A prayer for our country

I read this in my quiet time this morning. Applicable, I believe. 

“Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking Him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession saying, ‘O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love Him and keep His commandments, we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame … To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in His laws … Oh my God, incline your ear and hear … for we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God.'” Daniel 9:3-19

 May our eyes be on the true King, and His Kingdom, this day and every day, as we humble ourselves and confess the sins of ourselves, our churches, our cities, our country.   And no matter what the outcome of this day,

“Let us be grateful for receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28

 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart He will not despise (Ps. 51:17).

Let’s humble ourselves this day and commit together to pray for God to be worshipped and glorified in our lives, our homes, our churches, our cities, our country. Thanks for reading.