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\u201cI set my face unto You, oh Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fastings.\u00a0 Oh Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love You, and to them that keep Your commandments, we have sinned, and we have committed iniquity, and we have done wickedly, and we have rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments.\u00a0 We have not listened to Your servants, which have spoken in Your name to our government officials and to all of us.\u00a0 Oh Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but we are embarrassed before You because of our trespasses that we have trespassed against You, Oh Lord. \u00a0 We are shamed before You, Oh Lord, because we have sinned against You.\u00a0 Oh Lord our God, to You belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against You and not obeyed Your voice, to walk in Your ways, which You set before us by Your servants the prophets.\u00a0 Yes, Lord, we have all transgressed Your law, by not obeying Your voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, because we have sinned against You. \u00a0 You have confirmed Your Word by bringing upon us all this evil,\u00a0 yet we have not made our prayer before You, our LORD and our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand Your Truth.\u00a0 You are righteous, oh LORD our God in all Your works which You do,\u00a0 for we have not obeyed Your voice.\u00a0 And now, O Lord our God, that brought our fathers into this good land with many mighty miracles, formerly published abroad, we confess that we have sinned, and we have done wickedly.\u00a0 Oh Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I beseech You, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from our people, our towns, cities, counties, states and nations.\u00a0 Now therefore, Oh Lord our God, hear our prayers, and our supplications, and cause Your face to shine again upon our land, now dry and desolate.\u00a0 Oh my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and see our desolations, and the land You once blessed.\u00a0 We do not present our supplications before You because we are righteous, but because Your mercy is great.\u00a0 Oh Lord, hear our prayers!\u00a0 Oh Lord, forgive us!\u00a0 Oh Lord, please help us to turn from our wicked ways and seek Your face that You may have mercy on us and heal our land!\u00a0 Please make us a lighthouse to the world again!\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(This prayer is taken from Daniel chapter 9.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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