To see the changes in our country reminds me of remodeling a house. Things get a little messy. However, I believe the changes we are seeing are for our good. I am grateful for the changes we are seeing in the United States, realizing that things may look worst, before they look better.
With the few days off I have had more time to think about people and life. We are all so busy we often times function through life, rather than feel through life. I rarely get to see the news or appreciate a TV show. Down time gives me a different perspective. I tend to become more grateful and more positive. I can converse at greater depth with God about what is happening, and why. I am grateful that I can wake up and read my Bible, and spend time praying for our great nation and it's leaders. I begin to see the big picture again.
I encourage you if you can, to step off the treadmill every now and then, and rest. I don't keep a "Grateful Journal", but my heart has volumes of pages for which I am grateful. However, like all great works of art or literature these pages take time to write. When we write with our heart which is the pen of gratitude, it takes time. May I encourage you to make yourself a cup of your favorite beverage, and sit in the presence of the Lord with your heart wide open. Allow Him to pour His love over you like rain over a thirsty garden on a hot summer day. Then allow that refreshing to get down into your roots. The fruit of it will be gratefulness for all that you have been through, and all that has accumulated in your lifetime to make you what you are today. Struggles give us strength. Tears wash our eyes. Time makes things more valuable.
Here are a list of prayers to pray over this great Nation, the United States of America.
Praying For The Nations
Joel 3:12...........Let the nations be awakened!
Isa 1:2..............Let the earth hear the voice of the Lord!
Ps 9:20............Judge the nations in Your sight, Father, and put them to fear,
Ps 9:20.............that they might know themselves to be but men.
Rom 8:22..........Father, the whole creation groans and labors
Rom 8:21..........to be delivered from the bondage of corruption,
Rom 8:21..........into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Jn 15:26...........Send forth Your Spirit of Truth to bear witness of You,
Jn 16:8.............and to convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.
Eze 14:6..........Cause them to repent and to turn from their idols.
Hag 2:7............Shake the nations, so they will come to the Desire of All Nations(Jesus).
Num 23:24........Father, cause Your people to rise up.
Joel 3:11..........Gather Your mighty ones to prepare for war.
Joel 3:14..........Bring the multitudes into the valley of decision.
Jer 49:14..........Send Your ambassadors into all the nations.
Col. 4:3............Open to them a door for the Word, to speak the mystery of Christ,
Mt 24:14...........that the gospel of the kingdom may be preached in all the world.
Ps 111:6..........You have declared to Your people the power of Your works,
Ps 111:6...........in giving them the heritage of the nations.
Phil 2:10...........Let every knee bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord!
Isa 61:11...........Cause righteousness and praise to spring forth.
Hab 2:14...........Let the earth be filled with the knowledge of the glory
Hab 2:14...........of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
Isa 43:9.............Father, gather the nations together,
Ps 22:27............that they may worship Thee,
Ps 46:10............and exult Thee in all the earth.
Gal 3:8...............Let all the nations be blessed through Your people,
Zech 14:14.........and let the wealth of the heathen be gathered together
2Kin 22:5...........and be delivered into the hands of Your people for the work of the Lord.
Isa. 49:6............Send forth Your salvation to the ends of the earth,
Mk 12:36...........and make Your enemies to be Your footstool.
I encourage you if you can, to step off the treadmill every now and then, and rest. I don't keep a "Grateful Journal", but my heart has volumes of pages for which I am grateful. However, like all great works of art or literature these pages take time to write. When we write with our heart which is the pen of gratitude, it takes time. May I encourage you to make yourself a cup of your favorite beverage, and sit in the presence of the Lord with your heart wide open. Allow Him to pour His love over you like rain over a thirsty garden on a hot summer day. Then allow that refreshing to get down into your roots. The fruit of it will be gratefulness for all that you have been through, and all that has accumulated in your lifetime to make you what you are today. Struggles give us strength. Tears wash our eyes. Time makes things more valuable.
Here are a list of prayers to pray over this great Nation, the United States of America.
Praying For The Nations
Joel 3:12...........Let the nations be awakened!
Isa 1:2..............Let the earth hear the voice of the Lord!
Ps 9:20............Judge the nations in Your sight, Father, and put them to fear,
Ps 9:20.............that they might know themselves to be but men.
Rom 8:22..........Father, the whole creation groans and labors
Rom 8:21..........to be delivered from the bondage of corruption,
Rom 8:21..........into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Jn 15:26...........Send forth Your Spirit of Truth to bear witness of You,
Jn 16:8.............and to convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.
Eze 14:6..........Cause them to repent and to turn from their idols.
Hag 2:7............Shake the nations, so they will come to the Desire of All Nations(Jesus).
Num 23:24........Father, cause Your people to rise up.
Joel 3:11..........Gather Your mighty ones to prepare for war.
Joel 3:14..........Bring the multitudes into the valley of decision.
Jer 49:14..........Send Your ambassadors into all the nations.
Col. 4:3............Open to them a door for the Word, to speak the mystery of Christ,
Mt 24:14...........that the gospel of the kingdom may be preached in all the world.
Ps 111:6..........You have declared to Your people the power of Your works,
Ps 111:6...........in giving them the heritage of the nations.
Phil 2:10...........Let every knee bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord!
Isa 61:11...........Cause righteousness and praise to spring forth.
Hab 2:14...........Let the earth be filled with the knowledge of the glory
Hab 2:14...........of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
Isa 43:9.............Father, gather the nations together,
Ps 22:27............that they may worship Thee,
Ps 46:10............and exult Thee in all the earth.
Gal 3:8...............Let all the nations be blessed through Your people,
Zech 14:14.........and let the wealth of the heathen be gathered together
2Kin 22:5...........and be delivered into the hands of Your people for the work of the Lord.
Isa. 49:6............Send forth Your salvation to the ends of the earth,
Mk 12:36...........and make Your enemies to be Your footstool.
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