Things to Pray For on the National Day of Prayer

This Thursday is the National Day of Prayer.  The theme this year urges people to pray for our country so I wanted to take a few minutes here and share some things for which we should pray.

The recent bombings at the Boston Marathon demonstrate that terrorism is still a major threat to our national security.  We live in a free society where people have the freedom to move about and attend events like the Boston Marathon.  These bombings mean that we will have to endure additional security when attending these events.

We should pray that those in attendance at these events would be safe from vicious attacks like those that we saw in Boston.  We also need to pray that security at these events will be alert able to stop anyone with intentions of terrorism before they are able to commit their vicious acts. 

As a nation, we have strayed far from what our founders envisioned for this country.  Government no longer serves the people but wants the people to serve it.  The continual calls for higher taxes to fund programs politicians use to get votes are crippling our economy.  According to Wynton Hall writing for Breitbart.com, 41% of college graduates are underemployed (1).  I am sure these college graduates believed they would be on a track to success upon graduation but the truth is they now find themselves strapped with massive student loan debt and a job that fails to provide sufficient income to pay off the debt.  When we pray tomorrow, pray that our leaders will abandon their failed economic policies and adopt free market policies that have proven successful in the past.  I know I am asking for a miracle but I do believe in a God that can work miracles.

We must also pray for revival in our land.  Our nation has been in a serious moral decline for many years but it seems that recently this decline is accelerating at an alarming rate.  This week the mainstream media was all excited about a substandard NBA player averaging less than 2 points per game coming out and saying he was gay.  A basketball player averaging less than 2 points per game that is in his mid-thirties is normally on his way out but in our society today, it will be difficult for the team to cut him because they will be called racist homophobes.  However, while the media is excited about a gay NBA player, little coverage is given to a court case involving a barbarous abortion doctor committing infanticide. 

I recently ran across an article on ScottWoodward.org written by Spencer W. Kimball (President).  The article is part of a series of teachings on the decline of the Roman Empire.  As I read the article, I saw  many alarming parallels to the path on which our nation is going.  Here is a link to the article and encourage everyone to read it.  However, I also believe it is not too late for God to work a miracle but we must pray for that miracle.  You can find the link below.

http://scottwoodward.org/declineandfallofnations_romanempire.html

The Bible says that if two of us agree on anything it will be done so let us agree together as we pray tomorrow and watch God work a miracle for our nation.  

1. Hall, Wynton. POLL: 41% OF COLLEGE GRADUATES UNDEREMPLOYED. Breitbart.com. [Online] Breitbart Big Government, May 1, 2013. [Cited: May 1, 2013.] http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/01/Poll-41-Of-College-Graduates-Underemployed.