Many
voices in the Church are calling the Body of Christ to Prayer. Today,
we stand at the portal of one of the greatest times in human history.
We dare not move forward without full understanding of the gravity of
our response to the call of God and the effect of that response upon
ourselves and all that our lives might touch. Our future will be
defined by what we do in that moment of our choice.
Many
have been praying long before the presidential election and before
the inauguration of the 45th President of the United
States. Those prayers have brought us to where we are now. But we
can't stop the prayer meetings. After 9/11 we had an opportunity to
seek God and turn this nation around. But the praying didn't last.
After only a few weeks we drifted back to business a usual. We cannot
afford to take for granted the opportunity God is giving us. This is
our last chance as a nation. Pray Church Pray like our lives depend
on it. Because they do!
Can
we pray? Father God, Lord Jesus Christ, we do here and now accept
your challenge to pray in travailing prayer for our world that is
lost and broken. We desire the Spirit of prayer to intercede. Open
our spiritual eyes and ears so we can see and hear the cries of the
lost, the beaten and the infirmed. Teach us to understand what they
are facing. Guide us to see and hear them as you do. Give us the
compassion and love that you have for them so that we are inspired to
join in their redemption. Lift us up in the power of Your Word being
fully dressed in faith to lead the captives free. Anoint us with your
power that we may speak to the mountains before us and they will be
moved into the sea. Let us see the prison doors spring open at the
mighty thrust of Your Presence. Help us to run into the battle with
such passion that others are seized with the same fervor. I can hear
the sound of mighty armies engaged on the battlefield. Can we pray?
Can we go? (continued)
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