God's Love Letter for America
by Mike Spradlin
The Bible is full of love letters from God – letters we especially need when we are in times of tribulation. From the very first verse in Isaiah 40, we discover this love: “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.” This word comfort is not just a sense of being at ease, but to show us God’s great character of love towards His people.
Moving to verse 2 we discover the phrase, “speak ye comfortably [a message of love] to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished; that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.”
TO READ the important part and the rest of this letter, please go to IF MY PEOPLE PRAY and to learn more about 40 Days of Prayer and we shared this here. Here are many of the other wonderful resources:
The Wall is Broken Down by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Brave Heart: The Prevailing American Spirit
by David Jeremiah
How to Pray for America
by Adrian Rogersand even more... but this is a good start for Labor Day Weekend for YOU TO PRAY FOR OUR NATION
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Today's Prayer Focus
ReplyDeleteHopelessness
Pray: That people will find their hope in Jesus, and that, when hard times fall, they can know there is a God who loves them.
"Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ." (Ephesians 2:12-13)
from "IF MY PEOPLE PRAY" 9/4
Dear heavenly Father, I pray that people will realize that they do not need to feel hopeless, You are our hope. Open their eyes to that fact Father. Our hope is built upon You, and Your righteousness. We love You Father. Amen.
ReplyDeleteToday's Prayer Focus (9/5/10)
ReplyDeleteStrongholds
Pray: That spiritual strongholds which keep Americans from faith will be broken down, and that God would heal the sins of the past which stand in the way of His blessings.
"For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds."
(2 Corinthians 10:4)
Father from whom all peoples derive their hope, use your Spirit to rouse within me a passion to share your grace with others. Nudge me out of my safety zone and call me into your empowering and sacrificial grace so that I can help others come to know you. In the saving name of Jesus I pray.
ReplyDeleteToday's Prayer Focus 9/7/10
ReplyDeleteFaithful Men
Pray: That God would raise up men who will not be afraid to stand up for what is right, and that Christian men may have the strength to live a pure and godly life.
"And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also."
(2 Timothy 2:2)
Today's Prayer Focus 9/25/10
ReplyDeleteGovernment
Pray: That God will have mercy on the political leaders of America, and turn their hearts to Him, and that God's purposes will be fulfilled through the decisions and actions of the government.
"The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will." (Proverbs 21:1)