National Prayer

Do you regularly pray for the peace and prosperity of your nation or city? God commands us to respect the authority He has placed over us. When those in authority are not wise or just, that may be difficult for us to do. At such times remind yourself that we are citizens of heaven and that God's wisdom and justice will ultimately prevail in this world as it does in heaven. We are not citizens of this world, trying to make our way to Heaven; we are citizens of heaven trying to make our way through this world. We are not to live so as to earn God's love, inherit heaven, and purchase our salvation. All of those were given to us as gifts; gifts bought by Jesus on the cross and handed over to us. We are to live as God's redeemed, as heirs of heaven, and as citizens of another land; the Kingdom Of God...We live as those who are on a journey, a radical journey home; a home we know will have the lights on and the door open and our Father waiting for us when we arrive. That means in all adversity our worship of God is joyful, our life is hopeful, our future is secure. There is nothing we can lose on earth that can rob us of the treasures God has given us and will give us.