…Oh say does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave,
over the land of the free
and the home of the brave?
If my people who are called by my name
will humble themselves and pray
and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways,
I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins
and restore their land.
II Chronicles 7:14
Father God,
Thank you for what this day means to us in America. It is hard for us to imagine what it was really like to make the decision to become a free and independent country. We sometimes forget the sacrifices made by those who signed the necessary documents and those who went to battle. We know how the story ends so we often gloss over the determination it took to give us the freedoms we now have.
Sometimes we also forget that it is Your hand of blessing that has kept us all along the way. As a nation we have, at times, acted as though You were not needed. Many times we do what we want hoping you won’t mind. By our actions we say You are secondary and we are primary and our desires must come before Yours. Please forgive us for this arrogance.
Lord Jesus, we need Your intervention in this nation. Left on our own we will most assuredly ruin the blessed position you have given us. Forgive us for trying to make sure Your name cannot be mentioned in public and for allowing those who do not desire Your presence to speak louder than those who love You. Forgive those who follow You for compromising when we shouldn’t and for wrongly representing You with hateful words when the battle is heated.
We ask for your continued blessing and guidance over America. Jesus, direct the decisions made by our legislatures and judiciaries. We want to be a nation that seeks to do Your will not one that says we know best. Keep us from making any more laws that are contrary to the laws You have already set in place. Where we have made legal the things You say are ungodly, cause those foundations to crumble so we can build on the solid foundation of Your Word.
Allow us to become a country that acknowledges You with respect and reverence because we are humble and submitted to You. We have chosen to ignore that You are the reason we have prospered and are foolish enough to believe we can do better without you. We repent for such an attitude.
Please watch over those in governmental positions. Exalt the humble and those that are true public servants. We pray everyone holding public office will realize the trust that has been placed in them and that they will find they cannot do their job correctly without involving You in their daily life. Humble those for whom pride is a problem and teach them true servanthood. Expose those who make deals in secret and who live contrary to the image they present to the public.
We pray for our President asking You to watch over him and his staff and to guide them in all their decisions. Expose secrets and plots where they are detrimental to our nation. Speak so loudly they can’t help but hear You and cause any plan of action that is contrary to Your will to fall to the ground. We ask for a spiritual revival to take place among the White House staff and for prayer to be a constant in its halls. Place true Godly counselors among our President’s advisors and give him a heart to listen to them. Replace his agenda with Yours.
Lastly, teach us, Your church, to fully rely upon You. Teach us to fight the battles You choose and not those we create by stubbornness, hatefulness and pride. We want to see Your power and glory prevalent in this nation and we repent for allowing our culture to dictate the standard to us instead of us effectively teaching Your standards to the culture. Help us to not be afraid to stand for righteousness and call others into accountability. Teach us to do those things with love and joy.
We ask Your blessing on America. May we truly be one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
JEV 
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