Some say it is fiction but my Mother sent this along to me last week and I thought it was beautiful, inspired, and profound. I have told a lot of people about it and shared my thoughts and hopes about it as well as Governor Perry's Day of Prayer on August 6th. I think it is well worth repeating. Reverend Graham is now 93 years old and this may be his prayer for our nation. If it is fiction it is still a message worth hearing
"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!
With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called "One nation under God!'
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