One Prayer From Each State For Our Nation For Fifty Days: Day 48

 


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 48
 
 
Josh Rhodes, Pastor of Chestnut Ridge Church in Morgantown, West Virginia:
 
 
 
“Hey, everyone! My name is Josh, and I serve here at Chestnut Ridge Church in Morgantown, West Virginia. It was John Denver who famously described our state as “almost Heaven, West Virginia.”
 
And if you live here or you’ve been here, you know that’s true. Would you pray with me today?
 
Heavenly Father, thank You for the gift of this new day. Thank You for life. Thank You for Jesus Christ, our Savior, who died in our place and for our sins. God, we recognize that You are the Creator of the heavens and the earth, every single person, including those of us who call the United States of America home. Thank You for this great nation. Thank You for Your faithfulness, grace, and mercy these past 250 years.
 
God, today, as we prepare to celebrate and step into this new season as a country, I want to lift up all those who are vulnerable across this country, the vulnerable children and teenagers and families who need help. Maybe they’re in poverty or experiencing generational challenges or substance use. We don’t know all of the circumstances, but we know there are people who need help. And we pray that Your church would rise up, that we would be faithful to James 1:27—pure religion before our God and Father is this: to look after the widow and orphan in their distress and to keep ourselves unstained from this world. And, God, that is our heart: that we would live lives that are holy and pleasing to You, that we would communicate Your Good News in word and in deed.
 
We pray, God, that the church would rise up across this nation to care for vulnerable families, to step in and open their home as a foster family, for the children who are desperately waiting to be adopted, that families who love and follow Christ would bring them in.
 
Lord, we pray that this next year, this next season of our country, would be marked by a nation that looks after, that cares for, that loves and serves those who are vulnerable. God, this is Your heart, and it is our responsibility as Your followers.
 
So we bring this to You, we pray for this, and I pray that every person hearing this prayer, God, You would use it to stir our hearts to care for the least of these. And because of that, You receive the glory. We bring all of this to You in Jesus’ Name. Amen.”
 
 
 
To watch the online video posting of the prayer itself, visit the following:
 
https://billygraham.org/one-nation-under-god/west-virginia
 
 
 
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