We come as citizens today who love our country, to request an action by our leaders that could make the difference between our nation being destroyed as we know it, or surviving with honor. America has been blessed above all nations, but we have forgotten by whose hand we have been preserved and prospered these many years. We "have vainly imagined all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own." (President Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation for a National Day of Fasting, Humiliation (Repentance) and Prayer, April 30, 1863) God alone can take credit for our success!

The terrorist attack of 9-11-01 was an emergency call to wake us up, and drive us to our knees to repent. God's hedge of protection around the United States has been lifted because of unrepented sin, pride, the innocent blood on our hands and because we have refused to heed the warnings of God's prophets. Judgment has begun, but it can be stopped, delayed or lessened. How? As always, God watches for repentance. "If My people, which are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)

We call upon you today, to lead us in repentance by confessing our national sins, humbling ourselves before God and asking God for forgiveness, a return of His hedge of protection, and His grace and blessing on our nation.

Individual salvation and national salvation are different. The salvation of a nation is determined by the actions of its king (President). The collective sins of our nation, its leaders, judges and citizens, weigh heavily on God's scales of justice. According to examples in the Bible, the king or leaders of a nation must humble themselves and repent if a nation is to survive, once the judgment cycle has begun. An individual, on the other hand, can call upon God at anytime during his life and God will forgive all his sin, welcoming him into His kingdom. (We commend you on your war against terrorism, and we are not saying to do nothing to defend ourselves. Rather, we are calling you to a higher way; to trust in God, not in ourselves.)

President Bush, it is our job to remind you, but it is your job to take the responsibility to lead our nation through repentance. We call upon you today to declare a NATIONAL DAY OF REPENTANCE, just as President Lincoln did in the midst of a national crisis, to include fasting, repentance and fervent prayer. We the people of America are like the buildings of the World Trade Center, hanging in the balance in a moment of time before our ultimate collapse. Our steel may have been dented, but we still have a nation to fight for, on our knees. Our most effective response will be to call on our God with a penitent heart.

We simply cannot save ourselves! Only God can save us. Failure to turn this nation to repentance will result in a near total destruction of this country. George Washington's Valley Forge vision prophesied of only a remnant of America surviving this calamity, and Mr. President, you can change the course of this tragedy.

Without your action on this, more terrorism, earthquakes, volcanoes and nuclear war is coming to the land that we love.

We are only one sincere repentance and forgiveness away from being saved. Mr. President, please hear us and act accordingly. This could be America's finest hour! Oh God, please hear our President's plea and save our nation!