National Day of Repentance 2020
A National Day of Repentance
Dear fellow Christians –
You may have heard that Saturday, September 26th (just a few days away) is designated as the National Day of Repentance 2020.
There’s so much at stake here in America that I urge you to take part and pray.
America is in desperate need of prayer.
It’s impossible not to see the great divide unfolding in our country, provoked by those who want to destroy her.
Even so, I’m encouraged by the prayer and repentance events scheduled to take place all over the nation.
Why Should a Whole Nation Repent?
There’s a simple answer to that – because our nation has turned away from God.
Now is not the time to bury our heads in the sand, and pretend that wickedness isn’t happening, and even increasing on our soil.
Sexual trafficking and child exploitation
Christians cursed and mocked
A complicit news media
Churches threatened
Millions of babies brutally ripped from their mothers’ wombs
Family values made fun of as Hollywood “entertainment”
So many heartbreaking things going on.
Even though there’s always been a spiritual battle between the forces of good and evil around us, we can see it with our own eyes now like never before.
We have to face it – God allows bad things to happen, even under a good President who believes in the power of prayer.
There’s no doubt, this contentious election is bringing out the worst in people. I’ve seen it and I’m sure you’ve seen it too.
It might be difficult to understand this now, but the Bible teaches that something good will eventually come from all of this turmoil for those who love God.
Therefore, we must pray and repent as a nation.
Praying shouldn’t end on November 4th.
We’ve gone so far down a rabbit hole of wickedness, we may only be able to recover just a little of our respectability as a God-fearing nation.
But, it may be enough to spark a much-needed spiritual revival.
Throne of Judgment
God is love, but just in case you’re being told otherwise, He is also a God of Righteous Judgment.
Do we really think that our Creator God will not execute judgment on America (and the world for that matter), in His timing, for those who don’t repent and follow Jesus as Lord and Savior?
Those who do not believe in the Son, who do not receive Him as Savior, will be judged on the day of wrath (Romans 2:5–6). – Got Questions website.
That day is coming.
Have you accepted Christ into your life?
Please don’t delay.
Are you prideful, believing in your own greatness, or do you have a repentant heart?
Simply being a “good” person may earn you friends here on earth, but it doesn’t get you into Heaven.
We truly aren’t “good”, we have all fallen short.
Salvation in Jesus Christ is the only answer.
The Bible and the National Day of Repentance 2020
You don’t need any book other than the Bible to tell you what we need to do right now – while we still can in the public square.
How do we pray for repentance?
It’s in the Book – the Bible, that is.
Currently, my studies have focused on the major and minor prophets.
Undoubtedly, the verses therein are focused on the northern and southern kingdoms of Israel and God’s judgment. But, we need only to learn from the history of God’s people that disobedience to God, rejecting Him, and lawlessness lead to a path of destruction. I can’t tell you how many times in my readings that I have recognized America, as a whole and looking at the culture, making the same disastrous mistakes.
What’s Next On The Timeline?
Only God knows the timing of prophetic events that will happen to our great nation and globally.
As Christians, I believe we need to follow the historical call of the prophets in Scripture and pray for nationwide repentance.
In Daniel 9:15-18, the prophet pleads for God’s people at that time.
Take heart, fellow believers, our God has great compassion.
Maranatha!
15 And now, O Lord our God, who have brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and have made a name for Yourself, as it is this day—we have sinned, we have been wicked. 16 O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteous acts, let now Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all those around us. 17 So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplications, and for Your sake, O Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary. 18 O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion.
On this National Day of Repentance 2020, it’s time to call on “the Great I Am.”
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Quotation from gotquestions.org, from “What is the biblical understanding of the wrath of God?” n.d., para. 3. Web. Accessed September 16, 2020. Retrieved from https://www.gotquestions.org/wrath-of-God.html
Photo source credits:
– Group prayer photo by Ismael Paramo on Unsplash
– Woman praying photo by Ben White on Unsplash
– Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
