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Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts

Saturday, May 14, 2016

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/



Saturday, March 5, 2016

Our Schools: Teachers and Administrators, No. 2

***That teachers and administrators would be open to God’s Word in our schools.
1 John 5:2
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
You have sent Your Holy Spirit to teach us.
John 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
You are our Teacher. Engage with us that we may know how to teach our children. By and large, our schools have failed miserably. Many public and "inner city" schools are in total disrepair. And yet, we send our children there to learn. Our colleges and universities—once based on Your Word, now defy their original intentions and push the intellects of their students to embrace rebellion. Forgive us.

The atmosphere is filled with sickness: social, physical, psychological and mental, and spiritual. We have not risen up to improve these facilities. We have not nurtured a society that values godly teachers. We have not consistently voted for taxes and referendums that would have improved our schools. Father, instead, many of us have simply moved to the suburbs and ignored the situation of those less fortunate. Forgive us.

Raise us up anew! Place on the hearts of young and mature teachers to help to tackle this problem! Select a chosen army of teachers and administrators that will courageously and creatively find solutions to change this deplorable and embarrassing situation. Father, is there a "Moses and Aaron" team (or many teams!) that would speak before the nation's audiences to advocate for our schools?

Would You bring these people to the public eye and equip them to change the attitudes of those who would help? Father, would You appoint spokespersons from every town, city, county, state and at the national level to invigorate our nation to find real answers for our schools. We need protagonists! Polished spokespersons with the gift of persuasion. You gave Moses an Aaron very specific words to say. You laid out the process so that Pharaoh's heart would be changed. Would you find these people here in the United States and do the same? I ask it.

Father, You know the administrators and teachers that would be open to Your Word and would be able to integrate it into the daily curriculum. Raise up these teachers! Press on their heart to commit themselves to the teaching profession. Oh, at all levels: from the pre-schools and nursery schools through every Ph.D. program in the U.S.

Father, wouldn't it be exciting to see our schools return to godly principles? I ask it. Raise up other people who will pray with me for our schools. May we be diligent and know that this is our future for this nation. Our schools prospered when we honored You. We have forgotten it and we have rebelliously turned from You. Forgive us. Change our hearts. Unite us to turn this around. May there be a great and glorious revival of godly principles from Your Word to infuse our schools. And we will give You the glory.

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/



Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Our Schools, Teachers and Administrators

***That teachers and administrators would be open to God’s Word in our schools.
1 John 5:2
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Thank You for Your love and thank You, Jesus, for Your example on how to demonstrate Your Love. Holy Spirit, You lead and direct us to fill our lives with obedience and the desire to keep God’s commandments. Hear this prayer for our schools, the teachers and the administrators.

Father, we have, as a nation, sent our children to schools and allowed the government to mandate how they run. I have not prayed diligently for our schools or those who run them. I have not been diligent is praying for teachers and those who prepare them for professional service. Forgive me.

Father, why do teachers choose the profession? These individuals have a heart to help students, to change lives. We don’t pay them enough for their motivation to be anything else. The school systems have not maintained order and so often the environment is not conducive to learning. Forgive us and raise up prayer warriors for our teachers, administrators, for the children, and for our future. Forgive us for the assumptions we have made as we send our children to school. Raise us up with a voice to bring change to our schools that reflect biblical values. Show us the path to bring Your Word back into the day of each child. Father, may Your Word be read again in every classroom.

Touch our children and give them a heart to learn about Truth. Miraculously give parents a heart and a discipline to participate in the education of their children. Give them a voice, a message, and a determination to oversee the schools where their children attend and schools in their neighborhoods. Raise up voices and leaders to have an impact to support quality, Bible-based education in the U.S.

Father, choose people and press them to run for the Board of Education in their communities. Engage true servants to bring light and process to improve the educational facilities where they live. Give them messages that would build support and a path to bring light into the school systems. Raise up encouragers for the teachers who daily toil to help change the lives of our children, our future.

May the hearts of teachers rise up and may they find creative ways to teach Truth. Truth about the origin of our national history, our early leaders and their faith, truth about You, truth about our culture. Father, our culture has changed so much and we, as a nation, have ceased from seeing value in our children, Our future seems to have been reduced to our day and we have lost a vision for our future and the role that our children will play. Forgive us and restore our vision. Bring a deep sense of responsibility to You on this matter.

Restore and protect a love of children, their well being and safety to our teachers and administrators. In every school system, cause a unity of purpose to be surrounded by Your Word and protected by Your Might. Secure these facilities, physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually, that a desire for righteousness, as YOU define it can be planted and can grow, nurtured by Your Spirit.

May everyone involved: parents, children, teachers, staff, administrators, superintendents, Boards of Education, the local, state and federal government - may every person unite on this matter and bring us a resolve to restore our schools and teaching to embrace the principles of Your Word. Father, there are many of us, who have turned our backs on the education systems in our communities. Turn us around. Raise up a desire to become active. May every person be accountable to You and fulfill those actions that would bring our schools in alignment with Your Word.

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/



Prayer for our nation's leaders. Please pray with me. http://ernestprays.blogspot.com/2016/01/that-our-city-state-and-national.html #PrayUSA #USrevival #RevivalUS