'Revive us again, O Lord'

A Prayer for Canada

Father, we are reminded that true prosperity comes only from Your presence. When the laws of a

nation reflect indifference toward You and the things You care about, we cannot expect to walk

in the fullness of Your nearness.

We confess that Canada has strayed from Your ways. Forgive us, Lord.

Revive us again—turn our hearts back to loving You, fearing You, and walking in obedience to You.

May the laws of our land reflect what matters to You, because our hearts first belong to You.

We need Your presence again. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

“One poem can spark a nation; one spark can shape our destiny.” Revive us again, O Lord!

Oh Canada, Apple of My Eye

Apple of my eye, with whom all wisdom abounds – You’re the reason the Wise Men came travelling from afar. They followed the star and it led them to You, God’s wisdom now mine and salvation too!

Oh Canada, please take His hand, and see for yourself, this Child is God’s master plan; to put enmity between her seed and his seed; making salvation secure. He’s the God of our nation, our lives, and our world.

Apple of my eye, You calmed the sea, You walked on water, healed the blind man, You set the captives free.

Oh Canada, He can calm the raging sea that keeps us from being the true north strong and free. He’s the God from above, with healing in His wings, to bind up our wounds and blot out the stains. Oh Canada, please take His hand and see grace abound from God’s incarnate hands.

Apple of my eye, You came to die. The world thinks You’re crazy, they think You’re a lie. But I hold you close because Your words are life. Where else can I go? It’s in You I’ll abide.

Oh Canada, I plead with thee, I’m watching you closely— it is where Adam failed Eve; he failed to watch her and remind her about the tree, to tell her there’s one choice only if we want to be free: The Tree of Life— you may eat from that tree; the other in the garden, do not eat its fruit. God said, “No.” That’s it. I stand on guard for thee!

Apple of my eye, Your hands nailed to a tree, naked and despised, I barely recognize thee. You walked this life perfectly, obedient about the tree, Your arms stretched out wide, making propitiation for me. …Oh Canada, please look at His hands. He provides everlasting at(one)ment— He’s our forever friend!

Apple of my eye, You died and rose again, fulfilling all prophecy, just like You said. You indwelt me with Your Spirit, conforming me to You. Oh Jesus, be lifted high today, so Canada can know you’re true!

Oh Canada, I revisit this for you— have you eaten the forbidden apple, or are you being true? To the Lamb of God who climbed the tree, was crucified, and became a curse, so that you can be the apple of His eye and wholly forever yours.

Oh Canada, Apple of My Eye is a poetic intercession written from the posture of a watchman—one who loves deeply and therefore dares to speak truth. Drawing on the biblical imagery of Eden, covenant, and the cross, the poem frames Canada within the greater redemptive story, where humanity’s first failure at the tree is answered by Christ’s obedience upon it. The recurring “apple” motif becomes a lens through which choice, identity, and belonging are examined—not to condemn, but to invite return. This work is both lament and hope, warning and promise, calling a nation to remember that true freedom is found not in autonomy, but in abiding in the One whose hands still bear the marks of love. Written as an act of prayer as much as poetry, it seeks to lift Christ high so that a beloved nation might once again see clearly and choose life.

Oh Canada, Appple of My Eye And the Gospel

Because of the fall of our first parents—Adam and Eve—who rebelled against God, all humanity is lost and spiritually dead before Him. We are in need of being found by Jesus, regenerated by His grace, and made alive through the work of the Holy Spirit.

When a person is regenerated and filled with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit empowers them to obey God’s law and commandments—not as a means of earning salvation, but as the fruit of a restored relationship with God. This new life enables us to live in a way that is holy and pleasing to God, and to walk in harmony with Him and with others.

Only through Jesus Christ and His atoning work on the cross can we abide in God’s love and be kept by it. Through Christ, we grow, mature, and prosper spiritually, learning to obey His teachings and becoming God’s workmanship—created for the good works He prepared in advance for us to walk in.

As followers of Jesus, we are called to advance His Kingdom on earth. We are commissioned to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—and teaching them to obey all that Christ has commanded. Those disciples, in turn, are sent to go and do the same. Scripture beautifully captures God’s covenant love and care for His people:

Recap: Apple of my Eye and the Gospel

1) You are spiritually lost (spritually dead) and need to be found by Jesus (John 6:44, Ephesians 2:1, Genesis 3:9-10)

"He found him in a desert land,
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he encircled him, he cared for him,
he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
—Deuteronomy 32:10

2) Jesus said if we love love Him we will obey His commandments. (John 14:15). Once Jesus makes us alive in Himself, Jesus gives us the Holy Spirit who then enables us to obey Gods commands so that we can live a life that is holy and pleasing to God. (John 16:7, John 14:26, Matthew 22:37-39, 2 Corinthians 5:17, 1 Peter 15-16)

“Keep my commands and you will live;
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.”

—Proverbs 7:2–3

3) Jesus said that apart from Him that we can do nothing, Jesus said that we need to abide in His love so that we can bare much fruit. (John 15:5, 15:9) True protection and belonging happens when we abide in Christ Jesus by putting our faith and trust in Him alone (John 10:27-29, Matthew 23:37).

“Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings
from the wicked who are out to destroy me,
from my mortal enemies who surround me.”

—Psalm 17:8–9