Day 19

Forty Days of Prayer for Our Country- Day 19

Here is a final prayer guide entry prepared by Dave Butts, chair of the National Prayer Committee and author of "If My People 2012" prayer guide.

Scripture:
"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."  --Romans 12:2

 

Thought for the day:

Our nation doesn't know it, but America needs the church. Not just as a bunch of good-deed doers, but as those who give direction for the future and preserve and protect in the present. We've not done this well, but that is the place in which God has put us. We are to be light, helping people (and nations) avoid the pitfalls of darkness. We are salt, both as seasoning and protection for a society.

The nation cannot afford a sidelined church, taken out by worldliness and confusion. The Apostle Paul commands believers to allow ourselves no longer to be conformed by worldly patterns, but rather to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Only then we will understand the will of God, not just for our own lives, but so that we can be a prophetic voice to our nation. Sometimes the best way to pray for our nation is to pray for revival in the church!

Prayer: 

Lord, forgive us, Your people for our timidity, worldliness, and failure to be the light and salt that our nation desperately needs. Transform us! May Your Word bring lasting change to our minds and lifestyles. Help us then to speak with boldness as we understand more and more of Your will. Help us not so much to seek political power as to seek to speak Your wisdom into political situations.

Prayer Points for Today:

- Repent of the church's failure to be light and salt in our society.

- Pray for a transformation in the church through a renewing of our mind through the Word of God.

- Ask the Lord for the church to rise up with a strong prophetic voice for America.

Memory Verse for the Week:

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.  Psalm 33:12

Challenge for Today:
Pray for our church as we come together Sunday to observe the Lord's Supper.