A Lost Nation

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great
city, and cry against it; for their
wickedness is come before me. 
Jonah 1:2

We need to pray for our nation... 

The Lord, in His mercy, has been granting us more time to repent. But we're like the city of Nineveh who, in Jonah's day, had been steeped in sin and was at the crossroads of repentance or destruction. And it was the choice of Nineveh's citizens as to which one it was going to be.

In my opinion, God belongs in America. Yet there are those in positions of leadership and influence, who, along with many others, are attempting to push God and the Bible away. Anti-christian sentiment, in my observation, appears to be increasing at all levels of society while Christianity is losing her influence. Yet there is still a ray of hope.

It is time, I believe, to pray and fast and seek the face of the Lord. It's not too late. The Ninevites turned from their sins and bad behavior at the preaching of Jonah, the Jewish prophet. And today there are many prophets whose voices are intermingling with their tears.

I pray, therefore, that the pleas and warnings of today's generation of Jonahs will not go unheeded. For if they're ignored, then the United States of America will become just another lost civilization.

D.B.