For the US, Leaders, and those in authority, No. 3

***That the body of Christ in America would fervently pray for our nation and its leaders.

1 Timothy 2:1-2
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Grant us prayers for this nation. Prayers that would move Your heart. Mercy Lord. Have mercy on us for we are a rebellious nation that has turned from You with great vehemence.

Thank You that we have tasted freedom. Forgive us that we have not protected it and now our freedoms are at risk. Thank You for the bounty that You have blessed this nation with—agriculture, ingenuity, technology, a strong armed forces, and a spirit of productivity.

Forgive us for not valuing and protecting these blessings. We have used our freedoms to protect those that hate You and who hate everything associated with You. We have elected leaders and officials who hate You and those who serve You. Forgive us for not praying for them. Show us the path to repentance and to You be the glory.

Father, we are now a fractured nation. Division reigns. Our culture is fractured and fear has permeated communications between citizens and authority. Our police forces are fearful as colleagues are killed. Black people are fearful as they are gunned down without reason. The list goes on and on...

So many people are fearful of their future. Young adults do not see a pathway to earn a living. So many people have lost their jobs, their savings, their homes and their hope for a future. Yet our leaders tell us that everything is moving in the right direction and we are fine. Leadership has deteriorated and those in authority use manipulative fear to justify using force.

Father, upgird us! Raise up Your army of prayer warriors. Suit us up for battle! Armor on! Hearts and minds quiet. Let us hear from Your Spirit to pray for this nation! Pour out Your Spirit upon us, upon churches that we would repent on our knees and plead the cause of this nation, its leaders, and those in authority. Fire us up! Encourage us. Show us how to encourage each other.

Raise up new leaders, fire up those who are in position now to speak truth. Give those who would hear a heart to listen. Open up communications that this nation can return to the greatness YOU bestowed upon us if we will repent and return to You. Please give us a humble spirit to seek You and once again worship You and You alone.

Humble us. Humble our leaders. Humble those in authority. Open our minds and hearts to take careful inventory of our past and to see when we were "one nation under God" and the changes that have led us to this place. Show us how that, step by step, we have turned from You and melt our hearts to return to You.

Only Your Holy Spirit can open our eyes to see this thing. I plead this cause. Help us turn from our ways. Help us to see the wickedness of our ways and also see that You have been the source of Truth and source of our prosperity. Help Lord!

Father, again, humble those in authority. Out of fear they have taken up arms and vehemently seek to take away our right to protect ourselves. Raise us up to speak the peace of the Prince of Peace: Jesus Christ our Lord.

Our leaders and those in authority have forgotten that they serve You. They have forgotten that they are the ambassadors that are in Your service to protect and govern. Humble them. Humble them. Humble them that they may see that You are the One True and Living God.

Our government has become fat. It has expanded to become powerful and it no longer serves the people, but exists to become more and more powerful and reign over us. Smite it down!

Raise up leaders who will serve through the truths and guidelines that You have given us. Smite down those leaders who are power-hungry, self-serving, and who have formed alliances to crush this nation. Smite them down!

We need You. We have gone the way of rebellion.
We need You. We have lost our way.
We need You. We have lost our freedoms.
We need You. Our leaders seek their own desires.

You are our only hope. Melt our hearts.
You are our only hope. Strengthen our will to return to You.
You are our only hope. Raise up Your Word that it be spoken in humility.
You are our only hope. Raise up leaders who serve you and recognize that YOU are Authority...and our only Hope.

Help us, that we may stand strong and that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

In Jesus’ Name.

Please also consider these prayers
For the US, Leaders, and those in authority, No. 1
For the US, Leaders, and those in authority, No. 2

***This prayer is based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

Our Judges, Ten Commandments, Teachings of Christ, No. 2

***That our judges would value and regard the Ten Commandments and the teachings of Christ.

Psalm 19:7-11
7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Becuse of Your love, the Love of Jesus Christ, because Your Holy Spirit is within, we have hope. We are sinners, all of us, and evil seems to prevail all around us. Yet You have given us guidance! We are not without hope. We have Your Word on how we shall live and Your Spirit to lead, guide, and strengthen us. Hallelujah!

Your law is perfect. Help each American to cherish it deeply, that every soul be converted. Enliven us to demonstrate the love of Christ, that others may desire to be converted as well.

