Today is Tuesday, June 6th, 2017; Karen's Korner #3572

This is a prayer by Anne Graham Lotz, National Day of Prayer Chair for 2017, published in the June issue of "Decision" magazine:

Confessing the Sins of the Nation


* We confess our foolishness of denying You as the one true, living God, our Creator to whom we are accountable, living as though our lives are a cosmic accident with no eternal significance, purpose or meaning.

* We confess we no longer fear You, and thus we have not even the beginning of wisdom with which to handle the vast knowledge we possess.

* We confess to believing that the prosperity of our nation is because we are great, while refusing to acknowledge that all blessings come from Your hand.

* We confess that we depend upon our military might and our weapons systems to protect us from harm and danger, while denying, defying, and ignoring You.

* We confess that we have succumbed to the pressure of pluralism in our desire to be inclusive, so that we honor other gods as though You are just one of many.

* We confess that we have allowed the material blessings You have given us to deceive us into thinking we don't need You.

* We confess that we feel entitled to what someone else has earned instead of taking responsibility for ourselves and families as we trust in You.

* We confess that we live as though material wealth and prosperity will bring happiness.

* We confess our greed that has run up trillions of dollars of national debt.

* We confess our arrogance and pride that has led us to think we are sufficient in ourselves.

* We confess our national addiction to sex, to money, to pleasure, to entertainment, to pornography, to technology, to drugs, to alcohol, to food, to television, to popularity, to ourselves.

* We confess that we have marginalized truth and mainstreamed lies.

* We confess that we have become one nation under many gods, divided and polarized, with license to sin and justice that often does not follow the rule of law.

MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON US.

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