Prayer for America
Our Father, we pray for this land. We need Thy help in this
time of testing and uncertainty, when men who could fight
together on the field of battle seem strangely unable to work
together around conference tables for peace.
May we begin to see that all true Americanism begins in being
Christian; that it can have no other foundation, as it has no
other roots.
To Thy glory was this Republic established. For the advancement of the Christian faith did the Founding Fathers give their life’s heritage, passed down to us.
We would pray that all over this land there may be a return to
the faith of those men and women who trusted in God as
they faced the perils and dangers of the frontier, not alone in
crossing the continent, in building their cabins, in rearing
their families, in eking out a livelihood, but in raising a standard of faith to which men have been willing to repair down
through the years.
Thou didst bless their efforts. Thou didst bless America. Thou
hast made her rich. Wilt Thou also make her good?
Make us, the citizens of this land, want to do the right things.
Make us long to have right attitudes. Help us to be Christian
in our attitudes. Let all that we do and say spring out of understanding hearts.
Make us willing to seek moral objectives together, that in
united action this nation may be as resolute for righteousness
and peace as she has been for war.
Bless those who bear responsibility. May they be led by Thee
to do that which is right rather than that which is expedient
or politically wise. Save us from politicians who seek only their own selfish interests. Illumine the minds of management as well as labor, that there may be an end to selfishness and greed, to the stupidity of men who are unable to find in reasonable agreement solutions to the problems that plague us.
Bless this land that we love so much, our Father, and help her
to deposit her trust, not in armies and navies, in wealth and
material resources, or in achievements of the human mind, but
in that righteousness which alone exalteth any nation, and by
which alone peace can finally come to us. This we ask in that
name that is above every name. Thy Son, Jesus Christ, our
Redeemer. Amen.