How to Pray for our Country and Our Lives.
The following verse is frequently used to call people to pray for our country
on Patriotic holidays like Independence Day. It is a good verse for that and
it is needful that we do pray for our country. However if I take that verse
very personally and apply it to my daily life as well, I can be doubly blessed.
II Chronicles 7:14
"if My people who are called by My name will humble
themselves, and pray and seek My face, and
turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their
sin and heal their land."
My people - I
am not my own - I Cor. 6:20 "For you were bought
at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit,
which are God’s."
called by My name
- I belong to God - John 1:12-13 "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the
right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born,
not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
humble myself
- get rid of pride, do not think myself better than
others - Pro.16:18 "Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty
spirit before a fall." Rom.12:3 "For I say, through the grace given
to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he
ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of
faith."
and pray - give
it ALL to God -Phil.4:6-7 "Be anxious for
nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with
thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the
peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." I Thess.5: 16-18 "Rejoice
always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is
the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."
and seek His face
- establish an intimate relationship with God,
fall in love with Him for who He is - Deut.30:20 "...love the
LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may
cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days..."
Mark 12:30 "And you shall love the LORD your God with all
your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all
your strength."
turn from
my wicked ways - recognize any sin in my life, renounce all strongholds,
confess and be cleansed and be Holy - Psalm 139:23-24 "Search me, O God, and know
my heart;Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting." I John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, He
is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness." I Peter 1: 14-16 "as obedient children,
not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who
called you is holy, you also be holy in
all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
He will hear, forgive,
and heal - He has promised to bless me
when I obey. - Psalm 145:18-20 "The LORD is near to all who
call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. He will fulfill
the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and
save them. The LORD preserves all who love Him," Psalm 37:3-5 "Trust in the
LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself
also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit
your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass."
Today I do not want to discuss predestination in the sense of goats vs sheep, I want to just look at the results and benefits of being a child of God.
In John 3 a Jewish leader called Nicodemus came to Jesus at night,
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
This was a new concept for this religious
leader, he had trouble grasping the concept of a new birth. (John 3:4) I remember when Jimmy Carter was campaigning for President, he referred to himself as being a born again Christian. To some,
like Nicodemus, this was a new term they did not understand and to others it was a deciding factor on who to vote for. But what Jesus was talking about was a completely changed life.
This being born again has benefits, eternal benefits.
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I was praying in my prayer closet, and Perhaps I was reminding God on just how
bad this world is today, and it dawned on me, He knows it.
Then I started thinking what would the perfect world be like? Would it be
a world with no war, no corruption in government, would it be everyone helping each
other without evil motives? Could this ever happen?
I guess through history there have been men that set out to make the world perfect.
Their perfect world was a self centered, self benefiting world for themselves through
riches, power and glory.
We can see this so strong in our nations leaders, past and present. Many in government
will do almost anything for a legacy to be remembered. Sometimes they create a legacy
that will almost distroy others by their abuse of power. I remember one President
was asked why he did one thing that lead to a scandle, he said "because he could".
Now you find oral sex which was consider sin, and still is by the way, as common
as kissing was 50 or 60 years ago.
The only way we will ever have that perfect world is if Jesus is the ruling King.
Praise God one day that will happen.
Isaiah 2:1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning
Judah and Jerusalem.
Isaiah 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain
of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall
be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Isaiah 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to
the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us
of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law,
and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Isaiah 2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people:
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:
nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any
more.
Isaiah 2:5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the
LORD.
When will this happen?
1 Thessalonians 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren,
ye have no need that I write unto you.
1 Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord
so cometh as a thief in the night.
Until that day, we as Christians must live in a world that is not perfect. What
can we expect form the devil and his children? Isn't he a liar? Isn't he a deciever?
Can we expect any more from the devil's children? We as Christians need to realize
that anyone under Satan's control will have a mission to steal, kill, and distroy
the Church, God's Word, and our testimonies.
We are in a Spiritual warfare. James tells us.
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Notice He says Submit ourselves to God. God is our strength. Don't try fighting without your strength.
Christians have a duty, a mission, a responsibility.
2 Chron.7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
This says my people, if God's people would do this, God can not lie, He will heal our land.
Humble .... Pray .... Seek God's face .... Repent
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