47 and Psalm 97 tell us that God is the one that rules the nations. All rulers, whether or not they are aware of it, bow their knee to His judgment. Will the history books go on record regarding our next president, "and he did what was good in the sight of the Lord" or will it say, "he did not do what was good in the sight of the Lord"? Those were the two options the Lord used to judge the kings of Judah and Israel. They are the same options he uses to judge rulers today.
May God bless this nation through the people He calls His own.
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