Here are some excerpts from Psalm 85:1-13 (Living Bible).
1.“Lord, you have poured out amazing blessings in this land!
4. Now bring us back to loving you, O Lord, so that your anger will never need rise against us again.
6. Oh, revive us! Then your people can rejoice in you again. 7. Pour out your love and kindness on us, Lord, and grant us your salvation. 8. I am listening carefully to all the Lord is saying—for he speaks peace to his people, his saints, if they will only stop their sinning.
10. Mercy and truth have met together. Grim justice and peace have kissed!
11. Truth rises from the earth and righteousness smiles down from heaven.
12. Yes, the Lord pours down his blessings on the land and it yields its bountiful crops. Justice goes before him to make a pathway for his steps.”
What if this could be said for the United States of America? Happy would we be!
Lord, have mercy on us, forgive us, renew our minds and help us to be the salt and light you told us to be!
“You are the salt of the earth, But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. . . .In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5: 13-16).
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