A Prayer for Independence
Day
Lord, we stand before
you today as our forefathers stood before You in times gone by, celebrating
our history and reveling in all the great things that our country has
achieved. On this day, we rejoice in the
favor You have graciously given us. We
thank You for the blessings of liberty, for this generation and for the
generations to come. We thank You for
our independence and peace, and for all those who have bravely given their
lives in the defense of freedom and justice.
We thank You that your gracious and provident hand has given us so much.
Yet as a nation
and people we have not always chosen the right way. We ask You to forgive us for these
times. On this day, we commit ourselves
to wholeheartedly honoring and serving You.
With everything that we are, we lay our lives before You. Make us a generous people, a holy nation, a people
set aside to love You forever, for the sake of the land of the brave and free,
and the peoples and nations of this world.
Today, we do not
presume Your grace for our country. Our land
is in need of You, our people are in need of You, our industry is in need of
You. May we look only to You, this Independence
Day, dependent on You.
Please come now by
Your glorious Holy Spirit, breathe new life into the sinews of this
nation. May justice flow like rivers,
and righteousness like a never-failing stream, until the whole of our country
is covered with Your glory, as the waters cover the sea.
We ask all this in
the name of Jesus, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and for all eternity.
Amen.
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