O Lord,
We confess that while we have a society that has departed from You, a woefully large segment of the professing Christian population remains woefully lukewarm and ineffective in responding to this reality! Trouble us over our country! Allow Your pain to become our pain, Your grief our grief, Your tears our tears. Move upon us by Your Spirit in a new way, searching and penetrating our hearts, minds and wills until we become so properly desperate about the wicked state of our society and the lukewarm state of the church within it, that we will not rest in our pursuit of “Thy kingdom come” and “Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
Bring us the kind of revival that leaves no room for any comfort zone that is hostile to Your will and our surrender to it. Move us out of our apathy, our coolness and mildness in response to the sin and evil in our times, beginning with the sin in our own hearts and lives. Move out of us whatever has kept us in such a spiritual stupor that evil has freely advanced on our watch. Make us vigilant and watchful again over our own lives, our families, our churches, our communities and beyond to the greater society around us.
Forgive us for fearing man instead of fearing You! Forgive our willful ignorance and indifference concerning the serious attacks upon the very foundations of what is good and right! Forgive our carelessness and our excuses for abdicating our proper role as salt and light in a world desperately in need of a church that is eager and willing to take that responsibility seriously and unflinchingly! Forgive us for leaving it to someone else more motivated than ourselves to do our job for us. Clear away any confusion over this that may exist in the minds or hearts of genuine believers.
Cleanse away from us these evils that have compromised our witness in this world. Replace these trademarks of fleshly-mindedness, self-centeredness and lukewarm Christianity with the burning convictions and the zealous actions of a life utterly broken and surrendered before You.
We cry out to You for spiritual awakening and revival in America, O Lord! Start with us, Your people! Bring us wholly back to You where we belong, through Your Son and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, by the unquenchable power of Your Holy Spirit now released upon ourselves, our churches and our land in response to our desperate prayer, Amen!
We confess that while we have a society that has departed from You, a woefully large segment of the professing Christian population remains woefully lukewarm and ineffective in responding to this reality! Trouble us over our country! Allow Your pain to become our pain, Your grief our grief, Your tears our tears. Move upon us by Your Spirit in a new way, searching and penetrating our hearts, minds and wills until we become so properly desperate about the wicked state of our society and the lukewarm state of the church within it, that we will not rest in our pursuit of “Thy kingdom come” and “Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
Bring us the kind of revival that leaves no room for any comfort zone that is hostile to Your will and our surrender to it. Move us out of our apathy, our coolness and mildness in response to the sin and evil in our times, beginning with the sin in our own hearts and lives. Move out of us whatever has kept us in such a spiritual stupor that evil has freely advanced on our watch. Make us vigilant and watchful again over our own lives, our families, our churches, our communities and beyond to the greater society around us.
Forgive us for fearing man instead of fearing You! Forgive our willful ignorance and indifference concerning the serious attacks upon the very foundations of what is good and right! Forgive our carelessness and our excuses for abdicating our proper role as salt and light in a world desperately in need of a church that is eager and willing to take that responsibility seriously and unflinchingly! Forgive us for leaving it to someone else more motivated than ourselves to do our job for us. Clear away any confusion over this that may exist in the minds or hearts of genuine believers.
Cleanse away from us these evils that have compromised our witness in this world. Replace these trademarks of fleshly-mindedness, self-centeredness and lukewarm Christianity with the burning convictions and the zealous actions of a life utterly broken and surrendered before You.
We cry out to You for spiritual awakening and revival in America, O Lord! Start with us, Your people! Bring us wholly back to You where we belong, through Your Son and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, by the unquenchable power of Your Holy Spirit now released upon ourselves, our churches and our land in response to our desperate prayer, Amen!