-Devotion and Prayer for the Day: Jonah 3

Join us in today’s prayer and devotion-

Read Jonah 3 and then join us in prayer:

Our Father,

When the prophet Jonah proclaimed Your judgment upon the evil city of Nineveh, the greatest to the least in that city repented and You relented. Nineveh was the capitol of the Assyrian empire which was notorious for destroying the cities of their neighbors in the process of building their empire; for indiscriminately killing- men, women, and children in the process and enslaving the survivors. Yet You forgave them when they repented.

In 2 Chronicles 7:14 You also promised to forgive Israel if they repented and turned back to You:

If my people, which are called by my name, shall 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.

We cry out for our own nation America. We pray for our own leaders that they may seek You once more and may this nation turn away from its current ways which have ended up killing millions of babies in the womb in the name of women’s rights. May the political leaders also turn from pushing LGBT rights over Your Word and religious freedom.

We pray for a new spiritual awakening; we ask that your Spirit would hover over this nation once more. We pray that this people will become a ‘nation under God’ in reality and seek Your face once more; that it would be more than just a motto. May this nation really trust in You rather than in our money that includes the caption: “In God we trust”

We seek forgiveness and blessings, peace and unity in our cities, states, and nation rather than the judgment we may deserve.

In Jesus name, Amen.

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