God Keep Our Land

 

Georgian Bay Sky

(near to Giant's Tomb Island)

PRAYERS FOR CANADA DAY - JULY 1, 2026

Sovereign Lord we praise You for the blessing it is to live in Canada.  

We do not take this lightly.  

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Beyond all the astonishing natural beauty and bountiful resources of our great country, which would be enough all by itself, we are inexpressibly grateful for our freedoms and privileges as citizens.  There ae so many places in the world right now where this is not so.   We know this.  Don't let us forget it.

We ask on behalf of all our  leaders in all levels of government and civil life.  They carry heavy weight and face enormous challenges as they seek to serve us.  There are difficult, seemingly impossible global and national realities to navigate right now; decisions to be made with huge and far-reaching implications.  Please grant wisdom and humility and clarity to those who broker our well-being.

We ask that all Christians in places of influence within government, education and medicine, be given an extra measure of your grace and humility.  They are so often faced with ethically impossible decisions.  Help them not only represent the constituents they serve, but You, and Your gospel of peace and redemption.

O Lord, we cry out on behalf of our First Nations brothers and sisters.  Grant healing and resilience and grace.  May we remember that we are all Treaty people.  May we respond with less words, more compassion, more action.

And for Your Church here in Canada, oh that may we act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with You, according to Micah 6:8!  Please help us get over ourselves.  Call out the better ways of Jesus in us.  Help us to choose to represent You well and honestly with truth and grace in equal measure.  May we love each other deeply as a witness to the world that we are Your disciples, and that You, Jesus, were Who You said You were and are.

Keep our land, oh God.  Hold on to us, and don't let go.