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An unfinished “Experiment” — America’s bold beginnings
It will take virtue, faith, and vigilance
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Kingdom Friend,
Thank you for standing in agreement prayer! This week … we believe for the Preservation and Prosperity of the American Experiment.
Includes link to audio prayer.
⬇️ P.S. — The European Right is learning from the Trump Tornado
An unfinished “Experiment” — America’s bold beginnings
The “American Experiment” was never just about politics.
It was a bold, untested idea—could a nation thrive on self-governance, individual liberty, and the rule of law rather than monarchy or aristocracy?
The Founders believed it was possible, but they also knew it would take more than words on parchment. It would take virtue, faith, and vigilance.
From the beginning, America’s foundation was DEEPLY COVENANTAL. The early settlers—especially the Pilgrims—didn’t just come for survival or economic opportunity. They saw their journey as a mission of God.
The Mayflower Compact (1620) was more than a political agreement. It was a declaration that their new society would be built as a sacred trust before God.
This set the precedent for how America would frame its governance—not as a system of power, but as a responsibility before heaven.
That same belief carried into the Founding Era. The Declaration of Independence made it clear … rights come from God, not government.
The Constitution established a framework that assumed a moral and self-governing people.
America was not just an experiment in democracy; it was an experiment in whether a free people could stay anchored to the principles that made them free.
Prayer is essential. If America’s DNA is covenantal, then STRONG PRAYER is key to reclaim and express that DNA.
(See a few more thoughts about the use of the phrase American Experiment in the P.S.S. below.)
Related newsletter: Praying for achievement of American ideals
“In prayer, it is better to have heart without words, than words without heart …” — John Bunyan
An unfinished “Experiment”
The same way the early settlers dedicated the land to God, we must continue to pray that this nation aligns with His purposes. Because if the American Experiment is to endure, it won’t be by force—it will be by faith.
🦅 Heavenly Father, we are your Kingdom ambassadors. We come before your throne in the name and executive authority of Christ as King. We beseech that you will PRESERVE AND PROSPER THIS “AMERICAN EXPERIMENT” for your glory and story.
🦅 All-powerful God, we ask for your hand in ensuring GODLY SUCCESS IN ESTABLISHING THE NEW ADMINISTRATION in Washington. 📖"Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" (Amos 5.24 ESV).
🦅 Let’s join together in prayer for the SENATE’S ROLE IN REVIEWING AND APPROVING APPOINTEES for the new administration. We believe for an administration that SETS A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE—standing firm against lawlessness and incompetence.
Let’s agree as one!
We can draw on America's founding prayers, covenants, documents, and early experiences as "prayer architecture" for today. Adapt the prayer language below to your prayer voice as the Holy Spirit leads.
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P.S.
P.S.S. — The phrase “American Experiment” has been used since the founding era, but its earliest known usage in a political context appears in The Federalist Papers (1787–1788). In Federalist No. 1, Alexander Hamilton writes about whether “societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice.”
This reflects the idea that the United States was an unprecedented test of self-governance.
The concept gained traction throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, as historians, politicians, and thinkers continued to describe America as an ongoing experiment in democracy and liberty.
By the time of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America (1835), the idea of America as an experiment in self-rule was well established.