Repentance is confessing our need and returning to God. In so many ways we have drifted from God. We need to ask God for forgiveness for the neglect of our spiritual heritage as a nation and for becoming dulled in our accountability to God for the moral absolutes of God's commandments. Without absolute righteousness, justice, honesty, integrity, and faithfulness, our society operates on frivolous situational ethics, while the prosperity of our time camouflages the poverty in the soul of our nation. May this be a day of prayer that is the beginning of a great spiritual awakening.
Today is a day to confess our false pride and express our full praise.
We renew our commitment to God as Lord of this land and work to change any contradictions in our society where people are denied their full potential as God's children. May this Day of Prayer be the beginning in each of us. We urgently ask that our honesty about the needs of our nation and our humble confession of our spiritual hunger for you may sweep across this nation. Hear the prayers of your people and continue to bless America. Through our Lord and Savior.