"I pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof."
(Portion of a prayer of our second President of the United States, John Adams, written in a letter to his wife Abigail, now inscribed over the entrance to the State Dining Room in the White House.)
"Reflecting on how far we have shifted from the foundation of this early prayer, I am moved to pray, "Holy Father, this nation and Your people do not deserve your mercy, but we are in desperate need of it, individually and corporately. Please favor us with an outpouring of a prolonged and powerful movement of Your Holy Spirit that saturates Your people and cleanses the Church of Your Son and our Savior, The Lord Jesus Christ. We are sinners who have willfully missed the mark of Your holiness and relentlessly preferred our way over Your will. We deserve Your judgment, but we cry out to You, O Father, as Your wayward children and plead for Your mercy. Hear our prayer and "Heal our land." (2 Chronicles 7:14) In the name of Jesus. Amen."
God still answers the prayers of His people. When we fail to pray, we get what we deserve, man-made solutions and self-made leaders. They always fall short. Join me in praying for a prolonged movement of God's Spirit that has His handprints all over it, and cleanses His people of their prayerlessness.
TALK LESS! PRAY MORE!