{"id":17113,"date":"2026-01-26T02:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T02:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=17113"},"modified":"2026-01-26T02:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T02:36:20","slug":"desperate-for-change-day-16-intercessors-for-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=17113","title":{"rendered":"Desperate for Change\u2014Day 16 – Intercessors for America"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Reading Time:<\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The following is an excerpt from our devotional series\u00a0<\/em>Desperate for Change.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is\u2014his good, pleasing and perfect will.\u201d<\/em> \u2013Romans 12:2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our nation doesn\u2019t know it, but America needs the church, not just as a bunch of good-deed doers, but as those who give direction for the future and preserve and protect in the present. We\u2019ve not done this well, but that is the place in which God has put us. We are to be light, helping people (and nations) avoid the pitfalls of darkness. We are to be salt, both as seasoning and protection for our society.\n<\/p>\n

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The nation cannot afford a sidelined church, taken out by worldliness and confusion. The apostle Paul commands believers to allow ourselves no longer to be conformed by worldly patterns, but rather to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Only then we will understand the will of God, not just for our own lives, but so that we can be a prophetic voice to our nation. Sometimes the best way to pray for our nation is to pray for revival in the church!\n<\/p>\n

P<\/em>r<\/em>a<\/em>y<\/em>e<\/em>r<\/em> P<\/em>o<\/em>i<\/em>n<\/em>t<\/em>s<\/em><\/h3>\n
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  • Repent of the church\u2019s failure to be light and salt in our society.<\/li>\n
  • Pray for a transformation in the church through a renewing of our minds through the Word of God.<\/li>\n
  • Ask the Lord for the church to rise up with a strong prophetic voice for America.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    My Prayer<\/h3>\n

    Lord, forgive us, Your people, for our timidity, worldliness, and failure to be the light and salt that our nation desperately needs. Transform us! May Your Word bring lasting change to our minds and lifestyles. Help us then to speak with boldness as we understand more and more of Your will. Help <\/em>us not so much to seek political power as to seek to speak Your wisdom into political situations.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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    David Butts is the chairman of\u00a0America\u2019s National Prayer Committee\u00a0and the president of\u00a0Harvest Prayer Ministries. Photo Credit: PonyWang\/Getty Images Signature via Canva Teams.<\/em>
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    Reading Time: 2 minutes The following is an excerpt from our devotional series\u00a0Desperate for Change. \u201cDo not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is\u2014his good, pleasing and perfect will.\u201d \u2013Romans 12:2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[236,666,665,235],"class_list":{"0":"post-17113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-prayer","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-changeday","10":"tag-desperate","11":"tag-intercessors"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}