America and the rest of the world waits on seat’s edge to hear the final outcome of the 2020 U.S. election, as Republicans and the Trump campaign pursue legal action over possible widespread voter fraud. As we encouraged in our last email, now is a great time to be praying for the nation of America—for civil rest, for the wisdom of all involved in court proceedings, and for a just and true outcome.
This Wednesday also happens to mark the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrims to New England, and the signing of the Mayflower Compact. Fleeing religious persecution in Europe, this group of Puritans were in search of a new world where they could practice their faith without fear or opposition.
Storms prevented them from joining an already-established colony at Virginia, so they created their own at Plymouth in Massachusetts. Informed by their Christian faith, they knew anarchy would tear their community apart if they didn’t make a social contract with each other and before God. The resulting document was the Mayflower Compact—the first real constitution of modern times which inspired later documents that helped found America.
It was an explicitly Christian charter, which began with the words “In the name of God, Amen,” and it went on to affirm:
"Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country… Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation…"
You can read more about this fascinating story in today’s new article at the Daily Declaration entitled, The Mayflower Pilgrims: America Celebrates 400 Years of Faith.
The reason this matters is that people all across America will be praying this Wednesday to commemorate the Mayflower Compact and to rededicate the United States to Jesus.
Called 11-11Jesus, this event promises to activate 20 million Americans to line main streets, encircle the perimeter of the United States, and stand on mountain tops and high places to worship God in unity. At 11am local time, wherever people have gathered, they are encouraged to proclaim with one voice that America is one nation under God, and that Jesus is Lord.
John Robb, the Chairman of the International Prayer Council, is also calling for prayer on the 11th of November, to uphold America at this critical time in its history. On Wednesday, he will be gathering with other intercessors and Christian leaders in Provincetown—the site where the Mayflower Pilgrims disembarked.
In God’s providence, we’d already set aside each Wednesday as a weekly day of prayer and fasting for Australia. So we encourage you to join with us, and with Americans and people of many other nations to mark this 400th anniversary of faith and freedom—and to pray and fast for this nation that has had such a resounding spiritual impact on the world.
And in God’s perfect timing, we can also pray for the outcome of the election—specifically that any schemes to undermine the election would be brought to light; for courts to act justly; for any spiritual powers coming against America to be bound; for the Trump team to conduct themselves with God-given wisdom; and for America to return to its Judeo-Christian values and its commitment to truth and justice.
While elections and leaders come and go, what matters most in America and other Western nations is that we return to God and rededicate ourselves to the way of Jesus. So we encourage you to set aside Wednesday to pray and fast for America—that the nation would return to God, and that God would direct the outcome of the election towards justice.
For faith and freedom,
Kurt Mahlburg & Warwick Marsh
P.S. This Wednesday we will feature a video interview with John Robb from the USA on our nightly Zoom Prayer call at 8pm (AEDT). The Zoom number is 776881184. John Robb is the chairman of the International Prayer Council, and he will share the current situation in America and how we can pray for the USA at this time.