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Praying for Your Nation

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.  2 Chronicles 7:14

A great crisis in American history came at the Constitutional Convention called in Philadelphia to ratify a constitution for the new country that was being born. The delegates got angry with one another, and because they couldn't resolve their conflicts or agree on anthing, they picked up their hats and coats and started to leave. Suddenly, Benjamin Franklin spoke up.

"What a miniute, gentlemen," he is reported to have said. "This country was conceived in faith in God. Many of us here believe in prayer. Let us get upon our knees and pray to Almighty God and see whether God shall give to us the answer to our dilemma."

Upon their knees those men went, and out of that prayer meeting came the immortal Constitution of the United States of America.

What dilemma in your nation---or in your life---is compelling you to get down on your knees and seek God's answer?

From, HOPE for Each Day: Morning & Evening Devotions, by Billy Graham.