If I remember correctly, I wrote this during or after the National Day of Prayer. I volunteered as part of a group that was organized to have two people to be praying in APU’s prayer chapel for a set time; it was broken into segments so that there would be prayer the entire day.

“Praying for God to move in our hearts”

Lord, You alone have all power and authority;
There is nothing in the universe that You do not see.
You gave our nation everything, and watch over us every day
And yet, we have sinned greatly, and from You we have turned away.
We have tried to keep pretending we are Your people still;
“In God we trust” we say, but we have given man the right to kill
Innocent children who have had no chance at life.
Every connection with You is being slowly severed as with a knife.
I come before You now, O Lord, to prayerfully intercede
For this once glorious nation that is now so much in need
Of strong followers of Your Word. I pray that You would move
In the hearts of those You wish to call to go out and prove
That You indeed are still here, and You still care
About us-that when we are in pain, You will be there.
I thank You, Lord, for all You have done and have yet to do;
I pray, in Your Name, that all that is done in our lives would bring glory to You.