A Prayer of our Nation-Billy Graham
Wed, Oct 22, 2008
‘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!’
Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, ‘The Rest of the Story,’ and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired. With the Lord’s help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called ‘One nation under God.’
I thought this was a fitting prayer for this time in earth’s history. It humbles me to think of how merciful of a God we serve and how He is calling His people from all over the world to represent His character to everyone…and to do it now
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This is a common mistake. This prayer was not given by Billie Graham. See:.\nhttp://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/billygraham-prayer.htm\nAll due respect to Rev. Graham, it was given by my pastor, Joe Wright, at the Kansas Legislature in 1996. See:\nhttp://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/k/kansasprayer.htm\nPlease correct this accordingly. This has been going on for 13 years and it’s way past time to give credit where credit is due.\nBTW, we are going on a cruise to Alaska July 24-31 with a group from our church, including Pastor Joe Wright. He will be pleased to see that his prayer is still making the rounds. It’s a keeper.