Your testimony is sure. Help Lord, that we seek out Your testimony. Open our eyes that we not miss Your work—either in our own hearts, or in our nation. Open our hearts that we desire to join You in the work that You are doing in our lives, our neighborhoods, and our nation. Show us how to receive the work of the Holy Spirit that we may be strengthened to complete each day, living completely for You.

Show us how to avail ourselves for Your work. Teach us to put Your work ahead of our own.

You make wise the simple. Father, please open our eyes to see the simple. You have not hidden Your work from us. You have not made it difficult nor have You concealed Your path. Your wisdom is available for the asking. Grant us an insatiable curiosity to seek Your wisdom and to find it in the simple.

Surely, Your creation reveals that You are God and that You are the Creator. Help us seek You out in hope, knowing that You desire to give us wisdom that we may thrive.

Hear this prayer for the United States and our Judges. Father, as we have abandoned Your Word—may our judges not do so. May they see their wisdom fall short. May they look back through their work and realize that the wisdom of man leads to destruction.

Every day, as judges and justices read and hear the news, may they realize their own impotence. May they see their inability to do their jobs and live their lives effectively. May we all realize our impotence as we move on our own wisdom and strength. May it not be enough. Grant us a hunger and thirst for righteousness.

Your directions about relationships and behavior is clear. You have given them for our protection, and yet we go our own ways. Convict us, convict our judges to see Truth: the Ten Commandments, and to seek out the teachings of Christ. Jesus Christ—You are Truth. You are the Way, and You are Life. Father, in Your mercy, may we find our way back to You. Have mercy O God of justice.

You are to be desired than all the wealth of the world. Truly, Your Word, Your way, Your justice, Your righteousness, Your holiness, Your purity...give us a desire for these. May the American people, and especially our judges see the filth and disgust that comes from our own wisdom. Lead us to deeply repent of following our own ways and to seek You as we see the results of our sinful choices.

Give us a dream, a vision, a desire for something better! May we desire Your wisdom and judgement that is better than fine gold and sweeter than honey.

May all Americans, and those in our judicial system be warned and hear Your forewarning, that Your commandments and the teachings of Christ are for us. They are there to keep us safe. May we seek the reward that You have stored for us, that we may be re-stored.

Help LORD, that we may stand strong and that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

In Jesus’ Name.

Please also consider this prayer for our Judges to regard the Ten Commandments and Teachings of Christ, No. 1.

***This prayer is based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

For God-fearing, Accountable Leaders of Action, No. 2

***That our leaders would be god-fearing and recognize that they are accountable to Him for each decision and act.

Proverbs 9:10
10“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
You are gracious and slow to anger. Thank You. You grant us free-will and even though we repeatedly ignore Your admonishment to follow Your ways, You continue to love us. You continue to be patient. Thank You. Individuals in positions of leadership, around the globe, choose the path to power and influence at any cost. Hatred of those who follow Your ways is on the rise and they leave death, destruction and fear in their wake. They are intentional in their methodology to destroy the fact that You are the One True and Living God.

Father, disobedience to You is now embraced. Those that desire this disobedience do so with great fervor and their expressions are now open, public, and commonplace. The movement has grown so quickly and effectively that those who follow Your ways have openly become the enemy and the target.

No longer are these rebellious souls asking to be welcomed,they are asking that those who follow you be silenced and exterminated. Help Lord! Father, this movement has permeated every crevice of the global society. Every area where You have given us guidelines of behavior, there is a movement to silence You and those who follow You.

Have mercy on us and on them. Their scope exceeds our imagination as they call for the destruction of marriage and sexual conduct, prayer and any reference that is specifically to You, Jews and Christians at large, common decency and self-control in dress, speech, and expression of thought. Truly, we seem to reflect the time of Noah with a desire for self-fulfillment. Truly, their leaders have become effective at every level of society.

But You have not left us defenseless! You have given us the weaponry to fight these trends which are quickly multiplying in every area of our lives:

2 Corinthians 10:4-5:
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Turn us to the weaponry that YOU have provided. Teach us how to use these weapons. Let us first learn these weapons in our own hearts and minds. Give us a desire to become a leader for the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. Grant us an unquenchable desire for purity and holiness as You define it. Strengthen us to focus on our spiritual health and fitness that we can become effective soldiers for Christ.

