On
April 28, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) will hear oral arguments for and
against redefining marriage in America. The
very institution of God’s design for marriage … as only between one man and one
woman … is on trial.
As
Christians, we know that prayer has changed the hearts of leaders and the
course of nations. Never before has the
need to pray been so critical to the future of our country. The Bible says – “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 will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.” (2
Chronicles 7:14)
Will
you sincerely and fervently pray that God will move in the hearts of the
members of SCOTUS? If so, join me in
this prayer:
Heavenly
Father, we are reminded of what Your Son taught us about marriage, when He
said, “He who created them from the
beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore, a man shall leave
his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become
one flesh.’”
We
pray together that as the justices of the Supreme Court consider the issue of
marriage, Your Spirit will be at work to cause the words of Your Son to
penetrate deeply into their hearts and minds, so that their deliberations will
be guided not just by the Constitution and the law, but by Your abiding
standards of right and wrong. Grant them
a deep awareness that You and You alone are God.
Our
Founders sought to conform our public policy as a nation to the “laws of nature
and nature’s God.” We know, Father, that
man-woman marriage is prescribed by the laws of nature and even more
importantly is prescribed by Your eternal law.
Please guide the
deliberations of our Supreme Court so that they will be prompted by Your Spirit
to conform the law of our land to Your law as our God. This we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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