9-11 Prayer Remembrance, Part 2

2 Chronicles 7:14 is a passage that has become very familiar to many of us when we begin to think in terms of praying for our nation.  Let us remind ourselves once more concerning the powerful challenge that the Word issues to us in this passage: "If my people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."

There are several key words in this passage that needs to grab our attention.  The words are "humble, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways."  This passage reminds us that we do bear some responsibility as we prepare ourselves to look to God on the behalf of our nation.  It appears that God requires a spirit of humility and repentance to be active in our hearts if we are to experience the spiritual awakening that our nation desperately needs.  Jesus challenged us in Matthew 22 to "...Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind."

Here is an excerpt from Praying for a Christ Awakening written by Billy Wilson.  "The changeless Christ would no doubt answer in our day just as He did in the first century; the greatest of all commandments is first and foremost to love Him!  Such is the need of our day, that we might pursue Him in practical, sacrificial, and self-denying ways.  In a day when we are seemingly surrounded by enemies on all sides, might our only escape be to look up as our hearts are drawn by the Holy Spirit to fresh encounters with Christ, bringing forth transformative works of repentance, obedience, and holiness.  Let us believe God for a Christ Awakening with: Amplified participation in corporate as well as individual prayer, fasting, and other spiritual disciplines, leading to more effective discipleship..."

In my opinion we must rediscover and reconnect with the discipline of prayer in the modern day church in America.  We have tried enough "spiritual gimmicks"; now is the time to turn our hearts to Christ in humility and believe that He is going to send the strength and power we need to overthrow and defeat the enemies of our soul.  Will you be willing to join with me and seek the face of God in sincere and humble prayer?  I truly believe that a "Christ Awakening" awaits those of us who are willing to submit ourselves to the leadership of Christ.