Then, Father, with the armor You have provided, teach us to wield it. Give us an ear to clearly hear Your Holy Spirit and hearts that follow without hesitation. Help us to embrace Your Word - the Sword of the Spirit and do so in ways that cause others to drop what they are doing and follow Jesus.

Immerse us in Your love and give us the expressions of Your love for others, that Your message not be diluted or compromised. May the joy of being in Christ and His work on the cross for us, be so remarkable that we are seen as leaders and can lead others to find You through Christ.

May those You have called be the new leadership. May we take our place to complete the work You have assigned us in the spiritual realm. Shield us from discouragement. May leaders across the globe have eyes to see Truth and courage to follow.

Help us, that we may stand strong and that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

In Jesus’ Name.

Please also consider this prayer For God-fearing, Accountable Leaders of Action, No. 1.

***This prayer are based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

For Churches in America to become Light-houses for Christ

***That churches in America would fulfill their purpose as light-houses for Christ.

Mark 9:50
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Thank You that we are Your church and that You have paid for us to belong to You. Thank You. You have trusted us to be Your voice, to be Your presence here in the Unites States and abroad. You have blessed us with every conceivable blessing: protection, wealth, freedom and so much more. Thank You.

Father, we have abused Your gifts, carrying our freedom to serve our whims and imaginations. We have taken Your wealth (for it all belongs to You), and we have made it our own. We have become consumers, chasing after every desire. We have become gluttons with insatiable appetites, while many around us are hungry, thirsty, without shelter or clothes, without hope. Forgive us for not abiding by Your Word, and for not using what You have given us to help those in need, in the Name of Jesus Christ.

Many churches in the U.S. are changing. The government sees us as a threat rather than an asset. People who go their own way see churches as a hindrance to reaching their desires to indulge themselves sexually, morally, ethically, in our business transactions, and in our daily lives. Churches are being squeezed to conform. Businesses are being threatened to do adapt. As people we are pressed to affirm behavior that is abhorrent to You.

We need Your help. Our Churches are losing the Light of Christ. We are losing the our nerve and strength to preach Christ crucified for our sin. As a nation, and in our churches, we have lost touch with sin as You define it. We have become complacent and comfortable with our sin. We have become comfortable with separation from You. Forgive us and have mercy.

Grant us a new hunger and thirst for You, for Your Word, for righteousness. Awaken our hearts anew to seek Your presence. Build up churches with new conviction. Give us an insatiable appetite for renewed relationship with You and a desire to seek Your favor. Establish churches again, as the foundation in their communities as lighthouses. Set them up again, as beacons of the community and a place where people gather, worship and give thanks.

Father, raise up prayer warriors within each church to pray for their pastors and leadership. Raise up those who would teach the Gospel as teachers. Raise up armies of outreach—lighthouses into the communities through programs that minister to the needs. Help churches to win hearts and minds around them. Make each church so essential that people's hearts are turned and they return to You.

Establish local missionary outreaches. The needs are so great: we have people on our streets who are homeless, hungry and thirsty, and no means to change their situation. Help Lord! Help churches to see the need and bring what will help as a demonstration of the Gospel of Christ. Help each person to give sacrificially.

May these light-houses be established and may they join together to demonstrate Christ's sacrifice. Open hearts both within and without the Church and bring a return to our mission. Grant pastors a heart to search You and within themselves to identify and receive Your identity within each church and to bring that vision to their (Your) churches.

We need You. Help us to diligently and urgently search You on behalf of our nation through our churches.

In Jesus’ Name.

Help us, that we may stand strong and that we may be found faithful in the day of Your coming.

In Jesus’ Name.

***These prayers are based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

For traditional families, No. 2

***That traditional families would be valued and protected by all authorities in this nation.

1 Tim 3:12
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Our nation, the USA, seems to be on a downward moral spiral, with people determined to despise everything that You stand for. Forgive us and provoke us to repentance. We have certainly come to the place where we call evil good, and good evil.

