National Day of Prayer

Today is the National Day of Prayer. As a nation we can come together spiritually and physically and touch God with our requests for change in the hearts of our leaders, family, and the lost. America is morally declining more and more each day and Christians compromise their values to stay 'culturally current'. We need revival. We need God to sweep across this nation and draw all people to Himself. We need (as Christians) to remain alert and discerning to the opportunities God creates all around us. The church needs to take the lead and not cower to political correctness or equal rights taking God out of the public places.

James 4: 13Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." 16As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. 17Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.

Pride is this country's downfall. Pride deals in selfishness. When you are constantly looking out for number one (yourself) you lose. Things will always be harder and everybody seems out to get you. However when 'you look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others' (Philipians 2: 4) things are always better. You lift each other up and you both win.

Ephesians 4:
1As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when you were called— 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

God wants us to have unity in the body of Christ. Until the church works as one body our victory will be limited. Denominations can come together and work for what we believe in and make a difference that will change this country for the better. When we take the attitude of Christians as a whole instead of a Baptist versus Church of God versus Catholic, etc. we will move in one accord because we are on the same team. Jesus died for our sins. If you believe and confess Jesus as Lord you are in the team. Our enemy is darkness and all that comes with it, not each other.
Alright, off the soap box. I see the ways the devil is being effective and want a battle cry to come forth from the Kingdom of God. All I see and hear is a whimper. Yes there are churches that got it right, but these are the exception in an overall fight we are losing ground in.
Lets pray for:

1. Unity in the body of Christ
2. The pride in America to fall
3. The church to regain control of this country putting God in His proper place
   
4. The hearts of this country to turn to God
5. Revival to wake Christians up to live for God and not this world
6. The election
7. There are many more prayers on your heart to pray for

In saying all this, I am not perfect and I let many of the faults I spoke of take control of my life. You know this if you've read this blog for more than a week. I take inventory of my life a lot more often now and notice or feel when something is not right. It may take time to fix it. However I don't just accept it as status quo. Hogwash! We need to change.
Romans 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
If we don't change we can't hear God and have to depend on our strength and knowledge. I don't know about you but my average for doing it in my strength and knowledge is pretty bad.