A People Living Free
A Prayer for Independence Day
I pause to thank you Lord
for what my country means to me.
We abound in Your great blessings.
We’re a people living free.
Thank you for our founding fathers
who would bow on bended knee
to just one King, a carpenter,
who walked the hills of Galilee.
We’ve been a favored nation
dwelling in a favored land,
gifted with prosperity,
protected by Your hand.
You have raised up patriots
who paid our freedom’s price,
men and women in war and peace,
who would make the sacrifice.
Forgive us our trespasses
when we speak pleasures of this earth.
Revive in us the spirit
That gave our nation birth.
Convict our collective conscience
when we let selfishness erase
respect for all our people,
regardless of creed or race.
As we celebrate together
on this Independence Day,
give us strength for action,
not just for words we say.
And, until Your Son comes
back again,
we ask Your help to be
guardians of our legacy,
a people living free.
Editor’s note: Joe Kreger writes from his home in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. His CDs are available from the Journal by calling 1-800-954-5263. For personal appearance information, call 1-816-550-6549.