We have taken You and Your Word down as the standard of excellence. We have despised Your purity and Your righteousness. We ignore the clear guidance and warnings from Your Word on critical moral issues, especially regarding our sexual conduct. Forgive us and call us to repentance. I have not prayed consistently and diligently for this nation on this matter. I have looked away. Now the movement is barreling down the path of destruction through a remarkably organized media campaign to stamp out marriage and family as defined by Your Word. Forgive me. Forgive us.

Hold strong those families that regard Your guidance on this matter. Raise them up, and their children, in every place that they go, as desirable. Open the hearts and minds of those who question the integrity of Your direction, to see a foundation of long-lasting value. Raise up families as examples and may those who are confused desire the kind of love, closeness, and care that they see in the traditional families.

May the children of traditional families, now adults, compare the two lifestyles and with wisdom from Your Holy Spirit, value the tradition that You have put in place. May they desire and return to this standard.

Father, we are at the place where there are now generations of non-traditional families. There are many who have never experienced the standard that You have put in place. There is hatred towards You that has been multiplied and passed on through young generations. Many teach this hatred to those around them and require that their views be affirmed as well as tolerated. We are now on the defensive. Forgive us.

Fill us with a love and care for those that rebel against You, especially on this matter of marriage. We need a deluge of prayer for those in our reach, that they might embrace the genuine, unrestrained, and sacrificial love that You have demonstrated on their behalf. Show us how to be a demonstration of that sacrificial love. We really need insight here.

You admonish us in Your Word, that if our enemy smite us on one cheek, we should offer our other. If they demand our cloak, we should allow them to take our coat.

Luke 6:29
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.

You ask us specifically not to take offense and to sacrifice for them...as You have sacrificed for our sins. Show us where the opportunities are and give us a desire to not be offended. Help us be obedient to this command and do so with a heart that is undeniable to those who are watching. May we bring such love that hearts are stirred and rebelliousness is broken.

Help us, that we may stand strong and that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

In Jesus’ Name.

Please also consider this prayer For traditional families, No. 1.

***These prayers are based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

For our American Youth, No. 2

***That American Youth would respect authority and practice accountability.

1 Tim 4:12
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,

You are the Most High God. Thank You for Your graciousness and praise be to Jesus Christ, Your Son, who has secured salvation for all who will accept. All of the earth testifies that You are the Creator; that You are true; that You are patient, kind, and also a God of justice and righteousness. All the earth proclaims Your glory. Open our eyes to the comprehensive scope of who You are to us, that we may humbly fall on our knees and worship. You are worthy of worship.

There is enormous pressure on our American youth. They deal with great consternation and begin their adulthood with many years of constant messaging against their success. The weight is unimaginable. There are the messages of climate change and the doom of global warming; of our unimaginable national debt; of our broken political system and healthcare system. Father, they see a culture that is fractured in so many dimensions. The internet has given them access to so much information and news of the moment. Truly it is overwhelming to us all.

How are they to cope? Many are glued to their technology. What do they seek? Hope? Community? Belonging? Voice? Significance? Answers? You? We pray for them.

I ask You to cause mentors to rise up for them; men and women of Your Word. Bring in an army! Raise up an army of people with a heart for our youth! People who know how to listen. Men and women who will listen and hear! Mentors who are credible to our youth. Give our youth a discernment to choose wisely when deciding on their influencers. Give them a reasonability to think about their future.

Father, there are no answers without You. Their world cannot make sense without You. Their paths are all filled with the outpouring of this world and our sin. Cause us to repent. We have set their stage with our sin. Yes. My sin has contributed to the pressures that they face. Help me to repent. Forgive me and help me to take responsibility for my actions.

Raise up encouragers! Help me to be part of this army of people who listen to our youth, who have a heart for them and who can encourage them. Grant us credibility in their eyes when we discuss Your Word and the direction that they can find there. As they realize that they cannot fix what is going on here, may they seek You diligently for the path that will lead them t honorability when they stand before You.

Reveal Yourself to them in unique ways and raise up evangelists among them. Give them words that bring comfort, hope, and courage. Give our youth purpose as defined by a life lived for Christ! May it be their joy to proclaim the Gospel to their peers. Give them many organized networks of prayer warriors, evangelists, teachers, and caregivers. Father, cause them to establish an integrated network of communities that staunchly follow and proclaim Christ. Grant them malleable hearts that are Your delight.

