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5 Reasons Why We Pray For Our Nation Series
Contributed by Wah Lok Ng on Nov 4, 2001 (message contributor)
Summary: Prayer for our nation is not an option, it is a command. This sermon shows the benefits of praying for our nation.
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Many nations are ripe for the judgement of God. But God is merciful and patient and would rather that they repent. Our prayers to God could change the hearts of the people, bringing them to repentance. At the same time, God delays the judgement, giving more time for people to repent.
“GOD OFTEN DELAYS JUDGEMENT WHEN HIS PEOPLE PRAY”
5. GOD HEALS OUR ENVIRONMENT
1 Kings 18:45 – Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and the wind, and there was a heavy rain.
In 1 Kings 17-18, we find that drought or rain were the result of Elijah’s prayer. Our prayers can affect the environment.
17:1- no rain and dew these years except at my word.
18:41 – sound of abundance of rain
18:45 – rain comes.
The neglect and rape of the environment is often a good indicator of the sins of the nation. The greed of humanity has caused much of the environment to be destroyed. Today, there is excessive deforestation in third world countries. In developed countries, major environmental catastrophes happen due to poor safety standards.
Today, we can have massive floods in some parts of the world and severe drought in other parts at the same time. We are on a destructive tail spin because of the massive abuse of the environment.
What world will we leave behind for our children ? We need to pray so that God will heal the environment.
“PRAYER IS THE PRELUDE TO PEACE, THE PROLOGUE TO POWER, THE PREFACE TO PURPOSE, AND THE PATHWAY TO PERFECTION”.
Conclusion.
National prayers are often neglected. Every year, the Malaysian National Evangelistic Christian Fellowship organizes the national prayer on August 31st, our Independence Day. Sadly, these prayer meetings are poorly attended. People do not want to take responsibility to pray for their nation.
I pray that the churches in every nation will begin to rise up and take responsibility to pray for their nation. Otherwise, we would have ourselves to blame if a bad government comes to power.
“THE CHURCH WILL ALWAYS GET THE GOVERNMENT SHE DESERVES”
