The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America sets for the purpose for which the constitution was written and established. This is where we will begin praying through this document.
The Constitution of the United States of America Preamble:
We the
People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish
Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote
the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our
Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of
America
Part 1: "in Order to form a more perfect Union" The first and foremost purpose of this constitution was to form one sovereign nation from many individual and sovereign states. To accomplish this there are two elements needed - IDENTITY and UNITY. A glimpse of these can be seen in our Pledge of Allegiance: "One Nation under God, Indivisible with Liberty and Justice for All"
Scripture References: Ephesians 3:14-21; 1:15-23; 4:11-16; Romans 12:1
PRAYER: Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ and God over the Nation of these United States of America, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named and we ask you to grant this Nation, according to the
riches of Your glory, strength and might through Your Spirit, that Christ may
dwell in the heart of Your people, through faith and that we would be rooted
and grounded in love, so that we might comprehend what is to be the
manifestation of the height and width and depth of this Union of States so that
the Love of Christ would displace carnal knowledge and the wisdom that comes from below and that the fullness of God
might be seen upon the landscape of this nation.
Thank
you Father and God of our Lord Jesus Christ for the Love you have for this Nation
for You are the Father of glory and we ask that You would give our Nation the
spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Jesus. We ask You, Father
that the eyes of our understanding would be enlightened so that we, as a
Nation, would know what is the HOPE of our Calling and what are the Riches of
the Glory of our Inheritance as a people and that we might know the exceeding greatness
of Your power toward this Nation. Renew the vision you gave the founding Father’s
and bring it to maturity in the hearts of Your people that we may stand as One
in prayer and intercession for this Nation, United under God, unified by Your
Grace
Father, you have given your people gifts for the
edification and maturing of your people so that we would no longer be tossed to
and fro and carried about by every wind of doctrine – Be merciful to us Father
and give us grace to humble ourselves and allow You to bring discipline and
instruction to us that we might become a catalyst of unity. Lord God, we have
fallen far short of Your Glory, have mercy upon us and for Your Name’s sake,
give us grace to mature; to become the people who can speak the truth in love
and bring to bear the gifts and wisdom from heaven in the reformation
of your Church and the restoration of this Nation to the end that we as a
Nation fulfill the call to glorify your name and we, as people of God, be
effective in the edification of the Body of Christ. Open our eyes to your scriptures and our hearts to the instruction of Your Spirit that we may rightly divide the Word of God in prayer for our Nation and in faith inspired action. Without Faith it is impossible to please you and Faith without works is dead, therefore by Your grace and mercy we present our bodies, our lives as living sacrifices to You that we might become a force of redemption and deliverance, a voice of wisdom and justice and a people of Love in action that will strive for unity in the body of Christ and in our Nation to insure liberty and justice for all.
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