Is prayer a daily priority in your life, or a last resort? No matter how you approach prayer, there is no time like the present to lift our nation to the Lord. As a country, we have turned from following God; there is widespread failure to obey His commandments or live by biblical principles. Is it just coincidence that our morality suffers? Or we face one of the most difficult times since the Great Depression? Regardless of what caused our condition, Christian citizens should care enough about their country to cry out to God on its behalf. The condition of our nation is evidence that we need to pray for God’s divine intervention. Economic struggles, natural disasters, terrorist threats, and the breakdown of our families. Biblical warnings should also motivate us to pray. God sometimes sends adversity to get the attention of His people. The United States has enjoyed spiritual and material abundance as a result of God’s favor upon us. But there can be little doubt that, our nation has rebelled against the Lord and refuses to live by His standards. The principles of God do not change. Although it was originally written for the nation of Israel, 2Chronicles outlines a biblical principle which endures for all time and all situations. If God allowed adversity to come to Israel—His chosen people—because of their sin and idolatry, why would He spare the United States? What will it take for God to hear and answer our prayers? 2Chron. 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.