Prayers based on Nahum

Nahum 1
Lord God Almighty, the day of Your Judgment will come upon Your enemies. You are slow to anger, but when You come in vengeance, who can stand? When Your wrath is poured out like fire, You will make an end to Your adversaries. You love those who take refuge in You. This is our greatest desire, to rejoice evermore in Your protective love. We do not want to stand before You in our own righteousness, for we could not last for a moment. Bring us good news of the perfect righteousness of Your Son. Publish peace to Your people, for You will keep every invading foe far away from us. Your kingdom will be utterly secure.

Nahum 2
Father God, if men and nations had their way with Your church we would have been overcome long ago. Violent men want to kill and destroy the weak. They would carry away people and possessions as though they were in the right. What will happen to the world in the day of Your justice? You know the desires of every heart and the actions of every life. Powerful men and empires have set up for themselves decades of privilege, but there is a day of reckoning coming for every man. Even the strongest nations that once seemed perfectly secure can be swept aside in a moment. Keep us in Your kingdom, for in You alone we have safety.

Nahum 3
Glorious God, the age of the bloody city will soon be over. We do not know the day or the hour, but we do know that our lives will not last forever. When our bodies fail, our souls will rejoice in You. No longer will we fear enemies from without or within. Today we do not know the one who knocks at the door with an evil heart. But we can trust You, even in this present evil age. Give us a mind for the life to come. Help us to meditate on the reality of heavenly habitations. Did not Jesus have a resurrection body? Did He not ascend in clouds of glory? Can any evil empire hurt Him today? Have not Your beloved children found their safety in Him? The day of the evil man will soon be gone, but we will serve You with rejoicing forever.