Jude 20 – 21 - “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”
Someone has said, “If you are swept off your feet, it’s time to get on your knees.” The Word of God backs this claim. Throughout the pages of Scriptures there is evidence that prayer can dramatically change situations, people, and sometimes even the course of nature. We need change in our city, state, and nation.
I do not believe it is too late for our nation. My prayer declaration is “America shall be saved.” The change will come when we rebuild the broken altars and spend time crying out to God in prayer. James 5:16b says, “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” J. Sidlow Baxter writes, “Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons -- but they are helpless against our prayers."
In II Chronicles 20:1-2 Jehoshaphat and the southern kingdom of Judah faced a confederated enemy who sought their demise. 2 Chronicles 20:1 says, “It happened after this that the people of Moab with people of Ammon, and others with them besides the Ammonites, came to battle against Jehoshaphat.” Verse 2 says they faced a “great multitude.” Like Jehoshaphat, we face an enemy who seeks our demise. John 10:10 defines this enemy as “a thief who “steals, kills, and destroys.”
Jehoshaphat responded with prayer and fasting. 2 Chronicles 20:3 – 4 says, “And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. So Judah gathered together to ask help from the Lord; and from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.” Like Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah we must make an appeal to heaven. We humble ourselves in prayer and fasting. We declare “America shall be saved.” We bring our lost family members before God’s throne and cry out until they experience the greatest miracle of miracles, salvation.
We must make an appeal to heaven for divine intervention. What is the answer to the dilemma we are facing? Joel 2:12 says, “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
Will you join me in making this declaration in prayer, “America will be saved.” Proverbs 8:17 says, “I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.” We must seek the Lord until we experience His intervention.
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