Throughout America’s history, its presidents have turned to God in good times and bad seeking his guidance. Today, the first of a series of prayers of our presidents.
Back in 1986, Ronald Reagan offered a prayer to the American people in a speech he gave on February 6th.
It was a time of political upheaval in the United States and Reagan’s prayer was one for Healing….and appropriate for us in 2016.
Reagan said, “To preserve our blessed land we must look to God… It is time to realize that we need God more than He needs us… We also have His promise that we could take to heart with regard to our country, that “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 I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
He went on to say — Let us, young and old, join together, as did the First Continental Congress, in the first step, in humble heartfelt prayer. Let us do so for the love of God and His great goodness, in search of His guidance and the grace of repentance, in seeking His blessings, His peace, and the resting of His kind and holy hands on ourselves, our nation, our friends in the defense of freedom, and all mankind, now and always.
And he closed by saying —- the time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America… Our country is in need of and ready for a spiritual renewal. Today, we utter no prayer more fervently than the ancient prayer for peace on Earth.