Lord Heal our Land

Lord Heal our Land

Today as we go to prayer over our cities, our nations and our world, we will be referring to the word “LAND.” It is necessary to first lay a foundation for today's message: In Genesis 2:7 “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”

Let us examine this scripture and notice that man was formed from dust and to dust he shall return, as is often sited at a funeral service. So we understand that Adam was formed from a mud pie into the shape of a likeness of God and that mud is dust mixed with water, and mud can also be called dirt and dirt is often called land. Land is often bare, but it can have crops planted and growing on it, fruit and grain and sustenance. Land can also be our body as we are dust – dirt and mud. 

 If God is going to heal our “LAND” may it also include our body, our property, our place where we live, our nation and our world. Land is a home place a topographical point where we abide. Our body is a temporary home in which dwells our spirit man, waiting for a new body one of these days.

We sing about America the Beautiful, “Land that we love, guide us and abide with us.” Land is often referred to as Home Land, our place where we live and that can be both physical and material.

Today we are in need of our land being healed – and I am including our bodies as well as our living spaces, and our homeland plus our world. Let us take it all in. This is what we will continue to consider and take apart line upon line: Bare with me we are wading in deep water but it is soothing and cleansing.

2 Chronicles 7:14 “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

This short verse says a lot. If you have received Jesus as your savior, you are one of God's people. Humble yourself means to realize you can't do a thing, you must submit to God's will. Pray, that is what we are about to do, seek God's face, that is a certainty; turn from our wicked way. - - - here we find some argument.  If we say we have not sinned, then we lie and liars are sinners. Then we might say; we are not wicked. So the word wicked may not apply to you, but if it does, repent immediately. 

Now may we examine closely, “who is wicked?” Look around and we don't need to go far. There is much evil in government, politics, segments, groups, legal and not so legal and far reaching, so what shall we do to repent from the wickedness of others? It is simple; so listen closely:

Jesus was teaching his disciples that they had the right and authority to forgive sins for someone else even if they were not repentant, and were rebellious, evil and wicked in their ways. Jesus said in John 20:23 Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.

Stay with me here; I am asking a hard thing. Are you willing to be a go between for those who are wicked in their ways? Will you be a co- signer for the wickedness of others? Are you prepared to stand in the gap, to take on the legal Power of Attorney which is binding?

We are ready to stand in their place and ask God to forgive them and purge our “LAND” to - - Heal our “LAND?” 

 I will be the voice today, but please join in and repeat and mumble along with me with your voice, or say amen as I ask forgiveness so that our “Land” will be healed. We must be in agreement to make this a powerful declaration: I shall go slow, so stay with me here and be a participator in what is happening in the next few minutes:

Father God, we humbly bow ourselves before your mighty face as we seek forgiveness for those who have turned from serving you and have instead worshiped other gods including idols, statues and likeness's of every kind.

Forgive those who have taken your Name in vain, on the media, in the movies, the music, and forgive the filthy language pouring from their lips.

Forgive those in both high and lowly government places who are not leaning on the true God to be a leader of worth.

Forgive those who have shed innocent blood by abortion, assisted death, murder in all its forms and have encouraged suicide by song and music.

Forgive those who have maliciously killed Christians thinking they were doing God a service.

Forgive those who have prostituted themselves personally, or otherwise in sex trafficking, and perversion. 

Forgive those who propagate and participate in pornography. Forgive those who fornicate and have sex outside of marriage.

Forgive those who have turned the natural use of the man and the women to initiate unrighteousness in God's sight.

Forgive those who have molested children, and those who seek to destroy our youth.

Forgive those who rape others and those who abuse women; grant them a new mindset.

Forgive those who have knowingly assisted others and themselves in addictions of every kind and forgive those who purposefully encourage the drug trade.

Forgive those who lie and manipulate the truth and deceive many with their fabricated stories.

Forgive those who steal outright, and forgive those who steal using legal means to take from others.

Forgive the trouble makers who find nothing better to do than form groups to hate others.

Forgive those who harbor unforgiveness in their hearts and cleanse them from self guilt and condemnation.

Lord God I ask forgiveness for those whose hands are quick to shed innocent blood and those who make plans to carry out evil with riots, protests and terror.

Lord I ask forgiveness for anyone who purposefully or innocently released this virus and other plagues upon our world.

I humbly ask forgiveness for our personal thoughts of judgment and harboring ill will towards others who you love. 

With a contrite heart I ask forgiveness for all these sins including mine, and humbly request that you will heal our “Land.”

I ask this in the precious Name of Jesus, and I ask that this be done and put into effect now. Thank you Father for your faithfulness and for honoring our request.  Amen.