PRAYER FOR THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY JUNE 6, 2014
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE GATHER AT THIS CEREMONY TO HONOR THE BLOOD SPILLED BY ALLIED SOLDIERS WHO COURAGEOUSLY SCALED THE CLIFFS AT NORMANDY, FRANCE ON D-DAY, 70 YEARS AGO TO GIVE THEIR LIVES TO FREE US ALL FROM TYRANNY. ON THAT DAY, YOU ANSWERED PRAYERS. D-DAY WAS THE MOMENTOUS SHIFT IN WORLD WAR II THAT GAVE THE UNITED STATES AND THE ALLIED NATIONS VICTORY OVER EVIL. YOU GAVE US VICTORY OVER EVIL BECAUSE YOU LOVED US THEN. NOW, IN THE SAME WAY THAT 70 YEARS AGO THE ALLIED SOLDIERS PUT THEIR LIVES INTO YOUR HANDS, WE IN THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST, IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN OTHER NATIONS, ARE PUTTING OUR LIVES IN YOUR HANDS, JOINING TO PRAY, FAST AND REPENT, AND TO FIGHT AGAINST THE TIDE OF EVIL THAT IS RISING UP AGAIN.
TODAY, LORD GOD, IN EVERY NATION WE FACE EVIL, OFTEN UNSEEN. THE THREAT IS REAL AND IT IS OBVIOUS. WE ARE IN A FIERCE SPIRITUAL BATTLE, AND ARE AT GRAVE RISK OF LOSING THE GODLY ROOTS THAT WERE PLANTED IN EVERY NATION THAT ONCE DEPENDED UPON YOU, AND FEARED YOU.
WE HAVE BEEN DISOBEDIENT. WE HAVE TAKEN YOU OUT OF OUR LIVES, OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS, OUT OF OUR WOMBS, OUT OF OUR PLACES OF GOVERNMENT, OUT OF OUR MARRIAGES. WE HAVE SERVED OTHER GODS. WE HAVE ALLOWED RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, THE FREEDOM TO WORSHIP YOU, TO ERODE. OUR SILENCE IS DEAFENING BECAUSE WE HAVE STRAYED FROM OUR FIRST LOVE AND BECOME LUKEWARM. WE HAVE PERVERTED YOUR LIBERTY INTO A LICENSE TO DO EVIL. WE HAVE LARGELY SQUANDERED YOUR VICTORY AT D-DAY. WE DESERVE AND SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED AT YOUR IMPENDING JUDGMENT. WE BREAK YOUR COMMANDS; AND YET, WE HUMBLY SEEK YOUR MERCY.
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE SCRIPTURES ENCOURAGE US TO BE ZEALOUS AND REPENT OF OUR OLD WAYS, CHANGE OUR MINDS, AND OVERCOME SIN. WE COVENANT WITH YOU ACCORDING TO NEHEMIAH 9 AND 10; WITH CONTRITE HEARTS AND SINCERITY, WE DECLARE THE BEGINNING OF A LIFELONG CAMPAIGN WITHIN THE BODY OF CHRIST TO OBEY YOU. WE WILL HONOR YOU AND FOLLOW YOUR WAYS, ONLY. WE COMMIT TO SERVE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES.
Lord God, again we praise You, for the victory that was wrought for freedom 70 years ago in the Normandy invasion and campaign, and we establish a covenant before You to serve as Your soldiers again against the tide of evil that would engulf us all. Grant us the grace, Lord, to confront and to destroy the lies of the enemy in all realms of influence in our nation: church, family, military, business, education, media and government. As we stand in repentance before Your Throne of Grace, we ask that You would visit our people yet one more time, that we might all come to know you, dear Lord, as our Savior and our God.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY, AMEN.
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