Revive Us Again

We praise Thee O God, for Thy Spirit of Light,
Who has shown us our Savior and scattered our night

Revive us again--fill each heart with Thy love;
May each soul be rekindled with fire from above.

Hallelujah, Thine the glory! Hallelujah, Amen!
Hallelujah, Thine the glory! Revive us again.

Do you ever wonder about the direction in which the United States is heading, worried that the fabric of our society is fraying around the edges? If you’re like me, you may read the newspaper headlines and shake your head in dismay at the choices our fellow citizens make.

Our country wasn’t always this way. Take an honest inventory of our history: The early settlers of America clearly intended to advance the Christian faith when they came ashore in New England. Before stepping foot off theMayflower, the Pilgrims drew up what became America’s first contract of government—the Mayflower Compact. This compact clearly states the Pilgrims’ purpose in making their historic voyage: “…undertaken for the glory of God and the advancement of the Christian faith…”

And while I have my doubts to the validity of claims that on July 4th, 1776 a Christian nation was formally established or of the purity of advancing the Gospel by means of the state instead of the church, there is no doubt in my mind that people need the Savior as much today as they did then. Sadly, the Pilgrims' vision of a nation filled with genuine born-again believers has been replaced with a society built on lies, dishonesty, and thievery of possession, thought, idea, and life.

Ah, friends, Uncle Sam needs your prayers. I urge you to pray for nation—not only on the Fourth of July, but every day. Pray with me that we as a nation, as a people, as individual souls, might find Him. Pray and work as if the country's people depend on revival. After all, they do!