Nations rise and fall.

Kingdoms come and go.

Only the eternal God stays the same,

and only His truth provides the solid foundation

for our own beloved country. Join Scott Paul as we examine

the unchanging truth of God's Lord.

What is the greatest need of our nation? We live in a needy world and we live in a needy country.

I've chosen this week to study with you some of the Psalms because they're written by a king,

a leader of a nation, but a man who had his eyes fixed on the Lord. We've looked at a couple

Psalms already this week written by David, but I want

to draw your attention now to a Psalm that I think is really a Patriots Prayer. It is Psalm 85,

and I want to say to you that I believe the greatest need of our nation is for divine intervention.

We need God to work. We need God to move. We need a spiritual awakening in our

land that only the Lord can send. And when does the Lord send such awakenings? He does it when

his people are truly seeking him. He does it when his people are praying. And that's why all

the emphasis on prayer in these days, because I believe it brings us into the presence of God.

Our need is not prayer. Our need is the God we're praying too.

Our need is not some act that we can perform. Our need is the God who hears and answers prayer.

Let me read to you a little of Psalm 85. The Bible says,

Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. Thou

has forgiven the iniquity of thy people. Thou hast covered all their sin, Sila., thou hast taken away all thy wrath, thou hast turned

thyself from the fierceness of thine anger, turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause

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