How to Pray for America

These are important days indeed - ones that need our attention and diligence. But attention and diligence in what?

The waters of allegiance to God need to be stirred. And a call to action needs to be issued with prayer as our greatest resource and God as our only true hope. What is our first step?

Revival prayer. Only prayer can hold back the floodtide of sin and God's judgment and release the cleansing, healing hand of God.

Adrian Rogers
Love Worth Finding Ministries

God's Word gives us historical accounts of His mercy, deliverance, and revival among His people. One good example of that is when Israel had been taken captive by the Babylonians (Babylonian is the ancient name for Iraq). In Daniel 9, we have a wonderful illustration of a prayer that Daniel offered to God to deliver the Israelites from their captivity.

A Prayer for Our Nation?

On November 11, 1938, Americans were observing the end of one world war in the shadow of another. It was Armistice Day (now celebrated as Veteran’s Day), and 1938 marked exactly two decades after the cease-fire ending World War I.

While it seemed as if the lights had gone out on the other side of the ocean as Europe fell under the darkest totalitarianism the world had yet seen in the Third Reich, a song, penned by a Jewish-American composer, sent a beacon of hope and determination through the angry storm clouds of approaching war.

Richard Land
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

Decades earlier, Irving Berlin had written the song as patriotic entertainment for a military revue. When entertainer Kate Smith approached him with her plans for an anniversary broadcast on her weekly radio program, however, he thoroughly revised the lyrics with serious, prayerful intent. Through the power of radio, “God Bless America” became an instant success.

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