Seventeen Days of Prayer - Day Seventeen - January 20, 2021
DAY SEVENTEEN
Most High God, how glorious and majestic is Your name above all the
earth. As the snow-covered mountains seem to touch the sky, I stand at the base
feeling very small. I am so grateful You are my Rock, for You are the One who
speaks, and the earth shakes. You alone are worthy of praise. You created all
things, and in You, Jesus, all things hold together.[1] So…
“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and
hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. Let my teaching drop as the rain, my
speech distill as the dew, as raindrops on the tender herb, and as showers on
the grass. For I proclaim the name of the Lord: Ascribe greatness to our God.
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice, a God of
truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He.”[2]
O Lord our God, we fall to our knees before You. We have now for these
seventeen days humbled ourselves, prayed without ceasing, sought Your face, and
with Your help, we have turned from our wicked ways. So, this morning we are
asking for You to honor Your promise. Hear from heaven, forgive our sin, and
heal our land.[3]
Father, we are overrun with uncircumcised Philistines who have taken
over our government and nation. They strive to discover where our Great
Strength lies, intending to crush it and strip it from us. They plot to bind us
with cords, put out our eyes, and make us slaves[4] by way of chaos and a
pandemic.
These evil ones are slithery and sly and as seductive and persistent
as Delilah. They seek to CHANGE our PERCEPTION of REALITY, so we willingly divulge
our secret.
But Lord, we are not like Samson, a Nazarite, whose source of power was
Almighty God evident in his never-cut hair. We, Your true children, are filled
with Your Holy Spirit. We will gladly and openly proclaim our SECRET because it
is FREE for everyone.[5] Yet, who will believe our
report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?[6]
The enemy has blinded their eyes, O Lord. They have become futile in
their thoughts, and their foolish hearts have darkened. They refused to glorify
or thank Jesus for His unfailing Gift,[7] and now, maybe, their doom
is sealed.
You warned us night was coming when no one can work.[8] And it feels as though
night is here. But cutting our hair, seizing and blinding us will not remove Your
Spirit, nor will it give these people what they expect. Because VENGEANCE is
Yours—You will repay.[9] DELIVER US FROM EVIL
O God of our heart.
Sadly, their end will be worse than their beginning if they refuse to
repent.
So, Lord God, while our physical power seems restrained for now, we
are strong in the power of Your might. In Jesus’ name, we, like Samson, pull
down the strongholds of this evil forced upon us, and we push over the pillars
of their Communist/Marxist plans. Let this false god’s temple fall upon them in
judgment, and bring Glory to Yourself this day.
In the precious and Holy name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, we
pray, Amen and amen.
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