Father, may our Youth find examples of accountability and see the wisdom. So much of our culture encourages them to do whatever they want and do so with consequences. Yet, You are going to hold us accountable. Reveal this to them and give them a heart to staunchly establish their path to follow the ethical and moral guidelines You have given us in Your Word, for our protection.

Authority is a tough thing here. Father, those in authority have not acted with credibility. Instead, many "leaders" have led our youth down the path of destruction and called it acceptable. The media has relentlessly told them that the outright rebellion of all that You have established—is better. Truly, good is evil and evil is good.

Isaiah 5

20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Raise up leaders for them and from them. Help our youth to choose wisely whom they will follow. Clear out the muck and mire that has been laid before them and show them the bridge of Jesus Christ to know You, live for You, commune with You and live their lives in fullness ...because of Jesus' work on the cross. May this reality be their commitment and their Truth. May they never waver or question it in their heart.

In Jesus’ Name.

Please also consider this prayer For our American Youth, No. 1.

***These prayers are based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

Judges and Supreme Court Justices, No. 2

***That our judges and Supreme Court justices would adjudicate with godly wisdom.

Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Our Supreme Court has been crippled by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. His death has tipped the scales with regard to the opinions and decisions y the team of men and women who are charged with decisions that have the power to completely change the tenor of the United States. These men and women need Your help. They need Your guidance. Please insight an army of prayer warriors to pray for them, for their souls when they stand before Christ, and for them to have a heart to restore our land to a god-fearing, god-honoring "one nation under God."

Truly, we, as a nation have turned from You and towards our own ways. The decisions of the Supreme Court seems awash with the trends of the day that they receive from the pressures of society. That is not their job! Help them to focus on their job to interpret cases as defined by the Constitution. Instill in each one of them a love for and appreciation of the original intent of the Constitution that this land honor You and honor Your Word. Yes, Father, I am asking that You give them a new heart and a new spirit within them.

Ezekiel 36:26
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Surely, our nation is at a crossroads. As these men and women define the law of our land, the laws are shifting to protect every possible whim and imagination. We are set on doing what we want. We are set on pushing the gamut of activities that Your Word clearly tells us is against our best interest, our health, our well-being. Father, this seems to be done at the expense of Your church and Your children, who are now targeted as enemies of society. Father, it seems that Your church is dormant, silent, cowering in the corner, and in some cases, we have become reprobate.

The judges throughout the U.S. are making decisions daily that change lives, families, and communities. Guide them in their decisions. Give them a clear vision of how their decisions will affect the long-term as well as the immediate future of those who stand before them.

May our judges and Supreme Court Justices truly seek justice. May they come to terms and embrace that YOU are the true Giver of justice and only source for true justice. As we long for our own way, may these people who lead our nations in these decisions prepare themselves to stand before You. May they devote themselves to learning and understanding justice as You define it. May every one of them, bow their knee at Throne of Grace and before Jesus Christ and submit themselves, their lives, and the decisions that they make to please You. In doing so, may they protect the U.S.

This cannot happen without Your intervention in their lives. So please, Lord God of Justice, please intervene in their lives. Change their hearts and give them a heart to please You, live for You and deliver decisions that align with Your Justice.

Raise up supporters who will cover them and their families in prayer. Help Lord. We need You. Cause revival to break out that our land may be saved. Raise up Your church from our dormant state and may we take a stand and speak the Truth in ways that can be heard and received. Place words in our hearts, minds, and mouth that we may shed our fears and speak the words that align with Your will for us.

In Jesus’ Name.



Please consider this prayer for our judges and Supreme Court Justices.

***These prayers are based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

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For schools and universities to teach truth

*** That the schools and universities would work to reverse the trends of humanism and teach truth.

Leviticus 10:10-11
10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
You are holy, pure, and timeless. And Your wisdom is true, just, and beyond time. Your guidance is sure and Your concern is for us. You are omniscient. You are all knowledge, and you are wisdom. You alone know the full application of wisdom to knowledge. Today I beseech You for this purpose for our nation.

You are Truth.

John 14:6
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Father, we have defined Your truth. We have substituted our truth for Yours. We have veered away from Your Word. Forgive us. Our schools and universities have been bullied into embracing humanism...and we have let it happen. Forgive us. You, and You alone define Truth. You are Truth.

