Prayer for National Renewal

Day 27 (October 20, 2008)

Return to Civic Morality

Public morality reinforces personal morality and brings honor to any culture.

Scripture for Reflection and Preparation (HCSB)

Psalm 85:10-13

“10 Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.  11 Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.  12 The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest.  13 Righteousness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps.”

Ecclesiastes 2:1-5, 11

“1 I thought in my heart, ‘Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.’  But that also proved to be meaningless.  2 ‘Laughter,’ I said, ‘is foolish.  And what does pleasure accomplish?’  3 I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly--my mind still guiding me with wisdom.  I wanted to see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.  4 I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards.  5 I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.  11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.”

Matthew 7:12

“12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

Preparation

• Praise God for who He is
• Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing
• Allow His Spirit to draw you near
• Listen as He speaks to you

Petition (ask God to…)

• Help people who disagree with each other to treat each other with respect
• Remind community leaders to insist on high standards of public morality
• Give judges the wisdom to rule on obscenity issues like pornography and vulgarity
• Convict people to dress modestly in public
• Put it in the hearts of media producers to want to produce media that promotes the public good
• Help people engage in acts of kindness toward others
• Restrain Satan from encouraging violence and hatred

Thanksgiving

• Thank God for hearing you
• Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will

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October 25th, 2010
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