One Prayer From Each State For Our Nation For Fifty Days: Day 16

 

Contender’s Edge, through July 4^th will be sharing each day a prayer, on behalf of our nation, from a representative from each of our fifty states.  The event began on May 15^th and will end July 4^th. 
 
For more information on this event visit the following:
 
https://media.billygraham.org/one-nation-under-god-newsroom/
 
 
One Prayer From Each State For Our Nation For Fifty Days: Day 16
 
 
Chad McDonald, Pastor of Lenexa Baptist Church in Lenexa, Kansas:
 
 
 
 
“Hello, my name is Pastor Chad McDonald, and I have the great privilege of representing the great state of Kansas for this prayer initiative, One Nation Under God. Would you join me in prayer today?
 
Lord, as we come before You today, we come with grateful hearts, grateful for this wonderful nation.
 
And we pray specifically today for every soldier, every airman, every sailor, every Marine, every Guardian who serves to protect the freedoms that we enjoy every day and far too often take for granted.
 
Lord, we pray that Your divine hand of protection would be upon them. We pray that You would give them courage in the face of fire. We pray that You would give them wisdom and discernment in every decision they make, and we pray that You would grant them a peace that surpasses all understanding.
 
Lord, we pray for their families who wait back home. Lord, we pray that You would comfort their heavy hearts. Lord, we pray that You would replace any fear with faith, and, Lord, we pray for Your divine hand of protection upon them and upon their homes, while they wait their loved ones’ return.
 
Lord, we pray for our world leaders. God, we know that You are sovereign and we know that their hearts are in Your hand. And so we pray that You would guide them and give them discernment. And we pray for a swift path to lasting peace, that they would choose justice over evil and righteousness over wickedness.
 
Lord, we pray that our troops would return home safely and soon. We pray that You would comfort the grieving, that You would heal the wounded, and that Your peace would reign.
 
Lord, we thank You. We thank You again for this nation. We pray Your protection upon our troops, and we pray that You would guide our leaders.
 
Lord, we love You, and we pray all this in Jesus’ Name. Amen.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
To watch the online video posting of the prayer itself, visit the following:
https://billygraham.org/one-nation-under-god/kansas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Also for those of you who may have missed my previous posts on this fifty days of prayer event, visit the following:
 
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_071813626.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_0800230692.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_0691136543.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_02018643645.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_01734304581.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_098578583.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_0163721692.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_01248121954.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_01419397622.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_01115501609.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_0534140553.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_01822486363.html