Romans 1:21, 28-32
Although
they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to
him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were
darkened.
Since
they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he
gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They
have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and
depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice.
They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and
boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know
God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they
not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who
practice them.
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King of Creation,
Your invisible qualities have been clearly seen since the beginningof
time. The heavens proclaim Your perfect nature. The skies display Your
brilliant handy work. Day after day they continue to speak; night after
night they make You known. Even though their voice is inaudible their
message has moved through the whole world and their words to the ends of
the earth. Everyone everywhere sees Your glory. There's no excuse for
not knowing You. You, O God, deserve our praise forever and ever.
Even
though we know You perfectly well, we fail to accept and worship You as
the One and Only True God. We pretend to know it all, but are really
quite stupid. Foolishly, we've traded Your prosperous, pristine beauty
for worthless, tarnished trash. We've shrouded the Truth with lies.
Pornography,
homosexuality, and adultery have become acceptable standards. We
tolerate the killing of unborn babies, while viciously fighting to save
animals. We cry out, "God bless America", but we've removed You from the
classroom, the courtroom and the currency. We deny Your intelligent
design, deliberately, spitting in Your face, as we invent new ways to
ruin the rich life You intended for us. We're a nation full of
senseless, faithless, heartless, and ruthless fools who expect blessing
despite our defiant disobedience.
Something
has gone terribly wrong! This isn't the way You created it to be! Have
mercy on us for disrespecting and desecrating your Holy Name, O God.
There's no fear of Your sacred laws or holy judgment. It's a free for
all world. Though Your Word is freely and readily available, it also
freely and readily rejected. We've rebelled against You, our Creator,
and we don't deserve to live.
I'm
thankful that Your Word convicts me of my wrong beliefs and behaviors. I
want to relinquish my tarnished treasures in order to live happily in
your beautiful, prosperous presence. By Your strength that's within me,
change the desires of my heart and mind. With all due respect, I'll love
and obey You, bringing honor to Your perfect nature, Jesus, my Creator
King. Amen.
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Will
you acknowledge and cry out to God for the sin of our nation today?
Will you pray for changed hearts and transformed minds? Will you admit
and turn from your own wicked ways?
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