The 61st observance of The National Day of Prayer will be tomorrow, May3, 2012.   I want to encourage all to pray for our Nation.  There are events all over the Nation - some small, some large - everyone vital.   We are praying to be "One Nation Under God" - taken from the verse which says "Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord".

Nations in Scripture are varied in description, but most commonly a clan or tribe or cultural group living in an area.  Commonly they are united in a religion of some type.  Scripture reveals many false gods, i.e. gods created in the minds or by the hands of men, whereas our God created us and the entire world we live in.   He created us for His glory, however Adam and Eve separated themselves from God by believing a lie - "if you eat of this tree, you shall be like God".  They already were like God - created in His image and after His likeness.  Christ shed His life, His Blood to redeem mankind - that is those who believe on Him - to redeem us and  give us opportunity to be Christ-like. Remember He is the express image of the Father. 

A "Nation", be it clan or tribe sets up a culture where the Most High God can bless or because of the disobedience to His Word, His covering is pulled back and the thief who comes to steal, kill and destroy does his work - referred to in Scripture as "cursed". 

Our Nation, America has increasingly rejected the Word, Truth and work(s) of our God for many years. We, the citizens have elected men and women without making sure of their belief in God or moral values.  We have elected and appointed many who serve "other gods".   Result?   Troubles such as this Nation has never seen on its soil.   Our land is reeling because of the unrighteousness of leaders in nearly every area of our culture. Government is certainly one huge area to pray about tomorrow.

However, the Nation that bears your surname, need not bow to other gods.  Your clan / tribe can choose to honor the Most High God.  You and your household can choose to reject those things that are a stench in the nostrils of the Most High God.   You can declare Christ as Lord of your life and in your sphere of influence - first of all, in your home / household.  Scripture speaks of the position of husbands and fathers as those who are to see to it that God is honored in his home / family / tribe.  Yet, the adulteries and fornication - fleshly pleasure in lieu of honoring God with / in our bodies - have led to a large percent of our households with no active father / husband.   How can one honor his or her father "if" there is no father in the household?   Will "absent" fathers stand before God and answer for not standing as a shield (in the Lord) for their families?     Family is certainly one huge area to pray about tomorrow.

Our educational system is infested with ungodly principled ideologies and even our history of being a Nation founded upon Natures (God's) Law is largely hidden.  Now, many are pushing to include a false pride in what other religions or those practicing sexual perversions have contributed to our National history.  Problem, they are doing it at the expense of the truth.  Ideologies are taught in lieu of basics which would allow students to learning by analytical thinking. Education is certainly one huge area to pray about tomorrow.

Our Military is slipping away from its Constitutional intentions. It is increasingly forbidding the Word of God from being shared, spoken or even prayed among those tasked with defending our Nation.  Contrary to the law of the land and the Law of God they are okay with same-sex marriages and partnerships.  The earth was flooded in the time Noah because of sexual perversions and Sodom and Gomorah were destroyed because of the same.  God has not changed. Any Nation without strong defense is prey to enemies.  The Military is certainly one huge area to pray about tomorrow.

Churches all across America are compromising the Truth of God and His Word. Many falsely believe God changes with the culture (aka, the "enlightenment of man")  We have no light except we receive Christ - He is the light of the world.  We cannot dishonor God in our pulpits and expect the blessings of the Most High God to manifest.  We cannot continue to set under what we know to be contrary to the Word of God and properly stand for our families or our Nation.   God honors His Word, (not a mixture of lie and truth) even above His Name.  His angels respond to the voice of His Word.  The Body of Christ must come increasingly towards being without spot and wrinkle as Paul wrote.   The Church is certainly one huge area to pray about tomorrow.

The Business / Financial climate in our Nation is not prospering anywhere near what it once was. We have large numbers of manufacturing areas no longer or barely functioning in America.  We are head over heels in debt in virtually every Government sector. Many areas of Business are connected to Government contracts.  In many cases, union leaders are trying to run the business without dealing with the reality of owners nor employees needing to work as one to produce a product of value.  Virtually every area of Business has an overload of Governmental permits, taxes and rules to deal with.  Avarice is at work in far to many persons - from top to bottom - in both management and labor..  The Business / Financial sector of our Nation is certainly one huge area to pray about tomorrow.

Our Media / Arts / Entertainment sector is filled with ungodly, anti-Christ, anti-family and bias to a great extent.  One must check and recheck to see of a "report" is factual or propaganda.  Sounds contrary to the Truth of God are blasted around to the clock to many liking the "sound", and not realizing the message contained within.  The god of this world blinds the eye of the mind lest we see the Glorious Light of Truth, wrote the Apostle Paul.  We seem to be a Nation needing to be entertained by whatever the sound of the day is.  We must learn to study and rightly divide the Word of God to show ourselves approved - before God, and to be a light in this world.  Media / Arts / Entertainment is certainly one huge area to pray about tomorrow.

If you cannot be a part of a local or regional event tomorrow, at the very least, gather those in your home / household and pray about any or all of the above as the Lord leads you.  We must lift our voices to Him.  He wants to hear our prayers of agreement; He wants to see us turn from things / ways wicked in His sight; He wants to heal our land.

The Lord, the Most High God MUST BE GOD so we can be blessed - even exceedingly.  As we stand for our own tribe / home / Nation, God will honor your prayers and corresponding actions.  If the Nation (America) continues on the current path of denying God, I / you don't have to agree.  We choose to release His Word, His Truth, His Spirit - out of the Christ who lives within us who are His.

Thank you for praying tomorrow.  You will bless God,  America and your own life / home.