A Prayer for Our Culture

A Prayer for Our Culture by Ryan Denison

The joy of the Lord is still meant to be our strength when we have the faith to grasp it. Please add your faith to mine that as we seek the Lord together, He will hear and answer our prayer.

As we pray, let us remind ourselves of II Chronicles 7:14: "If MY people, who are called by MY name, will humble themselves and pray and seek MY face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land."

Father, the world around us is lost and beyond our capacity to save. If change is going to happen, it’s going to have to come from you. Please forgive us of any pride, pessimism, or lack of faith that would lead us to try and change those around us in our strength rather than yours. And please protect us from becoming discouraged from trusting in your ability to do what may seem impossible to us.

Help us to remember that, as fallen as our society may be, it wouldn’t be the first time you’ve turned it around. Help us to be a voice for hope and to find the necessary strength and resolve in you to press on and endure as your city on a hill and the expression of your light to the darkness that surrounds us.

Help us not to give up on those who seem beyond saving and to be your instruments to help them know you.

We are lost without you but unconquerable with you.

Please use us to accomplish your will today and to make a positive difference for your kingdom in the lives of everyone we meet.

Help us to guide our culture back to you, no matter how long or difficult that process may be.

It’s in your name and your strength that we pray, Jesus, amen.