Prayer

Many prophetic bulletin boards are calling Christians nations to prayer. This is good, but prayer on its own will not change the nation. Christians will have to change their actions and behaviour. The church will have to change the way that it operates.

The danger with intercession is that it can seem like God is the problem, and that we need to get him to change, when the truth is that we are always the problem, and he is powerless if we are unwilling to change.

Prayer can be a way out for Christians who want others to change, but will not change themselves. If prayer distracts the church from real change, then it will fail to achieve the result it is praying for.