“I believe we are going through a time in our nation
that I would describe a spiritual drought.
If this is so and if the problems in our nation are coming because God is missing,
then issuing an executive order will not fix that,
and politics will not fix that, and immigration reform,
and health reform, and some of these other things will not fix that.
The only thing that will fix that is if God’s people,
who are called by God’s name, will humble themselves and pray
and seek His face and turn from our wicked ways.”
Anne Graham Lotz
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O God, you are our God;
we earnestly search for you.
Our souls thirst for you;
for this is a parched and weary land without water.
(Psalm 63:1)
You alone are the one Who satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.
(Psalm 107:9)
We need the water You provide,
a fresh, bubbling spring within us, giving us eternal life.
(John 4:14)
May we thirst for your righteousness,
for You promised that we will be filled.
(Matthew 5:6)
We repent of the sin and neglect that led to this dryness.
You have said,
“For I will pour water upon him who is thirsty,
and floods upon the dry ground.
I will pour My Spirit upon your offspring,
and My blessing upon your descendants.”
(Isaiah 44:3)
Bend down, O Lord, and hear our prayer;
answer us, for we need your help.
(Psalm 86:1)
We trust in Your faithfulness,
And we give all to glory to You, God, who is able,
through Your mighty power at work within us,
to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.
(Ephesians 3:20)
Amen.