One Year Pray for America Bible - Flipbook - Page 11
Lord, thank you for a fresh, new year—for me and all
elected officials! It’s exciting! Give me a heart eager to
pray for this nation and all who lead it, beginning today.
Amen.
GENESIS 1:1–2:25
In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth.* 2 The earth
was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And
the Spirit of God was hovering over
the surface of the waters.
3 Then
God said, “Let there be light,”
and there was light. 4 And God
saw that the light was good. Then
he separated the light from the
darkness. 5 God called the light
“day” and the darkness “night.”
And evening passed and
morning came, marking the
first day.
6 Then
God said, “Let there be a space
between the waters, to separate
the waters of the heavens from the
waters of the earth.” 7 And that is
what happened. God made this
space to separate the waters of
the earth from the waters of the
heavens. 8 God called the space
“sky.”
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JANUARY
And evening passed and
morning came, marking the
second day.
9 Then
God said, “Let the waters
beneath the sky flow together
into one place, so dry ground
may appear.” And that is what
happened. 10 God called the dry
ground “land” and the waters
“seas.” And God saw that it was
good. 11 Then God said, “Let the
land sprout with vegetation—every
sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees
that grow seed-bearing fruit. These
seeds will then produce the kinds
of plants and trees from which they
came.” And that is what happened.
12 The land produced vegetation—
all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and
trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their
seeds produced plants and trees of
the same kind. And God saw that it
was good.
13 And evening passed and
morning came, marking the third
day.
