Luke 19
Pray for Our Nation!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, May 29.
How are you responding to the news and current events? Are you being moved by compassion to pray for our nation, our communities, the people, and our future?
Listen to Jesus cry out for Jerusalem in Luke 19:41-44, “And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, ‘Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.'”
Whatever the future may hold, you can trust that the Lord is good and just in all that He does. The Lord is holy and sovereign; whatever may happen God will use it for His glory. God uses nation-states and empires according to His will and desire. He is the Living Hope for all creation.
Are you putting your hope in Jesus as you watch the news? Are you trusting in Jesus as you see how people are reacting and behaving around our communities?
I invite you to start praying the way Jesus taught His disciples to pray: “Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven” and then follow Jesus wherever He made lead you. The Church of Jesus Christ is the hope of the nations because we are the hands and feet of Christ to our communities and nations.
Seize the moment and cry out to God for His mercy for our communities and nations. Jesus is the only One who can give us peace.
Remain calm and pray… God is with us!
There is a perfect storm brewing out there, will you join me in praying today for our nation?
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