Every day Devotionals for Girls – In the present day’s Encouraging Phrase from Scripture
A Prayer to Take Half in Our Nation’s Nationwide Day of Prayer
By Lynette Kittle
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“Pray frequently” – 1 Thessalonians 5:17
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Scripture backs up Newcombe’s phrases, as 2 Chronicles 7:14 instructs, “If My folks, who’re known as by My title, will humble themselves and pray and search My face and switch from their depraved methods, then I’ll hear from heaven, and I’ll forgive their sin and can heal their land.”
Humility is important when praying for our nation as a result of with out it, as Proverbs 16:18 warns, “Pleasure goes earlier than destruction, a haughty spirit earlier than a fall.” When a nation humbles itself, we permit God to raise us, not by our efforts however by His divine hand. As 1 Peter 5:6 encourages, “Humble yourselves, due to this fact, underneath God’s mighty hand, that He could raise you up in due time.”
Likewise, James 4:10 urges, “Humble yourselves earlier than the Lord, and He’ll raise you up.” A rustic in itself, one motivated by human vanity and delight, can not stand by itself, as it’s set to fall and convey destruction upon itself. Isaiah 13:19 foretold the autumn of a nation established in delight. “Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the delight and glory of the Babylonians, shall be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.”
Nationwide Prayer Is a A part of America’s Historical past
Praying for our nation and our leaders is crucial to America’s future. All through historical past, God has moved by way of the prayers for and by our leaders. Proverbs 21:1 assures, “Within the Lord’s hand the king’s coronary heart is a stream of water that He channels towards all who please Him.”
Newcombe writes how, throughout the Revolutionary Battle, Common Washington sensed the percentages of profitable had been towards them, so on July 4th, 1775—a yr earlier than independence—he despatched this order to his troops: “He requires and expects of all officers and troopers, not engaged in precise responsibility, a punctual attendance on Divine service, to implore the blessing of Heaven upon the means used for our security and protection.’”
Prayers Led by America’s Presidents
Through the years, varied males have served because the President of the US. Throughout the pages of Prayers and Presidents, writer and historian William J. Federer shares the historical past of prayer with our leaders.
33rd President, Harry S. Truman, is credited in 1952 with starting the Nationwide Day of Prayer as an annual observance, stating, “In instances of nationwide disaster after we are striving to strengthen the foundations of peace…we stand in particular want of Divine help.”
President Richard M. Nixon additionally urged our nation to hope in April 1970 for the Apollo 13 astronauts who had been in disaster. After their secure return, he put aside Sunday, April 19, 1970, as a Nationwide Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving.
Via 40th President Ronald Reagan, the primary Thursday in Could was established as our nation’s yearly Nationwide Day of Prayer, stating, “People in each technology have turned to their Maker in prayer…We have now acknowledged…our dependence on Almighty God.” After the September eleventh, 2001, terrorist assaults and Hurricane Katrina, 43rd President George W. Bush declared Days of Prayer.
Let’s pray:
Expensive Father, We come earlier than You at present in humility, asking You to melt the hearts of each citizen of the US so they may flip away from sin and towards You. Transfer upon our leaders at present with Your Holy Spirit, guiding and directing their steps to stroll in righteousness and to rule justly. Give every one a holy reverence of You and a godly worry of what occurs to nations who set themselves up towards You. Free our nation from all delight and vanity so we could humbly stroll in Your methods and convey glory to Your title. Command Your angels, O Lord, to observe over, guard, and defend our nation in all our methods, to discourage us from evil, and to steer us in holiness for Your Title’s sake. In Jesus’ title, Amen
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Lynette Kittle is married with 4 daughters. She enjoys writing about religion, marriage, parenting, relationships, and life. Her writing has been revealed by Give attention to the Household, Resolution, In the present day’s Christian Girl, kirkcameron.com, Ungrind.org, StartMarriageRight.com, and extra. She has a M.A. in Communication from Regent College and serves as affiliate producer for Soul Examine TV.
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