Prayer of Repentance for Our Nation

Holy God we humble ourselves in repentance and call out to You for mercy

Holy God in Heaven,

Please humble our nation that we may know that You alone are God so that we may draw close to You in repentance that You may have mercy upon our nation – may Your will be done:

 Isaiah 5:20 says: 

‘Woe to those who call good evil and evil good,

who put darkness for light and light for darkness,

who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter,’

but that is exactly what our nation has done.  

Because of our sin we have lost our spiritual equilibrium

and reversed our values: 

 when we exploit the poor and call it the lottery – 

when we promote unproductive lives and call it welfare – 

when we support abortion, the death of a precious baby in the womb and call it a woman’s own personal choice – 

when we agree with those who hate and kill abortionists and call it justifiable –  

when we neglect to lovingly discipline our children and call it building their self esteem –  

when we allow the abuse of power in our government by false representation and empty promises and call it politics – 

when we covet our neighbor’s possessions and positions and call it ambition –  

when we pollute the air with profanity and pornography and call it freedom of expression –  

when we ridicule the Biblical  values of our forefathers who have been used by God to build the foundatin of our free nation and call it enlightenment – 

Holy God, please ‘Search us, and know our hearts;

test us and know our anxious thoughts –

See if there is any offensive way in us,

and lead us in the way everlasting.’

Psalm 139: 23-24

Jesus says: “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”

Matthew 4:17

Holy God, may we listen to You speak to us and repent!

In Jesus’ name!

Amen.

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