We have elevated our human truth: Humanism. As a nation, we have made it our god. Our pride has replaced the wisdom that You have made available to us. Forgive us. Have mercy. Open our eyes and hearts that we may see Your Truth - which is omniscient. Give us hearts to receive Your wisdom that we may repent of our feeble and prideful standards, which mock You.

Father, we need Your intervention to reverse the trend of humanism. We can not do this on our own. Our churches, our pastors, our schools, our very homes have been infiltrated. Unless You help us, we cannot do this. Help Lord. Have mercy on us. Our sin is great....but Jesus.

Jesus, You died that we might have Life. You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Thank You that you have not left us without direction. Holy Spirit, open our eyes to see Truth. Open our hearts and prompt us to action.

Father, we tremble before the humanists. We cower. We need Your words to speak to them. We need Your love to embrace us that our words may be heard. We need Your action plan. Raise up an army of warriors to pray this cause before Your throne of grace. Truly, our nation has entered a phase of persecution for those who speak out against humanism. We are now called the haters...forgive us for not being on guard and fighting this over he past years.

Show us our part to reverse this blight on our nation. Give us actions and words to reverse the humanism in our schools, universities and in our land. From the smallest kindergarten to the top universities, may the Truth of Jesus Christ reign again. This seems so impossible. Our nation has sunk to such lows that this seems out of reach.

Yet You encourage us:

Luke 1:37
“For with God nothing shall be impossible.”

Embed this in our hearts. Steel our focus and our resolve that You can do this. Show us the path of faith and belief. Bring us prayers that will move You and cause reform in our land. May our prayers be Your delight. May our hearts engage with You and be Your treasures. May we hound You, day and night on this matter, that You would help us return this nation to One Nation Under God.

Hear my prayer, in Jesus’ Name.

***These prayers are based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

For generosity and compassion for the poor and needy, No. 2

*** That Americans would be generous and have compassionate hearts for the poor and needy. ***

Psalm 112:9
9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
You are the Creator and all things belong to You.

Psalm 50:10
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

Yet, You have lavishly poured out Your blessings on this nation. Thank You. We have been a prosperous nation and repeatedly served as a flagship of care and giving to the world. We have poured Your blessings out to other people, here in the U.S. and to other nations. All of this has been accomplished because of Your generosity to us. Thank You.

What a blessing to pour out Your lavish provision to us. What an honor to give in Your Name, and in gratitude for all You have done for us in the U.S. and all You have given to us. Your mercy has been without flaw.

Father, as we have become accustomed to so much, we have forgotten that everything we have is because of You. We have taken credit for our giving. We have credited ourselves for lavish lifestyles and we have become a nation that is wasteful. Forgive us. Call us to confess and repent.

We have forgotten that when we are wasteful, we are wasting Your gifts to us. The amount of food we throw in the trash, our desire to buy, to have...Father, it seems we have become addicted to "having stuff." We have lost sight of You as our Shepherd, and that You supply our needs. We have moved past our needs to our desires and allowed them to take control of our buying. So now we have less with which to help others. Worse, we have come to believe that all the stuff we have bought belongs to us and we have lost sight that it all belongs to You. Forgive us. Call us to confess and repent.

There is so much need in the world and none of us can claim ignorance. The news media reports the horrid conditions of people all over the world...people who have no food, no shelter, no water. We have no excuse and we cannot say that we did not know. We turn our heads, avert our eyes, and go about our busy-ness. Forgive us. Call us to confess and repent.

For many of us, there is so much need that it is overwhelming. I want to help! But the need quickly outstrips my resources and I don't know how to help. I feel meager and impotent. I am frustrated that I can't find additional resources. I know that others feel the same way. Help Lord!

Call us to stand before Your throne of grace to beckon You to show us how to help. Gather us, Your church to mobilize and help these organizations that are already in place. Guide us to know how to give what we can. Give us a heart to sacrifice and give.

Father, if I can save $20 a week on food, then I can give $80 a month to an organization that feeds the poor. If I can save only $10 a week, then that's still $40 a month, almost $500 a year! Encourage us that little bits can make a difference. Implore our hearts, turn our minds to do what we can.

