When the foundations
are being destroyed,
what can the righteous do?”
Psalm 11:3
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 our 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.
With the Lord’s help,
may this prayer sweep over our nation
and wholeheartedly become
our desire so that we
once again can be called
“One nation under God!”
Search us, Oh God,
and know our hearts today;
cleanse us from sin
and Set us free.
Amen!
Prayer written by Billy Graham
July 2016
Ken Crawford 