Saying I do not pray God Bless America might sound like a unpatriotic unchristian heresy to some. However, there was a time when God told Jeremiah not to pray for Judah because the peoples hearts were far from Him and they loved to believe lies. America is not even a called out nation like ancient Israel and Judah but America certainly is just as evil as they were just before their destruction.<\/p>\n
Can anyone even come up with a passage that tells the Church to pray for Gentile nations on the earth anyway? The Bible tells us to pray for those appointed over us for the sake of the Church, so that the Church can live peacefully on the earth. I do not see where we are to pray for Gentile nations to be great prosperous nations on the earth.<\/strong> I do not see where the Bible tells us to pray for the prosperity of the nations of the world. On the contrary, nations that become wealthy and powerful and full of worldly things always turn against God. We are to pray for the peace of Jerusalem but that really is the same as praying for Jesus to come again because Jerusalem can only have true peace after the Prince of Peace returns to earth.<\/p>\n I will not pray for America because blessing America in her sins has to be contrary to God’s will. If I become the intercessor for people practicing evil I have to ask myself why? God brings judgment for correction and America certainly needs correction so why would I pray against God’s will for America? I can pray that Americans will repent but I also know people who reject the teachings of the Bible will not repent. I should pray for the Church in America to repent of their sins because that is the only way a nation will be healed. It is healed for the sake of God’s people living within her.<\/strong> I should pray that God will send laborers for the harvest and reach those dead in their sins but to pray that God Blesses America and enables her to continue on the sinful path she is now choosing is not a Christian concept.<\/p>\n The only thing of lasting value in this fallen world is those who will come into the Church through God’s grace, Christ Jesus. Only after the Church age when Jesus is ruling on the throne in Jerusalem does Jesus make the Gentile world conform to God’s will. But even after the dispensation of the Lord ruling with a rod of iron for a thousand years the nations will rebel, throw off God’s ways, and bring swift destruction on themselves.<\/p>\n Let the Church therefore dwell on the eternal because this world is temporal and all of it will soon pass away. There are no Christian nations on earth<\/strong> so it is rather pointless to pray for their prosperity. The city and kingdom that those of faith look for is the city made by God. It is not of this world. The Church really needs to separate its heart from the nations she occupies.<\/p>\n Christians need to keep America in proper perspective or they make the nation an American idol.<\/strong> Find out why Americans\u00a0 love government<\/strong> and where that insane thinking will lead this nation. America was a blessed nation perhaps unlike all other great Gentile nations of the world but all the great nations in history fell because of sin. America will be no exception. As Christians we were fortunate to live in America when she allowed free Christian expression and we sent missionaries all over the world but those days are rapidly come to a close. So don’t confuse the fourth of July and American pie and all the glory of the American past with the role of the Church in America. Also, what happens to America in the near future should not be nearly as important to Christians as what Christians allow the Spirit to do through them in these last days.<\/p>\n Here is a good article by Jack Kelly that puts all this in proper perspective.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t Pray For America | GraceThruFaith<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n We need to remember that while in many ways America is like Israel, the Church is not. First, The Church is not a national kingdom with a homeland and geographical borders. Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. (Phil 3:20) He\u2019s not coming here to be with us where we are. He\u2019s coming to take us to His Father\u2019s house to be with Him where He is. (John 14:1-3) So when He does it won\u2019t matter whether we\u2019re from the United States, the United Kingdom or the United Arab Emirates because the Church is everywhere. God has only established one eternal nation on Earth and that\u2019s Israel. The Church\u2019s eternal home is in Heaven where an inheritance from God Himself awaits us. (Gal. 4:4-7)<\/p>\n Second, the Church never needs to fear a judgment such as the ones I described above. The Lord Jesus agreed to be judged in place of the Church in order to present us to Himself without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. (Ephes 5:27)<\/p>\n The Religious Right and other well intended American Christians frequently send out eMails urging everyone to pray for America. But where in the Bible did God to say to pray for any place on Earth other than Jerusalem? God\u2019s will would be much better served if the Church would pray for itself, that it would finally adopt the Biblical world view it was intended to have, and become what it was intended to be, the body of Christ. It\u2019s an indication of what a secular world view the American Church has when more of us are praying that God will restore the good old days in our country than are praying for the Lord\u2019s speedy return to take us away from here.<\/p>\n Prayers for America are fine as far as they go, but they\u2019re motivated more by a love for what our country has been than by a desire to see God\u2019s will done on Earth. And when you get right down to it, praying that God will restore America could be seen as an admission that we\u2019re really not ready to see God\u2019s will done on Earth yet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n It\u2019s time for American Christians to realize that America is just a place where we\u2019re temporarily living. And while we mourn the fact that America seems to be turning its back on Israel, we shouldn\u2019t lose sight of the fact that America is also turning its back on the Church.<\/p>\n According to no less an authority than our President, America is not a Christian nation. He\u2019s right. The only connection between God and America today is that a bunch of us who believe in Him happen to live here. Americans don\u2019t live by God\u2019s laws, we don\u2019t teach our children about Him in our schools, we don\u2019t offer public prayers in His name, and the holy days we observe are no longer tributes to Him. We don\u2019t thank Him for the blessings we receive and we don\u2019t turn to Him when we\u2019re in need.<\/p>\n America is a secular gentile nation that will soon be no more comfortable a home for the Church than pre-war Germany was for the Jews. It\u2019s high time we excised our patriotism from our religion. Think of it as a reverse separation of Church and State. In the last election Americans said they don\u2019t want the Church\u2019s values guiding the nation\u2019s direction. Well neither should Christians want America\u2019s values guiding the Church. We should be so passionately yearning to leave here that our feet barely touch the ground when we walk.<\/p>\n