Thurs.'s Devo - We Need God, America!

Thurs.'s Devo - We Need God, America!
Read Isa. 1:21-31
This might as well read: How have we become an harlot, America! We were birthed on Godly principles and our leaders judged rightly; but not murderers. Our money has lost its value, and our moral values have also been watered down. Our leaders are rebellious and hang out with extortioners. Everyone can be bought and lust for money. They are blind to the needs of the poor and helpless. So God promises to revenge his honor. He will bring down the haughty and restore righteousness so that one day we will once again be known as a righteous nation. The Church will be redeemed and cleansed. The Lord's enemies will be destroyed and brought down. They will have their eyes opened to see the decisions they have made and be ashamed. All of their deeds will be like hay and stubble and God will put the match to them. For the people of Isaiah's time he was prophesying of the day when they would go into Babylonian captivity which happened in 586 B.C. Then he told of a day when the Messiah would come and Israel would eventually turn back to him and become the "faithful city".
This week I was sent a copy of Billy Graham's prayer for America. It was short and poignant but perfect for today's prayer.
'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good, ' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. Amen!'