National Day of Prayer

"Heavenly Father, 

we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and

to seek your direction and guidance.

We know Your Word says, "Woe to those who call evil good,"

but that is exactly what we have done.

We have lost spiritual equilibrium

and reversed our values.

We have exploited the poor

and called it the lottery.

We have rewarded laziness

and called it welfare.

We have killed our unborn

and called it choice.

We have shot abortionists

and called it justifiable.

We have neglected to discipline our children

and called it building self esteem.

We have abused power

and called it politics.

We have coveted our neighbor's possessions

and called it ambition.

We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography

and called it freedom of expression.

We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers

and called it enlightenment.

Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today;

cleanse us from sin and set us free.

Amen."

~ Billy Graham ~

Blessings ~ National Day of Prayer ~ Billy Graham ~ God's saints ~ a country where prayer and freedom of religion are still allowed ~