Hope for a nation in love with corruption

***Hope for a nation in love with corruption

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,

Your Word:

2 Peter 2:19
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

Confession:
Our nation, the land that I love, is sick. We have lost our first love. We have lost You as our identity. We have turned, everyone to his own way. Have mercy O God.

Father, corruption seems to be everywhere. In government, in business, in entertainment, in our communities and in our neighborhoods. We have given free reign, as a nation, and succumbed to the allure of exalting self. Have mercy O God.

Where did it come from. Surely You have said it:

Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Truly, the wiles of the enemy have offered us power, vice, and sin, all wrapped in delicious enticements. And we have indulged to the point of addiction. Have mercy on us, O God. Bring us to the Cross of Jesus Christ to find grace to save us.

Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

For godly leaders and government:
How can we, as a nation, develop godly leaders, if we do not practice godly actions, as You, the One True and Living God, have defined "godly?" And without You, corruption has taken over. We need Your help. We need a revival.

You are the God of Justice. Many people are shouting for justice. Yet, this is impossible, if "we, the people" do not look to the God of Justice. Help us to turn to You.

As our government has grown, our rights have been rescinded. We have turned to government for our protection, rather than turned to You. Forgive us. We need Your help. We need a revival. Help us turn to You.

Call Your faithful to positions of leadership in every area of our lives: government, social organizations, churches, neighborhoods...raise up an army of leaders who look to You and Your Word for the answers.

For the entertainment industry:
Father, the entertainment industry, with rare exception, seeks our demise. It promotes corruption and has given us an appetite for corruption. We want to watch it, listen to it, and play "games" that allow us to be "players."

Raise up voices of reason to promote Your Holiness, that we may confess the demise of our appetite for Your Goodness, Your Justice, Your Security, Your Salvation.

For our schools:
Father, schools are no longer safe, and our children have become targets of the enemy. We took prayer out of our schools, we removed Your commandments...we do not want to submit to the protections You have put in place. Forgive us for thinking we can control and protect our society from corruption...

The enemy of righteousness is bent on our corruption. Yet, YOU have defeated him. You have overcome him. You have given those in Christ Jesus the authority over him. Raise us up, God of Justice. Raise up Your church to take authority over our neighborhoods, our towns, cities, our states and our nation...and bring it back to You.

For our neighborhoods. For revival!:
We need reviving...we have passed out and have become impotent. We are as buried bones. Raise us up to take back this nation. Grant us a determination to pick up the Sword of the Spirit and wield it in accordance with Your Word.

Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Let us proclaim the Word of God for the United States. Raise up our voices to speak out our authority by the blood of the Lamb. And may it be a sweet smelling aroma before Your throne of grace...

Move in our hearts and minds that we may turn from our wicked ways and boldly come before Your throne and find grace to help in our time of dire need.

Father, give us Your Word in our hearts! Grant us a hunger and thirst for Your Word. And as we indulge in it, may it come forth from us as our testimony! May we not love our lives unto the death.

For YOU are LIFE and YOU are LIFE Eternal. Praise be to Your Name, Jesus Christ: born of the virgin Mary, crucified for us, resurrected for us, and Who is the Living Word. May we erupt in praise and sing Your mighty victory over this land. May we be a people of prayer before the Righteous and Holy God.

It is Your desire that all men come to repentance:

2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Fill us with Your Hope that others desire it. Fill us with Your Word to give them and call them to repentance. Father, develop us as Your army to uphold our leaders, protect our society, our children and this nation. Help us to do our part to lead in revival that JESUS CHRIST be served with excellence.

...that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming. In the Name of Jesus Christ, †     †     †    

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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/

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/



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