And what about our stuff. We all have so much stuff. Bring us a mindset of minimalism...or at least frugality, not just in our finances, but in our collections of stuff and in our buying. Help us to cultivate a different mindset towards our needs and give us the perspective of the needs of others. Show us how to manage our thinking so that we can down-size our needs and use what we don't need to help others. Give us a joyful drive to do this!

Mobilize us as a quiet army of givers. Help us to prioritize our lives in comparison to the enormous need around us. As we become thrifty and sensitive to the enormity of need, may this become our new lifestyle.

Father, the needs of hungry and homeless people here in the U.S., the needs of refugees, especially in the Middle East, those affected by earthquakes and weather disasters...guide us on how we can help andiInvigorate us to do so.

In Jesus’ Name.

Consider praying this prayer on this topic. For generosity and compassion for the poor and needy, No. 1

***These prayers are based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

For American textbooks to honor and reflect our godly heritage, No. 2

***That American textbooks would honor and reflect this godly heritage of our country.

Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Help Lord! The United States is under attack. Social agendas prevail. We have slept while the enemy has advanced and now our children are required to be indoctrinated by the sexual agendas.

The enemy is organized and fierce. The agenda permeates the textbook and teachings of children of every age. Everywhere they turn they are taught and coached on the social and sexual agendas that defy the safeguards and definitions that You have created.

Our stand is weak. We slept while these agendas were given life. We did not take a stand when prayer was eliminated in our schools. We did not voice our desire for Your definition of appropriate sexual conduct or the definition of marriage. As the enemy organized and engaged the legal communities, we have cowered in fear.

Truly we are now at the place where our nation calls right wrong and wrong right.

Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Forgive us. Raise us up. This is not a battle of flesh and blood but a spiritual war for the very minds of our children. Raise up the prayer warriors. Call us to pray diligently. Pour out prayers for the safety of our children, and for Truth to predominate. Father, bring us before Your throne of grace with hearts of repentance. Give us words of confession, hearts of repentance, and voices that cry out day and night on behalf of our children.

Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Father, it is now against the law to adhere to this verse, because "the way he should go" has been redefined. We need wisdom. We need talented orators, persuasive writers to rise up. Father, I do not believe that You have left us defenseless. I pray for these writers to rise up. I ask for educators, who are steeped in Your Word, to present Truth from Your Word.

The textbooks promote the agenda of the enemy to capture the minds of our children. Raise up new voices, new writers. Give them unyielding courage and words that capture the hearts and minds of those who willingly go along with those who hate You. Enable these writers to cause both children and adults to desire Your foundation and to write effectively.

As this nation evaluates and negotiates the "Common Core," I ask that You raise up an army of voices that will speak with wisdom and capture hearts and votes to return to our heritage. Pour out your Spirit on those who would rise up in educational agendas, stand up in the meetings and voting rooms and give them convincing words so that, one school district, one State at a time, this nation can return to our heritage—the one given us by You.

Father, there are so many, who are comatose and silent on these matters. In Your mercy, give us the situation that would cause them to awaken. Invigorate them to stand up, to stand strong, to support those who risk their careers and livelihoods because they speak out. Help us care enough to turn this around.

It seems we are cowering in fear and there is reason to do so. The enemy has become so organized that they ave been able to destroy the lives of those who take a stand for the principles that You have set forth. Yet You have not given us a spirit of fear.

2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

May we awake to Your truth. May we embrace the sound mind that You provide.

Father, there s a process that pushes these agendas. The "educational agenda" is surely near the top of the list in the enemy's war room. Educating our children is a topmost priority. You are stronger than the enemy. Give us insights into this process and place spirit-filled soldiers at every point to deter the agenda to take over our textbooks.

Shield our children that they not give way to what is fundamentally adverse to Your Word.

I pray wer are not too late. I ask that Your Spirit awake us to the dire situation. Invigorate us to pray, act, and live with courage. Strengthen our trust in Your care and love for us. May we recognize that we have turned from You, that we have slept, and we must confess and repent. Help us to embrace You, knowing that You will help us in this grave time of need, if we turn to You.

Help Lord. You are the One True and Living God. Your Word will stand. You are our only hope. Only in You is life. Show us the path. Raise us up and may we be a nation of stalwart soldiers once again.

In Jesus’ Name.

Here is an additional prayer on this topic:
Prayer No. 1: For our textbooks to honor and reflect our heritage.

***These prayers are based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/