ChosenRebel's Blog

A Mid-Day Prayer for Revival

“Lord, we are broken.
Our hearts are so fickle
and unresponsive to You.
We react to every political
and social interaction and change
with angry fits, gossip and anxiety.

We panic at nightly news,
        or economic news,
        or health news.
        even the weather, Lord,
but are blasé about crying out to You for our needs.

A global pandemic is declared
and instead of getting on our knees
and crying out for Your mercy
for our neighbors who don’t know You,
we spend most of our time in

                 home entertainment,
                 home projects,
                 home improvements,
                 and speculation about the latest news.

We are more concerned about our own health and
futures than those who have no eternity without You. 

We are broken Lord, but like shattered glass,
we are insensate to our need to be made whole.

Where is our heart for prayer?
Where is our passion for our neighbors?
Where is our longing for a closer walk with You?

Not everyone has more time like some of us did during the
              pandemic,
              or a sickness,
              or a sudden loss of job.

      Are we praying more?
      Are we meditating on Your word more?
      Are we using our time in such a way that we
      are better prepared to love our neighbors?

Only you know O God.
But would you draw our hearts to You?
Would You make us a people who yearns for Your will
more than the air we breathe?

Forgive us Lord,
and make us a people who truly
live passionately for and like our Savior,
for the glory of Your name,
the one Name that is above every other name,
Amen”