Colonial Williamsburg Prayer OUR FATHER, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER ONCE AGAIN IN COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG. AS WE SPEND TIME THIS WEEKEND WALKING THE STREETS OF THIS HISTORIC PLACE, PLEASE HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT THE COLONISTS WHO BUILD THIS TOWN AND THIS NATION BUILT THEM ON A FOUNDATION OF FAITH IN YOU O GOD. IN THE COURSE OF OUR BUSY LIVES AND EXPANDING PROSPERITY, WE TEND TO FORGET THAT IT IS BY YOUR GRACE THAT AMERICA HAS GROWN FROM THE SEEDS OF LIBERTY SOWN BY OUR FOREFATHERS INTO THE MOST POWERFUL NATION IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND. WE PRAY THAT WE WILL ALWAYS BE “ ONE NATION UNDER GOD”. DEAR GOD, EVEN AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY FOR THIS HAPPY OCCASION, WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE IS MUCH SUFFERING AND GRIEF IN THIS COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE FORCES OF EVIL ARE EVIDENT AT EVERY TURN. WE PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES IN COLORADO AND PENNSYLVANNIA WHO LOST CHILDREN IN THE MOST RECENT ATTACTS IN THEIR SCHOOLS. WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH TO GET THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME IN THEIR LIVES. WE PRAY FOR OUR SOLDIERS STATIONED AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS OUR PRAYER THAT THEY SOON RETURN SAFELY TO THEIR FAMILIES. WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS AND GUIDANCE FOR OUR NATIONAL LEADERS AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS THAT DETERMINE THE COURSE OF THIS NATION. THERE ARE MANY DIFFICULT CHOICES TO BE MADE. IT IS OUR PRAYER THAT OUR LEADERS NOT FORGET THAT THEIR STRENGTH AND THE STRENGTH OF THIS NATION COME FROM YOU O GOD. WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ON EVERYONE GATHERED HERE TODAY. PLEASE BE WITH US IN OUR TRAVELS AND SEE US SAFELY HOME IS OUR PRAYER. PLEASE BLESS THIS FOOD AND THE HANDS THAT PREPARED IT WE ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD…..AMEN Rod Campbell |