Anne Graham Lotz: America is in 'deep, deep trouble' but not 'too far gone'

Chiqui Guyjoco Friday, July 08, 2016

Anne Graham Lotz, October 2008 | Creative Commons/AnGeL Ministries

Evangelical leader Anne Graham Lotz believes that America's sins have led it to troubled waters but realized how fervent prayers can save the nation.

The 68-year-old daughter of world-renowned preacher Billy Graham spoke on a radio talk show "Point of View" with Kerby Anderson on Thursday, June 30 where she discussed about America's dismal path, though this time, she added a sprinkle of optimism.

"We are not too far gone that I think right now, we can cry out and return to Him. And Joel 2 says, He will return to us," Lotz told Anderson.

Her realization, she said, stemmed from the fact that Americans rallied more to prayer nowadays and that this is an encouraging thing. She believes sometimes God allows for problems to happen because problems lead people to prayer.

"If we didn't have problems, we would just begin to think that we can handle things ourselves," she said.

The founder of AnGel Ministries related today's America to Daniel's time when people separated from God and suffered from His judgment for their sins. However, Daniel held on to God's covenant in the book of Jeremiah and Daniel's faith in God's Word helped turn things around. Lotz also wrote about the biblical character in her latest book "The Daniel Prayer: Prayer That Moves Heaven and Changes Nations."

The evangelist listed the nation's top three sins as abortion, abandonment of Israel, and the LGBT agenda.

"We are in such deep, deep trouble," she said.

She also painted a bleak picture should America refuse to correct its ways.

"[If] we still refuse to repent, then [God] just takes His hands off and leaves us to ourselves and leaves us to our own devices, which I feel like is where we are at right now in America," she said.

Lotz is not the only Christian leader worried about America's ways.

Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias wrote on his blog Saturday, July 2 that the soul of America is in "deep crisis." He also believes that only Jesus can revert this treacherous course.