NATIONAL REPENTENCE

RAINING TRUTH WATERING THE GARDEN








Watering the Garden

NATIONAL REPENTENCE



What can we do if we see our nation is turning from God and heading down a road to destruction? There are actions that we Christians can take to bring about a healing for our country? The scriptures below describe actions that we can take such as, humble ourselves, pray, seek and do God’s will and turn from wickedness.



Note that 2nd Chronicles reads, “if my people”. Not necessarily all of the people. Our obedience can bring about a healing that even non-believers will benefit from.



Scripture:

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. (2nd Chronicles 7:14)



But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. (Jeremiah 7:23)



At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. (Jeremiah 18:7-10)



Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; (Deuteronomy 4:5-9)



WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

We have learned four facts concerning the healing of a nation. (1) IF we humble ourselves (2) IF we pray (3) IF we seek and obey His will and (4) IF we turn from wickedness, He will forgive and heal our land.



Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this

study of His word, Amen.

Susan