ONE NATION…UNDER GOD…INDIVISIBLE – (An URGENT Call to EVERY American: PLEASE pray for YOUR country!)

 

As I awoke this morning...I immediately became aware of the heaviness in my heart...my mind racing with thoughts and questions. My country...YOUR country...is in a state of emergency. Every newspaper, radio station, TV station and internet media source is reporting the same thing...the U.S.A. economy is on the brink of a recession...if not worse.

 

The demise of Washington Mutual, Inc...one of the largest banks in our nation...is a wake-up call that we, the American public, cannot afford to ignore. It was not the first giant to fall under the unbearable weight of its enormous debt, and it will certainly not be the last. Even as we dodge the falling debris of the walls crashing around us, we remain hopeful that our government will ‘fix' the problem...just as it has always done.

 

What else can we (THE PEOPLE) do?

2 Chronicles 7:14   If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

 

On April 6, 1789...George Washington was elected as the first president of the United States of America. In just a few months...we will elect our 44th president. Whether you are Republican, Democrat or Independent...you are an AMERICAN. Will you take a moment to pray for the healing of AMERICA...one nation under God? Will you pray for ALL of OUR leaders to seek the wisdom of God for OUR COUNTRY?

  

These are the words that some of our past presidents prayed for our country.

Let us pray these words one more time...together.

 

Thomas Jefferson
A Prayer for the Nation

Almighty God, Who has given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will. Bless our land with honorable ministry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion us into one united people, the multitude brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endow with Thy spirit of wisdom those whom in Thy name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of the earth. In time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in Thee to fail; all of which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

--Washington D.C., March 4, 1801

 

Abraham Lincoln
A Prayer for Peace

Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet if God wills that it continues... until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid another drawn with the sword... so still it must be said that the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.

--Second Inaugural address, March 4, 1865

 

Franklin D. Roosevelt
A Prayer in Dark Times

Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity...

Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith. They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph...

Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom. And for us at home--fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas, whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them--help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice... Give us strength, too--strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces.

With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogances. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace--a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.

--D-Day, June 6, 1944

 

UNITED WE STAND. DIVIDED WE FALL.

UNITED IN PRAYER...WE OVERCOME.

 

 

 

Written and Posted by:

Elizabeth Nieves - Broker, REALTOR®

The Elizabeth Nieves Realty Group @ Keller Williams (A Bilingual Real Estate Team serving Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill NC and surrounding areas.)

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