Day: October 24, 2016

15 Days of Prayer for America – ethics reform

+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Jeremiah 5:1‭-‬2 (NLT)

“Run up and down every street in Jerusalem,” says the Lord . “Look high and low; search throughout the city! If you can find even one just and honest person, I will not destroy the city. But even when they are under oath, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’ they are still telling lies!”

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Prayer:

Lord God:

The corruption and special interest collusion in Washington, DC has poisoned every branch of our government to the point where the concerns of ordinary people are completely ignored until the next election when politicians need our vote.

You have established a government in America – “of the people, by the people, and for the people” – and Donald Trump has proposed sweeping ethics reform that will return the government to the people.

Lord  God: I ask that you will raise up Donald Trump as our next president so that the expression “honest politician” may no longer be an oxymoron and that you will find honest men and women serving in government when you search Washington, DC in the coming years.

Specifically I ask for:

+ Term limits – to replace professional politicians with citizen legislators who have a life and career outside of Washington.

+ Federal employee hiring freeze – to reduce the bloated federal workforce through attrition, with the exception of military, public safety, and public health.

+ Reduction in  federal regulations – to stimulate entrepreneurship and economic growth that has been strangled by special interest lobbyists.

+ Lobbyist 5 year-ban – to prevent White House and Congressional officials from exerting undue influence and profiteering after leaving government service.

+ Foreign Lobbyist lifetime ban – to prevent White House officials from representing foreign governments and profiteering after leaving government service.

+ Foreign Lobbyist fundraising ban – to protect the integrity of American elections.

Lord God: You are searching for justice and honesty in our land. May you find them in the Office of the next President of the United States.
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+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit – one God forever. Amen.

Morning Prayer: Mon, 24 Oct – Psalm 119:136; Isaiah 5:1-4; Luke 13:34; 19:41 ~ tears of sorrow

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!

Opening Sentence

I have come to seek You, O God, just as I am I come.
I have come to be sought by You, just as I am I come.

I will wait for the Lord. My soul waits, and in His word do I hope.

Reading: Psalm 119:136 (NLT)

Rivers of tears gush from my eyes because people disobey your instructions.

Reading: Isaiah 5:1-4 (NLT)

Now I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a rich and fertile hill. He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with the best vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were bitter.

Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah, you judge between me and my vineyard. What more could I have done for my vineyard that I have not already done? When I expected sweet grapes, why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?

Reading: Luke 13:34; 19:41 (NLT)

Statue of Jesus Weeping at St. Joseph’s Church near the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial.
Statue of Jesus Weeping at St. Joseph’s Church near the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial.

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me….”
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But as he came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, he began to weep.
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Prayer

Lord God:

Fill me with your sorrow and compassion for those who disobey and even flaunt your law.

+ Touch my heart with the sorrow of your broken heart, that I may love the lost.

Your law is good, and just, and given to care for and tend the people you love.

+ Conform my life to your Kingdom rule, that I may demonstrate your love to the lost.

Call out in me again a willingness to love and serve you.

“Sovereign Over Us” – Worship Mob

Blessing

May the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ go with you, wherever He may send you. May He guide you through the wilderness, protect you through the storm. May He bring you home rejoicing at the wonders He has shown you. May He bring you home rejoicing once again into our doors.

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!