Healing of the land

If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place. (2 Chron 7:13-15, NASB)

Heavenly Father, Your people in this place come to you, calling upon Your name, humbling themselves, praying, and seeking Your face. Lord, as Your ear was attentive to the prayers offered in the temple in Solomon's day, we now ask that Your ear be attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

Father, where there is too much or too little rain, sunshine, heat, or cold, let there be just enough. Let the crops grow to maturity and be harvested in their time. We confess, O God, that we have not, as a nation, taken care of the land as we should. We have overworked it and polluted it, just as we have polluted the air around us. Forgive us, Father, for our failure to be good stewards of this land that you have given us. Help us, this day, to change our behavior, to become the good stewards you want us to be. Please heal our land.