O LORD, have mercy on us for we are a wicked people. Our hearts are full of selfishness, and our hands are lazy. We do not rush to do Your bidding. The innocent die among us in vast numbers while we rest in our pews, oblivious to Your calling. Our shepherds preach lies, and we love them for it. We see ourselves as educated and entitled. We do not accept that obedience to You is a necessity, nor favor subjecting ourselves to Your correcting rod. We ARE the Laodicean church. We deserve to be cast out.
In Your mercy, Father, have yet mercy on us. In Your wrath do not completely destroy us. Surely, Father, there are yet some within these borders to preach and teach Your word aright. Surely, there are some who are submissive, even unto Your rod.
Give these, Father, Your voice, and the let the word Your have given us be carried abroad to our brothers and sisters. Father, please, let some eyes be opened, and some hearts be broken that we might truly turn again to You.
I see Your judgment, LORD. You know You have made me to see it. I speak, but as You warned me, few listen. Even fewer hear. They have chosen to be deaf, and deafness You have given them. They desire not the truth. So, they cannot hear it. If they would hear, they would surely turn, and You would forgive. O, Father, let it not be too late for us to turn!
I weep before You. I plead at Your feet. These are my people, the brothers and sisters of my home. I ache that they might turn and I beg for Your mercy. Are they not children, Lord? Are their hearts not simple? Do they see Your coming in wrath against them? No, they think You will come to rescue them. It's what they have been taught, and they believe it. They do not see their own willful disobedience, nor how it has angered You.
Have mercy, Lord. Have mercy! Lay to my account their sins and let them repent. Let us once again seek You with sincerity, and be humbled by Your word. Let us cast out the wolves among us, and have nothing but the truth of Your word. Are there not ten remaining righteous, Lord? In all this vast nation, are there not ten?
We are dust in the whirlwind, dead where we stand. Without Your mercy to keep us; this nation will be no more. And no one will be able to say You weren't justified! But, Father, dear Father, have mercy for mine.
In Yeshua's name. Amen and amen.
Give these, Father, Your voice, and the let the word Your have given us be carried abroad to our brothers and sisters. Father, please, let some eyes be opened, and some hearts be broken that we might truly turn again to You.
I see Your judgment, LORD. You know You have made me to see it. I speak, but as You warned me, few listen. Even fewer hear. They have chosen to be deaf, and deafness You have given them. They desire not the truth. So, they cannot hear it. If they would hear, they would surely turn, and You would forgive. O, Father, let it not be too late for us to turn!
I weep before You. I plead at Your feet. These are my people, the brothers and sisters of my home. I ache that they might turn and I beg for Your mercy. Are they not children, Lord? Are their hearts not simple? Do they see Your coming in wrath against them? No, they think You will come to rescue them. It's what they have been taught, and they believe it. They do not see their own willful disobedience, nor how it has angered You.
Have mercy, Lord. Have mercy! Lay to my account their sins and let them repent. Let us once again seek You with sincerity, and be humbled by Your word. Let us cast out the wolves among us, and have nothing but the truth of Your word. Are there not ten remaining righteous, Lord? In all this vast nation, are there not ten?
We are dust in the whirlwind, dead where we stand. Without Your mercy to keep us; this nation will be no more. And no one will be able to say You weren't justified! But, Father, dear Father, have mercy for mine.
In Yeshua's name. Amen and amen.
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