Lord God Almighty, who reigns above all nations, show us where we are dedicated to evil and violate your laws and your ways and thus where we must repent, that in your mercy, you might turn from your plans and spare us from the destruction that we deserve, through Christ your Son, who graciously intercedes for us before your throne in the Holy Spirit. Amen.
‘At one moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, but if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will change my mind about the disaster that I intended to bring on it.’ – Jer. 18:7-8