One Prayer From Each State For Our Nation For Fifty Days: Day 19

 

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 19
 
 
Matt Gioia, Pastor of The Pines Church in Bangor, Maine:
 
 
 
 
“Hello, everyone! My name is Matt Gioia, and I pastor The Pines Church in Bangor, Maine, and I would love to invite you to join me in praying for this great nation. Let us pray.
 
Dear Heavenly Father, we enter Your gates with thanksgiving and Your courts with praise. Father, we thank You that we are celebrating 250 years as a sovereign nation. That simply would not be possible without Your provision and Your protection.
 
But Father, even in the midst of that milestone, truth has come under attack. You warn us in Your Word, what good is salt if it’s lost its saltiness? And what good is a light if you hide it under a bushel?
 
Father, we repent for being lukewarm, for not speaking up when truth has come under attack. Your Word, in the book of Proverbs, says that the righteous are as bold as lions. I ask for that anointing of boldness to rest on the Church, big C, all over this nation.
 
You said one of the distinguishing marks of a believer is to love what You love and hate what You hate. Father, I pray that we would be bold in distinguishing good from evil, right from wrong, and, Father, that there would be just a mass revival filling every church in this nation—churches in the city, churches in the country, large churches, small churches, Father. I pray that this nation would turn its heart back to You and that You would receive all of the glory and all of the honor.
 
It’s in Jesus’ mighty Name that we pray, amen. Thank you so much for standing with us in faith.”
 
 
 
 
 
To watch the online video posting of the prayer itself, visit the following:
 
 
https://billygraham.org/one-nation-under-god/maine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
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https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_02018643645.html
 
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https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/06/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our.html