During the Civil War a friend of Abraham Lincoln was a visitor in the White House. He wrote in his journal, “One night I was restless and could not sleep. From the private room where the President slept, I heard low tones. Instinctively I wandered in, and there was a sight which I have never forgotten—it was the President, kneeling before an open Bible. His back was towards me. I shall never forget his prayer: ‘Oh, Thou God that heard Solomon when he prayed and cried for wisdom, hear me…I cannot guide the affairs of this nation without Thy help. Hear me and save this nation.’”

When the leaders of our country assembled to write the Constitution, Benjamin Franklin proposed that each session be opened in prayer. Franklin said, “I have lived a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proof I see of this truth – that God governs the affairs of men.”

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, and First Chief Justice John Jay are all names synonymous with the spirit of our country and among the Founding Fathers of the United States. Over two hundred years ago they shook off the chains of tyranny from Great Britain by divine call; citing twenty-seven biblical violations, they wrote the Declaration of Independence to provide liberty and justice for all.

Something has happened since Jefferson called the Bible the cornerstone for American liberty and put it in our schools as a light; and since Patrick Henry, on March 23, 1775, signaled the coming revolution when he spoke at a Virginia convention and allegedly implored: “Give me liberty, or give me death!” Patrick Henry believed our country was founded on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Today God is more and more being eliminated from the equation of American life, thus eliminating the reason this nation first began.

Of the fifty-five men who formed the Constitution, fifty-two were active members in their churches…founding fathers like Noah Webster, who wrote the first dictionary and could literally quote the Bible chapter and verse; like James Madison who said, “We’ve staked our future on our ability to follow the Ten Commandments with all our heart.” Men like them believed you couldn’t even call yourself an American if you subverted the Word of God.

In his farewell address, Washington said, “You can’t have national morality apart from religious principle,” and that has proved true. Abraham Lincoln said, “The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of the government of the next.” So when the Word of God is eliminated from the classroom and politics, you eliminate the nation that Word protects.

Our nation is great because it was founded upon God’s Word and prayer. But today, prayer has been replaced by political intrigue, materialism, and a mistaken notion that our private and national affairs can be run without God.

But here and there throughout America voices are heard…individuals and groups are calling on God in prayer; but this whole nation needs to be moved to prayer. So great are the dangers, so grave the perils, so tremendous the problems, that it is imperative that we lay hold upon the Lord God in prayer for His will.

The answer will be found only when we call upon the Lord God. Spiritual values need to be restored; we must return to the faith of our fathers, to family prayer, and the Bible. If we continue to ignore God and focus on the inadequate philosophies of the world…America will continue its tailspin.

Prayer CAN save America! If we do not turn/return to God, our country will soon disappear like many of the great empires in history have done. A revival is needed to prevent its ruin. It is now or never.

- Anonymous

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We need to remember the promises that God gave us:

What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord… Psalm 33:12a NIV

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who
hope in His steadfast love. Psalm 33:18 ESV

God blesses nations who humbly seek Him:
“…if my people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and PRAY and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV

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