{"id":886,"date":"2026-01-13T14:31:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paymentconsulting.net\/Blog\/wordpress\/?p=886"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:31:44","slug":"urgent-call-to-pray-for-our-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paymentconsulting.net\/Blog\/wordpress\/?p=886","title":{"rendered":"Urgent Call to Pray for Our Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Call to Prayer and\u00a0Repentance<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Dear&#x200d;\u00a0Friend,<\/p>\n<p>If you think our nation is in trouble now, just wait\u2026 As our streets boil over with hate, anger, crime, drugs, and just sheer hopelessness, is there something we can do? You bet there is.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to call for a time of prayer and repentance this\u00a0<strong>Wednesday, January 14, at 12:00 noon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As a nation our sins are so great. We have increasingly turned our backs on God and His commands, embracing godless secularism. We need to ask His forgiveness and seek His face.<\/p>\n<p>Pray for our leaders, and pray that God would bring calm to our streets.<\/p>\n<p>There are many who would like to stir things up\u2014there are even those who would like to destroy this great country. Pray that these efforts would be thwarted and their plans would be brought into confusion.<\/p>\n<p>Ask God to use His Church to be His instruments of peace in this time of great uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remember, this Wednesday at noon, please stop and pray.<\/strong>\u00a0Millions of people remembering our sins and asking for forgiveness, repenting, and seeking His face will make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s humble ourselves. Let&#8217;s give God the glory for this great nation and thank Him for His hand of blessing, protection, and mercy.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NbsJI4981mg2r4y-GVYrj_gWK3tEQGopbkFJmyeJen8jKgVO6cACx87w37Z4sdiRGavo_N1JYOIh2qqzocb3SAceYGYhEyDuk8paWe9nS3kR7gEB1TjCODozt86qM5Lh0MSu8eni6g0_F83f7e57w=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/emails\/email_assets\/FG_Signature_50-modified.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><span class=\"il\">Franklin<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Graham<\/span><br \/>\nPresident, Samaritan&#8217;s Purse<\/p>\n<div id=\"m_449477347548415986verse-container\">\n<hr \/>\n<p id=\"m_449477347548415986verse\"><strong>\u201c\u2026for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and\u00a0will\u00a0not turn His face from you if\u00a0you return to\u00a0Him.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<small>2 Chronicles 30:9<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call to Prayer and\u00a0Repentance Dear&#x200d;\u00a0Friend, If you think our nation is in trouble now, just wait\u2026 As our streets boil over with hate, anger, crime, drugs, and just sheer hopelessness, is there something we can do? You bet there is. 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