A Prayer from Africa for America

 By Tim Cantrell - Posted at The Cripplegate:

Published July 4, 2025

My wife and I are Americans who have now lived more of our lives on African soil than on American soil, for the past 27 years and counting. All five of our kids were born in Africa, and we are willing to be buried in Africa for the sake of Christ and His kingdom. We love our adopted home nation of South Africa, and see her great potential for impact on the African continent and beyond!

Yet we still also love and pray often for our native land, the United States of America, and we realise the tremendous impact she has on the world for better or for worse. The longer we live overseas, the more deeply we appreciate what America once stood for, unlike any other nation in history. We yearn for more of those same liberties, and more of human dignity to be enjoyed by our South African neighbours.

In 1862, in the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln called the United States, “the last, best hope on earth”. As Christians, we do not look to earth at all for our hopes – our hope and our “citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Php. 3:20). King Jesus does not need America or any other nation; He “will build His Church” and His Great Commission will prevail in the end! (Matt. 16:18; 24:14) Yet as far as earthly prospects for freedom and security in the world, we dare not underestimate the vital role of the USA, and the massive benefits and generosity that has brought to global missions and much more.

Anders Rasmussen, a Danish politician, states:

Only America has the diplomatic reach, the financial resources, and the firepower to lead the free world against the autocrats, rogue states and terrorists that are trying to overwhelm it. As the Prime Minister of Denmark from 2001 to 2009, and the secretary-general of NATO from 2009 to 2014, I know how important American leadership is. I’ve seen firsthand what happens when America tries to lead from behind instead of leading from the front.

…Europe is too weak and divided to lead the world. The free nations have an essential role to play, and they must shoulder their full share of the cost, but only America has the credibility to lead. This is not just about money or manpower. It is also about morality. Only America has the moral greatness to lead the free world—not for the sake of power, but for the sake of peace.

…An American retreat will unleash a new plague of dictators and oppressors who seek to undo all the good America has done to secure peace and prosperity around the world for decades.[1]

Continue here.