Patriot Prayer

 

~ What We Can Do for Our Country ~

(From In “God We Still Trust” by Dr. Richard Lee)

 

Scripture

 

So this day shall be to you a memorial. (Exodus 12:14)

 

USA History  

 

In honor of the veterans of the Civil War, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., who had been wounded three times during that war, said the following in a Memorial Day Address in 1884: “It is now the moment when by common consent we pause to become conscious of our national life and to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return.”

 

Patriot’s Prayer

 

The greatest thing I can do for my country, Lord, is to honor You. If I hold You in the highest regard, I will do my civic duty with pleasure. Let me do service to my country and to others with a genuine willingness. Guide me to do those things that will make a difference for You.

 

Patriot’s Promise

 

In 1 Samuel 24:6, David had a perfect opportunity to kill King Saul — who was, after all, out to kill David. But David acknowledged to his men that the king had been anointed by God and that no one should stretch out his hand against him. Also, in 1 Chronicles 16:22, David credited God with commanding, “Do not touch My anointed ones.” 

 

And he said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.” (1 Samuel 24:6)

 

Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.” (1 Chronicles 24:6)

 

We must hold our leaders in high regard and pray for them every day.

 

Because David honored and respected King Saul, God honored David, and He will keep that promise to us as well.

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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Bible Version: Quotations are from the NKJV unless otherwise noted.  Emphasis is added.

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