My wife Shelly and I joined other Christians, Christian leaders, and elected officials to cry out to God for forgiveness and repentance.
It was the National Gathering of Prayer and Repentance.
Around 60 speakers prayed on different topics on national repentance.
Here are 5 key takeaways you should know:
- Pastor Brunson
Pastor Brunson, who was held in a Turkish prison for his beliefs, said, “Too many believers, many teachers of the church, have become ashamed of the clear teachings of Jesus Christ. Many care too much about maintaining respectability and social standing and… are not willing to stand against the mainstream of our society to go against the current. There are all kinds of ways to rationalized compromise. We need to repent and love the truth.”
- Congressman Dan Bishop
Bishop asked God to forgive the nation for failing to understand “our dependence on You,” and “for imagining that our blessings have come by virtue of our merit, our entitlement, our intellect, our effort.”
Then he added that we need to repent “for acquiescing in the status quo. Forgive us for our lack of courage, resignation, cynicism, hopelessness, narrow self-interest, and ambition. Forgive us for making our government an idol and then for turning a blind eye as its instrumentalities have accumulated power and turned it against the humanity, the dignity, and the rights with which you have endowed the people. You ask, ‘Who will go for Me and whom will I send?’ Lord, send me. Forgive us, Jesus, King of all nations.”
- Congresswoman Mary Miller
Miller admitted that we [the country] had lost our way because we’ve rejected God as our Lord and Savior.
“Now we are adrift and foolish, calling evil good and good evil,” she said. “We most humbly ask you to intervene, deliver us here in Congress and in our country from going our own way and thinking our own thoughts. Please, Heavenly Father, take the scales off our eyes. Help us to acknowledge our need of You. Our need to weep and mourn over our pride, our immorality, child abuse and idolatry. Draw us back to You and Your word.”
- Others from the House of Representatives who stood to pray included:
Brian Babin (TX)
Rick Allen (GA)
Michael Cloud (TX)
Robert Aderholt (AL)
Tracy Mann (KS)
Burgess Owens (UT)
Michelle Steel (CA)
Gary Palmer (AL)
Warren Davidson (OH)
Randy Webber (TX)
Brandon Williams (NY)
Diana Harshbarger (TN)
Nathaniel Moran (TX)
Mike Johnson (LA)
Others were there as well. I talked to Congresswoman Michelle Steel and Congressman Burgess Owens.
- Here are a few of the speakers who prayed:
Tony Perkins
Pastor Jim Garlow
Anne Graham Lotz
Brad Dacus (PJI)
Sam Brownback
Pastor Jim Doman
Rabbi Jonathan Cahn
All of us in our homes, churches, and small groups need to call out to the True and Living God… repenting… asking for forgiveness… and in prayer for our nation, institutions, and families.
Will you do this now?
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