Pray For Your Land

”And (God) said unto (Lot), See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.” –Genesis 19:21

Lot is what we might call a lukewarm believer. Though Peter calls him “righteous” (2 Pet. 2:7-8) he obviously had made some serious compromises of his faith. He had spent many years living in Sodom and yet had won no one to Christ. His sons-in-law laughed at his message of judgment and his wife looked back toward the city of sin and was turned into a salt statue. Nevertheless, Lot was an intercessor.

When God’s anger was aroused against the cities of the plain, Lot prayed for a small town called Zoar. We know that Zoar wasn’t a nice neighborhood not only because of God’s intention to destroy it but because Lot fled the city later on for fear of his life. But Lot prayed that God would spare this city and God responded.

We live in times of great moral testing and wickedness. We live in a nation that often values the wrong things and excuses sin, even laughing at that which is vile and rebellious. But God desires to show mercy to America and He’s looking for prayer warriors who will stand in the gap for the land and cry out for God to spare the nation so that others might hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. Why not pray for your nation, for your city, your neighborhood and even your household today?