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Rev. Cecil Thorn

2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)

¹⁴ If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

The last part of this verse  states “will heal their land”

I think some of us may have forgotten what prayer can do. We need healing in our country and around the world.

We talk, we complain, and we participate in marches for the topics we fill compassionate about, but we don’t hear a call to prayer much.

We as Christians have a mandate from God to pray.

Matthew 6:5–13 (KJV)

⁵ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. ⁶ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. ⁷ But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. ⁸ Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. ⁹ After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ¹⁰ Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. ¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread. ¹² And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. ¹³ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Hear Matthew in verse 10 start off with When you pray, not if you pray, but this is how you do it. Then he goes and says in verse 10 “¹⁰  Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

The right kind of prayer has a passion for God’s glory and agenda. His name, kingdom and will have the top priority^[1]

This day, I’m calling out to all of you to go to your prayer closets and start praying for this country of ours and for the world.

^[1] David Guzik, Matthew, David Guzik’s Commentaries on the Bible (Santa Barbara, CA: David Guzik, 2013), Mt 6:9–13.