November 3, 2012
Help us to listen to Your counsel.
I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. (Psalm 16:7-8)
Dear heavenly Father, we praise you this day, Lord. You are the Almighty, the great I AM; the Three-in-One; Holy and Worthy of all our praise and adoration.
Father, forgive us for we have sinned. Forgive us for our unbelief and for being out of Your will. Forgive us, Lord for any offenses committed. We ask forgiveness for any acts of arrogance, pride, haughtiness and control. Forgive our people and our land for any hatred, racism, jealousy and evil acts committed. Forgive the idolatry, for putting things more important than You, Oh God. Forgive our land for the adultery, lust and pornography. None of us have been excluded, Lord, for we know Your Word says in Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”. Oh God, please heal our land.
Thank You for Your love, Oh God. You have loved us even when we turn away from You and when we do not listen to Your voice. You never have and never will give up on us. Thank You for Your love. We have hope and we have faith, Lord. Thank You for the hope You have placed in our hearts. If it weren’t for the hope we have, we would be a miserable people. Thank You that our hope for a better life is always before us. Your Word says that faith is the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things not seen. Thank You for our hope in Your Word which is our assurance that You are in control.
Lord, please protect and help those in the ravaged areas of Hurricane Sandy. Please grant a speedy recovery. We pray Father for those families that have lost loved ones and possessions. Father, we humbly ask for Your blessing. We ask for Your blessing on our nation and we ask for Your blessing on the election in three days. Protect and heal our nation, Lord. Help us to listen to Your counsel when we are alone with You. Speak to our hearts each moment, for You are the anchor of our souls, and we will rest in Your presence. It is You alone we desire, and nothing or no one else can take Your place.
Dear Lord, we feel the evil of instituted class warfare and divisiveness on our people. By Your Spirit, bring down the “walls of partition between us;” rid what divides us from person to person, from congregation to congregation, state to state, county to county and neighbor to neighbor. Unite Us, Oh Lord, In Your Love. It is in the name of Jesus Christ we entrust our Nation, the United States of America, into Your care. AMEN.