A Call to Repentance – No Nation Can Survive Without God
Tomorrow’s National Day of Prayer observation—set for Thursday, May 7 in locations around the country—is an important and timely opportunity for Americans to go to God for much-needed intercession for a nation with critical and crippling concerns.
From upheaval in the streets of Baltimore to violence in Texas spurred by radical Islamist beliefs (with breaking news that this attack was by ISIS), our nation is in dire need of prayer.
When man attempts to fix the ills of an evil world on his own, he quickly learns no nation can survive and thrive without God. Now is the time for God’s people to come together in repentance and prayer and to lift up our nation’s leaders, problems and future to the Lord.
Scripture tells us in James 5:16 that the “effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much,” or, as the Amplified translation reads, “makes tremendous power available, dynamic in its working.”
The fervent prayer of God’s people, expressed in humility and repentance, brings God’s blessings. The question in America is not whether politicians will “fix” things but whether Christians will repent, humble themselves, and pray.
The future of our nation, and whether we will experience God’s blessing and protection or see His hand removed from America, depends not on what the secular world does, but on what God’s people do.
As God’s word instructs us, “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” (2 Chronicles 7:14).
http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/dr-richard-land/call-repentance-%E2%80%93-no-nation-can-survive-without-god
My comments: God Almighty spoke 2 Chronicles 7:14 to His people Israel--to a homogeneous people--His people, the Jews. In America, If every Christian prayed and sought God's face and turned from their wicked ways, God would forgive their sins, but this would not heal a land that continued to be ruled by the godless with all their wickedness. The Nation as a whole must do this for it to have an effect on the Nation. Today, America is a Secular Nation in Overt Rebellion agaisnt God and His Word and it stands before God Almighty as such. We can pray that the Wicked will turn form their Wicked ways, to REPENT, and we do.
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