Today is Monday, August 18th, 2008; Karen's Korner #1381
National Day of Prayer is held annually the first part of May. Chris Lousias did a lot of the organizational work for the prayer time held in Clarion this year.
She shared a prayer with the locals who attended. I am not sure she wrote it herself, got it from the National headquarters, or adapted it from something prepared by the national group. It could have been any one of the three, knowing Chris. At any rate, it is a good one and as applicable today as it was three or four months ago:
"Almighty God, we thank You and praise You for Your unending mercy and grace poured out upon our nation. You have delivered us in times of war, reunited us after conflicts among ourselves, and filled our lives with such abundance. Your blessings overflow our borders.
"Yet still, we take You for granted. We come before You now, in desperate need of Your forgiveness. We confess that the liberty You so graciously gave us has become a license for us to do as we please. Our culture mocks You; our highest courts are esteeemed above Your Word. We've traded genuine sprituality for temporary pleasure, true virtue for hollow celebrity. We teach our children self-indulgence yet stand mystified at the blood on their hands. We lust after material things, yet wonder why our souls are empty.
"Revive us, Lord, Your presence is our only hope. Impart to us Your passion for good over evil. As we humble ourselves and seek Your face, forgive us O God, and heal us. Make us one, that America would be the land You envisioned from the beginning....a beacon of hope lifted to the world, a people free to serve You and one another in genuine love.
"In the name of the God of Abrahm, Isaad, and Jacob---in the name of Jesus we pray. Amen."
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