The following is from early this past September:
If Only Our Pulpits Would Do The Same
I typed as fast as I could as Franklin Graham gave this prayer at a President Trump rally recently in Phoenix. I praised God as I typed, for Americans who were tuning in by YouTube as I was would get to at least once hear these powerful words of repentance.....words which should be proclaimed from our pulpits each and every Lord's Day....but are not.
The crowd was sober-minded as they listened and gave the Reverend Graham appreciative applause as he exited the stage. Vice President Pence followed and within minutes the large crowd gathered in the arena was back to chanting USA...USA...USA. The power of that prayer by Rev. Graham was gone....but many had heard it.....and they will surely offer the same prayer themselves someday.....only it may be amidst the chaos.....and not before it....where we could have petitioned God for mercy in the coming storm.
"Our Heavenly Father,,,,you've blessed our country more than any nation on earth and we acknowledge that apart for you we have no hope....we come tonight....as a troubled nation....we're broken spiritually.... were divided politically....we're divided racially....we are adrift morally..... following whatever direction the wind of popular culture blows....with no regard for your word or the consequences of our disobedience....we ask tonight for your help.... our sins have paralyzed us....as a country we have seemed to have forgotten right from wrong.... you warned us in your Holy Word the Bible that there would come a time when truth would become a lie....and lies would become truth....we come to you this evening confessing our sins as a nation..... we confess the sins of our past.....of injustice....of pride.....of self-indulgence..... we have failed to protect our young and our innocent..... and we ask for your forgiveness.....we ask that you would unite this country for your glory..... Father we need a shepherd.....I pray that you would be the shepherd of our nation..... you are the God who restores our souls.....your rod and your staff they comfort us....and I pray this all in the name...the powerful name....the name of your son...the Lord Jesus Christ."
If Only Our Pulpits Would Do The Same
I typed as fast as I could as Franklin Graham gave this prayer at a President Trump rally recently in Phoenix. I praised God as I typed, for Americans who were tuning in by YouTube as I was would get to at least once hear these powerful words of repentance.....words which should be proclaimed from our pulpits each and every Lord's Day....but are not.
The crowd was sober-minded as they listened and gave the Reverend Graham appreciative applause as he exited the stage. Vice President Pence followed and within minutes the large crowd gathered in the arena was back to chanting USA...USA...USA. The power of that prayer by Rev. Graham was gone....but many had heard it.....and they will surely offer the same prayer themselves someday.....only it may be amidst the chaos.....and not before it....where we could have petitioned God for mercy in the coming storm.
"Our Heavenly Father,,,,you've blessed our country more than any nation on earth and we acknowledge that apart for you we have no hope....we come tonight....as a troubled nation....we're broken spiritually.... were divided politically....we're divided racially....we are adrift morally..... following whatever direction the wind of popular culture blows....with no regard for your word or the consequences of our disobedience....we ask tonight for your help.... our sins have paralyzed us....as a country we have seemed to have forgotten right from wrong.... you warned us in your Holy Word the Bible that there would come a time when truth would become a lie....and lies would become truth....we come to you this evening confessing our sins as a nation..... we confess the sins of our past.....of injustice....of pride.....of self-indulgence..... we have failed to protect our young and our innocent..... and we ask for your forgiveness.....we ask that you would unite this country for your glory..... Father we need a shepherd.....I pray that you would be the shepherd of our nation..... you are the God who restores our souls.....your rod and your staff they comfort us....and I pray this all in the name...the powerful name....the name of your son...the Lord Jesus Christ."
