"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…Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong…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…
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 sister nations into a world unity that will spell 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."
The above prayer was spoken by Franklin D Roosevelt on D-Day. It was certainly extraordinary times in 1944, but today seems like extraordinary times too. These sound like words we ought to be praying today, but have you heard anything like them? From anyone? It might be because in our current battles, our cause was not righteous. It might be because we have become the apostles of greed and racial arrogances. It might be that we have become a nation of people who are consumed with self. It might even be that we have lost the knowledge that we need God’s intervention…without God we will spiral into sin. Regardless on your position of our nation’s policies or officials, as a nation we need to pause for a time of reflection and repentance. We need to seek God’s face as we elect officials next week. I invite you to join me in a day of prayer and fasting next Monday, November 3, as our country prepares to go to the polls on Tuesday. May God have mercy on us.
Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith…Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong…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…
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 sister nations into a world unity that will spell 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."
The above prayer was spoken by Franklin D Roosevelt on D-Day. It was certainly extraordinary times in 1944, but today seems like extraordinary times too. These sound like words we ought to be praying today, but have you heard anything like them? From anyone? It might be because in our current battles, our cause was not righteous. It might be because we have become the apostles of greed and racial arrogances. It might be that we have become a nation of people who are consumed with self. It might even be that we have lost the knowledge that we need God’s intervention…without God we will spiral into sin. Regardless on your position of our nation’s policies or officials, as a nation we need to pause for a time of reflection and repentance. We need to seek God’s face as we elect officials next week. I invite you to join me in a day of prayer and fasting next Monday, November 3, as our country prepares to go to the polls on Tuesday. May God have mercy on us.
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